Welcome to the Developer Tools Virtual Presskit. Here you’ll find the most current news, videos, product screenshots, top stories and resources for Microsoft’s suite of developer tools and programming languages.

March 26, 2013
Steve Guggenheimer discusses the rapidly growing Windows ecosystem and what developers can expect at this year’s Build event, which sold out in one day.
Highlights
Download Office developer tools for Visual Studio 2012
March 4
Create and deploy apps across all current Office and SharePoint hosting models and app types.
Microsoft announces ALM updates
Jan. 30
Technical Fellow Brian Harry introduced Git support for Team Foundation Service and Visual Studio.
Enter the world of cross-platform gaming
Jan. 30
Can your users play on a phone and then resume later on Windows 8 or Xbox 360?
Try F#: Web-based console for big and broad data
Jan. 22
New website makes programming language easy to learn, simple to use and share.
Register now for 2013 Security Development Conference
Dec. 18
Join the event in San Francisco, May 14–15. Hear from security experts and learn about secure development practices.
Windows Phone 7.8 SDK is here
Jan. 22
Take advantage of new features for WP 7.x devices.

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Enterprise Library 6.0

April 25, 2013

I’ve written on my blog before about the Microsoft Enterprise Library. Enterprise Library has a long and accomplished history of providing architectural...

Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 Now Available

April 4, 2013

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Now Available: Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012

March 4, 2013

As I’ve written about previously, we’ve been developing tools for building the next-generation of apps for Office and SharePoint. These tools manifest both as...

The Evolution of DevLabs

Feb. 19, 2013

A little over four years ago, we created the DevLabs portal on MSDN. The idea behind this site was to provide a hub for Microsoft teams to publicly share...