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Development Tools and Languages provides information to help you use Visual Studio and other Microsoft developer tools.
Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework
Office Development provides information to help you customize and extend the Microsoft Office suite of products.
2007 Microsoft Office System, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office XP
Servers and Enterprise Development provides information for developing enterprise solutions with Microsoft server products.
SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, BizTalk Server, Exchange Server, and more
Web Development provides information about products and technologies for developing web solutions.
ASP.NET, Internet Information Services (IIS), Internet Explorer, Silverlight, Windows Live, Scripting
Win32 and COM Development provides information about services used by all Windows-based applications including graphical user interface, system resources (memory and devices), graphics, audio, video, networking, and security.
Administration and Management, Graphics and Multimedia, Audio and Video, Windows Multimedia, System Services, User Interface