Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional (with MSDN Professional)

Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition is a comprehensive, high productivity professional development environment (for devs working alone or in small teams) for building high performance, multi-tier applications for Windows, the Web, and mobile devices.

Build high-performance solutions faster than ever.

• Easily create and deploy client applications. Automatically publish and maintain applications and their dependencies with integrated ClickOnce support.
• Build fast, interactive Web applications. Take advantage of more than 50 new controls and hundreds of built-in services for site security, personalization, look and feel, and more.
• Develop faster with enhanced visual designers and editors. Streamline development of all tiers of your application and improve XML editing and XSLT debugging with intuitive visual designers.
• Create dynamic, data-enabled applications. Quickly create data-driven applications using an integrated data access, design, and reporting environment.

Take advantage of a powerful, enterprise-class application platform.

• Tackle any development task. Create robust applications using the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, the .NET Compact Framework 2.0, and native code--all supported by Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
• Target high-performance computing architectures. Easily develop for 64-bit systems using a 64-bit version of the .NET Framework.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition Includes:

• Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C#, Microsoft Visual C++, and Microsoft Visual J# programming languages
• Tools for building Windows and Web solutions
• SmartPhone and Pocket PC development tools for building Windows CE–based applications
• Visual Database Tools
• XSD and XSLT editing and debugging
• Advanced debugging tools, including cross-machine debugging
• Visual Basic and Visual C# development of stored procedures, functions, and triggers when combined with SQL ServerTM 2005
• Tools for building server-based solutions

New Features

• Integrated SQL Reporting Services
• Integrated ClickOnce support
• Dozens of new reusable controls for creating Windows and Web applications
• Master Pages support for maintaining a consistent look and feel across Web applications
• Edit and Continue for simple, intuitive debugging
• 64-bit version of .NET framework 2.0
• Enhanced SmartPhone and Pocket PC development environment
• Create SQL Server stored procedures using a .NET language
• Integrated ClickOnce support
• Cross machine debugging

An MSDN Professional Subscription (1 year subscription) provides continuous, priority access to development tools and technologies.

The following product is eligible for a Professional Subscription:

• Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition

What You Get

• Includes MSDN Operating Systems and Library Subscriptions
• Continuous access to new software and technical resources. During the term of your subscription, you are entitled to upgrades to your subscription software and to select new releases and product betas, in addition to resources such as software and hardware development kits and service packs.
• Latest Microsoft operating systems includes the latest versions of Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP Professional Edition, Windows XP Home Edition, and future Windows releases. Usage rights are limited to development and testing only.
• SQL Server & SQL Reporting Services (Developer Editions). Usage rights are limited to development and testing only.
• Technical Support includes unlimited usage of MSDN Managed Newsgroups for online support with a guaranteed response time of two business days, phone-based support incidents, and free access to MSDN Online Concierge for non-technical questions regarding navigation of the MSDN site, Knowledge Base article searches, and MSDN Subscriber Downloads.
• Continuously updated technical content is available through the MSDN Library, which offers comprehensive programming information, code samples, sample applications, technical documentation and articles, and the Microsoft Developer Knowledge Base.

Additional Tools Included:

• SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition

Box contents:

• Poster Pack
• Product Guide / Manual
• MSDN Activation details
• Installation Media:
  • Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition - 2 CD
  • MSDN Library - 3 CD
  • SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition - 1 CD
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2 - 1 CD
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP1 - 1 CD

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