Microsoft today announced the release of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2 of Visual Studio 2012 Update 2, with some major upgrades related to application lifecycle management (ALM).
Non-small business editions are coming in about a month.
The product combines on-premises TFS testing with the speed and agility of the hosted cloud.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 01/29/2013
Windows retakes its place as the top revenue producer for the company. Business and Entertainment divisions see a dip in performance.
Redmond claims AV-Test methodology is flawed.
Reducing application development costs, and moving applications to the cloud have become less of a priority for the coming year, according to the survey.
The service disruption happened on Dec. 28, 2012 and affected 1.8 percent of Microsoft's total Windows Azure Storage accounts.
The contest was based on the growth in the number of searches from the previous year.
Developers continue to show gains in salary and have better job security than most others, according to Visual Studio Magazine's second-annual salary survey.
These are the articles readers found most helpful in the past year.
The senior director of the Windows Commercial Business Group provides a checklist to help organizations choose the best Windows 8 machines and tablets.
The overall IT cost to support multiple browsers is 20 percent higher, according to the report.
C++Builder XE3 implements a new native compiler architecture that supports development on both Windows 8 and Mac OS X PCs.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/11/2012
A study found that 64 percent of enterprises were audited, or had a license review, over the past 18 months to 24 months.
Poor marketing, distribution partially blamed for slow uptake.
Eric Lippert was a key part of the Roslyn compiler-as-a-service project.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 12/04/2012
Also expected in the same timeframe is the first update for Windows Phone 8, codenamed "Apollo+".
Should you wait for Service Pack 1? The new Update model is replacing Service Packs, according to Microsoft.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/26/2012
NetAdvantage for Windows UI offers XAML and HTML/jQuery controls to Windows 8 developers.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/16/2012
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 has taken a great leap forward after many months in which the company reported little about its progress.