Visual Studio Extensibility

The Visual Studio Software Development Kit (SDK) includes tools, documentation, and samples for developers to write, build, test, and deploy extensions for Visual Studio. Create your own add-ins and packages using the Visual Studio automation model or software development kit (SDK).

	Visual Studio 2005 SDK Version 4.0 Download the Visual Studio 2005 SDK Version 4.0 or the VS "Orcas" SDK June 2007 CTP
	Visit the VSX Team Blog Visit the VSX Team Blog, join the growing VSX (Visual Studio Extensibility) developer community
	Visual Studio 2005 Extensibility Guided Tour Learn more about the VS SDK, take the Visual Studio 2005 Extensibility Guided Tour
	Join the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) Program Benefits include comarketing opportunities, licensing options, and tools and support for advanced application integration. As a VSIP member, Microsoft will help you put your products in front of an ever-expanding community of Visual Studio developers.
	View the Visual Studio Extensibility On Demand Webcasts Learn how to customize and extend Visual Studio, tailoring it to fit your specific development requirements or leverage it to integrate with your offering.

Visual Studio Extensibility "How Do I" Video Series

Learn how the Visual Studio Extensibility framework lets you build a totally custom integrated development environment (IDE).

Latest from the VSX Team

VSX FAQ Blog created for scenario based resource references
We just created a new VSX related blog called the VSX FAQ blog. We will be posting new entries and updating existing ones on the VSX FAQ blog as needed.  We have over 100 VSX FAQ topics with links already created and currently being review more

VSX Community Letter for March 2008
This month's letter includes a summary of our new Visual Studio Gallery website we launched a few weeks ago, the updated VSX developer center, information about what the VSX team has been working on in the past few months, event news on VSX, some new VSX more

PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008 released
PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008 is now available for free download, along with source code and a readme document. PowerCommands, is a set of useful extensions for the Visual Studio 2008 adding additional functionality to various areas of the IDE.The more

Visual Studio Gallery announced
The Microsoft Visual Studio Ecosystem team has officially launched the new Visual Studio Gallery site at http://visualstudiogallery.com/. This new web site is a resource center for all Visual Studio extensions and includes everything from free VS PowerToy more

VSX Developer Center 2.0
The Visual Studio Extensibility Developer center at http://msdn.com/vsx has been updated with a new interface. The site now has its own stand-alone center with independent navigation pages on VSX via the tabbed navigation (Library, Learn, Downloa more

Latest from the Visual Studio Extensibility Forums

Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) Program

VSIP Partners Site - Center for new and current VSIP members.

Blogs and Forums

VSX Team Blog
Visual Studio Extensibility team blog (VS Tools Ecosystem Team)

Dr. Ex's Blog
Got a question or tough problem about Visual Studio extensibility?

Ken Levy's Blog
Community Program Manager, VS Tools Ecosystem Team

Craig Skibo's Blog
Senior developer and VSX guru, VS Tools Ecosystem Team

Aaron Marten's Blog
Software engineer, VS Tools Ecosystem Team

James Lau's Blog
Lead Program Manager, VS Tools Ecosystem Team

Deepankar Dubey's Blog
Test Lead, VS Tools Ecosystem Team

Carlos Quintero's Blog
Expert VSX community member

MSDN Extensibility Forum
Find answers and share ideas with the VSX developer community.