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The Future of the Visual Studio Development Platform

This keynote from VSLive! Orlando focuses on best-of-breed solutions and reveals the direction of Visual Studio''s next release.

 Watch the video of the keynote! (Running time: 1 hour, 8 minutes)

What will drive the next-generation development platform? How are you going to use development tools, lifecycle applications, and integrated platforms to ensure further productivity, quality, and security? This keynote focuses on best-of-breed solutions that are meeting today's development challenges. It provides an overview and reveals the direction of the next release of Microsoft's premier development tools and platform. Learn how Visual Studio expands your opportunities today and tomorrow, drives further productivity and quality, and allows you to tackle new challenges.

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