Executive Summary
Visual Studio (VS) 2012 and the .NET Framework 4.5 update Microsoft’s development platform with additions and enhancements across almost all areas, including tooling, languages, and runtime components. Many additions will help developers write code that meets the demands of the latest applications, such as touch-based user interfaces for Windows 8, while saving time with better-performing, streamlined tools. New life-cycle management capabilities could help development, operations, and other personnel handle shorter development cycles and tighter integration between software development and other business processes. Other enhancements aim to better integrate Microsoft’s cloud services with the tools while easing implementation of applications that take advantage of those services.
VS is a key part of Microsoft’s developer platform and, along with the .NET Framework, is one of the company’s greatest competitive advantages. The quality of the development environment—the ease with which it lets developers create and maintain code—bolsters the success of other Microsoft businesses, such as Windows, Office, SQL Server, SharePoint, Windows Azure, and Windows Phone. Continuing to improve VS is important not only to Microsoft’s developer tools business but also to the company as a whole.
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