Feature Specifications for Visual Studio 2008 a...

Feature Specifications for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5

Which features do you think are important? Are we making the wrong assumptions about how you will use Visual Studio and .NET? Are we forgetting about your scenario?

This page lists specifications for Visual Studio and .NET "Orcas". These specifications document the new features you will find in CTP's and provide an opportunity for you to give feedback. Please remember, some features specified below may be cut and others may be significantly altered. We'd love your feedback to help us with this decision process. Your feedback will be delivered into our bug database and shared with the feature team. The team will use your feedback to develop the specification or make improvements to future releases of Visual Studio.

Specifications

The following documents describe features that are being planned or under development.

Technology Area Feature Specification Last Updated Feedback
Team Foundation Server Migration Toolkit 16-Feb-2007 TFS Specification Feedback
Annotate 2-Jan-2007 TFS Specification Feedback
Get Latest on Check Out 16-Oct-2006 TFS Specification Feedback
Folder Diff 2-Jan-2007 TFS Specification Feedback
Continuous Integration 2-Jan-2007 TFS Specification Feedback
Large Group Sync 2-Jan-2007 TFS Specification Feedback

 

These features have already been released in a CTP or Beta. Please give feedback at the Visual Studio and .NET Framework Feedback site. Feedback on these specifications will be handled in the same way we handle feedback on the CTP.

Technology Area Feature Specification Last Updated Feature Released
Developer Tools Plaform Command Bar Improvements 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
MSO File Dialog Removal 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
File Tab Channel Improvements 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
IDE Navigator 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
MSBuild Multi-Targeting 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
Object Browser Support for New Language Features 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
Segoe UI Font Support 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
Tool Window Docking Targets 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
Tool Window Frames and Tabs 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
VS Color Service and VS Gradient Service: Vista Palette Addition 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
Windows Framework Support in Object Browser and Find Symbol 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
Menu Improvements 2-Jan-2007 November CTP
Splash Screen Improvements 2-Jan-2007 September CTP
Pseudo Multi-targetting 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
Updated Branding 2-Jan-2007 September CTP
Visual Studio Proxy Service 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
Visual Studio Settings Migration 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
Visual Studio for Devices eVC: VS2005 Migration 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
Visual C++ Friend Templates 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
STLCLR 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
.NET Framework Multitargeting in Visual C++ 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
Versioning of Visual C++ Libraries 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
Asmmeta.exe 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
Dialog Templates 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
File Dialogs 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
Marshaling Library 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
MFC Support for Common Controls 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
Scope Reduction in VC Libraries 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
UAC for VC 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
Vista Common Controls 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
Network Class Libraries Internationalized Resource Identifier Functional Specification 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
VSTO & VSTA VSTO & VSTA Project Upgrade TBA June CTP
VSTA 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
Dynamic Programming Model 20-Apr-2007 Beta 1
Office Workflow Tools 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
Setup Uninstall Wizard UI 16-Oct-2006 September CTP
UI Frameworks ListView 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
Partial Page Rendering 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
Visual C# Mapping Format 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
XLinq 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
.NET Compact FrameworkMicrosoft.WindowsCE.Forms.SystemSettings Extensions 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
Team Architect Support for Web Application Projects 2-Jan-2007 January CTP
Architectural Roles 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
Enterprise DeveloperASP.NET AJAX: Debugging Breakpoint Mapping 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
ASP.NET AJAX: Script Explorer in Solution Explorer 1-Mar-2007 March CTP
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