Updated: July 12, 2020 (February 18, 2002)

Visual Studio .NET Launched

Visual Studio .NET (VS.NET) is generally available as of Feb. 13, 2002. The largest and most significant tool upgrade in Microsoft history, VS.NET has been available for download to MSDN subscribers since Jan. 16, but it is now available through retail and other channels as well.

Tools Support Web Services, Unify IDE

Moving to the .NET platform has brought major changes to the entire suite of tools. These changes include the following:

Adoption of the .NET Framework and Common Language Runtime to increase security, reliability, and cross-language interoperability.
New tools to enable creating and using Web Services from all languages.
A common integrated development environment (IDE) for all tools and languages.
Stronger support for third-party languages and add-ons through the Visual Studio Integration Program. Products taking advantage of these capabilities include Rational ClearCase and XDE, Fujitsu Cobol and Fortran, and others.
Major language enhancements to Visual Basic and

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