Starting with Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft stopped offering its internal Setup project template, instead going with a third-party version from Flexera Software called InstallShield Limited Edition.

Microsoft released its first update for Visual Studio 2012 on Monday. Update 1 is a major enhancement to the company's latest integrated development environment, which is geared towards modern ...

Previously, these packages were limited to Metro, Azure, Windows Phone, and the Web, but developer pressure has led to Microsoft offering a desktop version After hearing objections from developers, ...

Developers can now download the Visual Studio 2012 software development platform and accompanying .Net Framework 4.5, a Microsoft official revealed on Wednesday. Available to MSDN subscribers, Visual ...

Microsoft wants Visual Studio 2012 to help software developers to become the new "rock stars" of the world, according to Microsoft technical evangelist Rocky Heckman. He was speaking at the Australian ...

Microsoft has pulled back the covers on Visual Studio 2012 and is announcing a few new features today at their launch event. You can see the full list below and know that the updates for all of the ...

So, Visual Studio 2012 is out. I've installed it, and like it overall. It hasn't broken anything in 2008 or 2010, and I'm running all three at once at the moment. The color scheme (which everybody ...

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Microsoft plans to hold the line with pricing for the latest version of Visual Studio, officials disclosed this week. Visual Studio 2013 prices are unchanged from the corresponding Visual Studio 2012 ...