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Get a PLK or SLK without logging into VSIPMembers.com
We know deploying your VS package can be a pain and there are often a lot of pain with getting a PLK. Now getting a PLK is a lot easier with the page we have launched here . Read More...
VS Gallery Gets New Features!
I was just going around and talking about the VS Gallery on our European Tour, and on last Friday, we have added several new features. Since Anthony did such a great job in summarizing the new features, let me quote him here: --- Start of Quote --- Today Read More...
Stop 1: Brussels, Belgium
Yesterday in Brussels, we made our first of a series of presentations in our European tour. I met up with Jean-Marc in the morning at the Microsoft office in Brussels. We ran through our preparation work one more time to make sure we have everything ready. Read More...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and Updates
Today, we release the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. This service pack is particularly important for Visual Studio extenders because they can test it and report any compatibility problems with their extensions. You can find the downloads are Read More...
HEROES happen {here}
I am in L.A. today and tomorrow, to attend and speak at the Visual Studio, SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 launch event. I feel very lucky to be able to participate in this historical event. This launch wave is the largest one ever for any developer Read More...
Source Code Outliner PowerToy is now available for VS 2008!
The popular Source Code Outliner PowerToy has been updated for VS2008. Get it now from MS Download Center ! Read More...
Upcoming VSX Events
I can't believe it's almost October, and our team is working on so many things right now. First, we are trying to wrap up the platform components that we own in the VS 2008 product, including the VS Shell redistributable pack pieces. It's actually a very Read More...
Important workaround for VS 2008 SDK July CTP for building VS Shell!
Yesterday, we released the VS 2008 SDK that targets the Beta 2 release of Visual Studio. You can read all the details on our team blog . One of the most exciting things about this release is the ability for customers to build the VS Shell (isolated mode). Read More...
Videos from TechEd 2007
Our good PM, Ken Levy, has just posted several video interviews taken right on the TechEd show floor. The VS 2008 Shell is really getting a lot of buzz and they seem to have been inundated with questions about it. I am really excited about this new offering Read More...
Pimp your IDE!
Since I posted my IDE Tips and Tricks blog entry , I have been getting a lot of emails from customers. They all tell me 2 things: 1. They love the article (this is good, I am happy) 2. Part of the code listing for generating the list of keyboard shortcuts Read More...
SlickEdit Gadgets for VS 2005
The folks over at SlickEdit has just released a set of cool tools for Visual Studio 2005. They call them "Gadgets", but they are what we would call Power Toys. The set of Gadgets include the following: Editor Gadgets - a collection of utilities to dazzle Read More...
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