Microsoft's everything-and-the-kitchen-sink IDE fuels Windows 8 and Windows RT development with smoothly integrated tools and an abundance of resources Visual Studio is no longer simply an IDE, no ...

The company is bringing back free tooling for Windows desktop apps after developers expressed frustration over the Visual Studio 2012 Express lineup. Microsoft has added Visual Studio 2012 Express for ...

Microsoft released its first update for Visual Studio 2012 on Monday. Update 1 is a major enhancement to the company's latest integrated development environment, which is geared towards modern ...

Microsoft's .NET Framework 4.5 Release Candidates are now available for download for those with a "Go Live" license. The Release Candidates of Visual Studio 11, now officially named Visual Studio 2012 ...

Developers can now download the Visual Studio 2012 software development platform and accompanying .Net Framework 4.5, a Microsoft official revealed on Wednesday. Available to MSDN subscribers, Visual ...

Microsoft backs down from its decision to pull desktop UI development from its Visual Studio Express suite, and will be releasing Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop this fall. Microsoft ...

A month ago, it looked like Microsoft's Visual Studio team had decided that the third update to Visual Studio 2012 would be the last before the company moved on to the next version of the suite, known ...

A certain product debut in California is getting lots of attention this morning, but Microsoft is making a push of its own for the attention of software developers — hoping to encourage a critical ...

Microsoft has already launched a preview version of Visual Studio 2013, the next entry in its software development tool series. However, owners of the current Visual Studio 2012 can look forward to at ...

Alongside the launch of Windows 8 for MSDN and TechNet subscribers today, Microsoft has also released Visual Studio 2012, the latest version of its popular software development tool, for subscribers ...