The Visual Studio 2010 Professional Software from Microsoft is a software development suite for Windows. You'll be able to use it to create, debug, and deploy applications on a variety of platforms -- including SharePoint and the Cloud. The software includes support for test-driven development and debugging tools that ensure that the software you create is free of errors.
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Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN Essentials is a one-year trial subscription that provides access to the latest core Microsoft platforms -- Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter -- in addition to providing enhanced support from a professional community. Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN Essentials may be upgraded to Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN at the end of the trial period.
Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN is a subscription that provides access to both current and previous versions of core Microsoft platforms. This full subscription includes Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, Windows Azure utilization hours, e-learning courses, and much more.
Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN is a subscription that provides access to both current and previous versions of core Microsoft platforms. This full subscription includes Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, Windows Azure utilization hours, e-learning courses, and much more.
Customize Your Workspace
Writing application code often requires having numerous designers and editors open at once. Visual Studio 2010 Professional helps you organize your digital environment with support for multi-monitor, which makes it easier to manage the way you work.
Create Collaboration Solutions on SharePoint
Bring customized collaboration tools to your company by taking advantage of new support for SharePoint development, including tooling for Web parts, lists, workflows, events, and more.
Build Applications in Windows 7
Visual Studio 2010 Professional comes with built-in tools for Windows 7 development, including multi-touch and "ribbon" UI components that put you at the forefront of Windows 7 technology.
Easily Create RIA and WPF Applications
New drag-and-drop data binding in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight designers make building Windows and Rich Internet Applications (RIA) easy and fast, for both designers and developers.
Simplify Web Application Deployment
Move your Web applications into a production environment with a single click. Visual Studio 2010 Professional transfers your code, Internet Information Server (IIS) settings, and database schema to your target server.
Integrated Development Environment
Visual Studio 2010 Professional provides support for multi-monitor, so you can organize and manage your work however you want. You can also unleash your creativity by utilizing visual designers to leverage the latest platforms, including Windows 7.
Development Platform Support
Whether your project is simple or complex, you can use Visual Studio 2010 Professional to bring your vision to life on a wide range of platforms including Windows, Windows Server, Web, Cloud, Office and SharePoint, and more.
Testing Tools
Visual Studio 2010 Professional includes unit-testing capabilities within the IDE that can generate all the method stubs necessary for compiling unit tests, which help to ensure each unit of code is performing correctly.