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(Or see below for Visual Studio 2010 Express products.)

Visual C++ 2010 Express
Build custom applications in Visual C++, a powerful language that gives deep and detailed control when building either native Windows (COM+) applications or .NET Framework-managed Windows applications.
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Visual C++ 2010 Express
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Visual C# 2010 Express
Build custom applications in Visual C#, a simple, powerful, type-safe, and object-oriented language that enables rapid application development with the expressiveness and elegance of C-style languages.
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Visual C# 2010 Express
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Visual Basic 2010 Express
Build custom applications in Visual Basic, a fast and easy way to create .NET Framework-based Windows applications. Programs written in Visual Basic benefit from security and language interoperability.
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Visual Basic 2010 Express
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Visual Web Developer 2010 Express
Full-featured web development editor for working with web standards, JavaScript, and ASP.NET. Installer provides the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform.
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Visual Web Developer 2010 Express
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Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
Build custom applications for Windows Phone using Silverlight and XNA Game Studio programming.
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Visual Studio 2010 Express
for Windows Phone
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for Windows Phone (English) ›

Visual Studio 2010 Express ISO Images
Use this ISO image file to install Visual Studio Express products without Internet access during installation.
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Visual Studio 2010 Express ISO Images
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Visual Studio 2008 Express
Older version of Express that contains free tools for developers of any level programming in Visual Basic, C++, or C#.
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Visual Studio 2008 Express
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SQL Server 2012 Express
Free, feature-rich database for developing and deploying desktop, web, and small server applications.
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What is Visual Studio Express?
Visual Studio 2010 Express is a set of free, entry-level products with streamlined interfaces and core capabilities that help you create applications for a single platform.
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Visual Studio 11 Express Beta products give you an easy way to create metro style apps for Windows 8 Consumer Preview and custom web applications.
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Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

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Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

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Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

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Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

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Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

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Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

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Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

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Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

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Download and install Visual Studio 11 Professional Beta today and discover for yourself multi-browser support for debugging, browser diagnostics tools with Page Inspector, new HTML editor, enhanced CSS editor with CSS3 support, enhanced JavaScript editor, and more.
Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

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Download and install Visual Studio 11 Professional Beta today and discover for yourself multi-browser support for debugging, browser diagnostics tools with Page Inspector, new HTML editor, enhanced CSS editor with CSS3 support, enhanced JavaScript editor, and more.
Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

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Download and install Visual Studio 11 Professional Beta today and discover for yourself multi-browser support for debugging, browser diagnostics tools with Page Inspector, new HTML editor, enhanced CSS editor with CSS3 support, enhanced JavaScript editor, and more.
Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

The Wait is Over. Get Our Best Web DEV tools Yet!
Download and install Visual Studio 11 Professional Beta today and discover for yourself multi-browser support for debugging, browser diagnostics tools with Page Inspector, new HTML editor, enhanced CSS editor with CSS3 support, enhanced JavaScript editor, and more.
Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

The Wait is Over. Get Our Best Web DEV tools Yet!
Download and install Visual Studio 11 Professional Beta today and discover for yourself multi-browser support for debugging, browser diagnostics tools with Page Inspector, new HTML editor, enhanced CSS editor with CSS3 support, enhanced JavaScript editor, and more.
Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

The Wait is Over. Get Our Best Web DEV tools Yet!
Download and install Visual Studio 11 Professional Beta today and discover for yourself multi-browser support for debugging, browser diagnostics tools with Page Inspector, new HTML editor, enhanced CSS editor with CSS3 support, enhanced JavaScript editor, and more.
Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

The Wait is Over. Get Our Best Web DEV tools Yet!
Download and install Visual Studio 11 Professional Beta today and discover for yourself multi-browser support for debugging, browser diagnostics tools with Page Inspector, new HTML editor, enhanced CSS editor with CSS3 support, enhanced JavaScript editor, and more.
Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.

The Wait is Over. Get Our Best Web DEV tools Yet!
Download and install Visual Studio 11 Professional Beta today and discover for yourself multi-browser support for debugging, browser diagnostics tools with Page Inspector, new HTML editor, enhanced CSS editor with CSS3 support, enhanced JavaScript editor, and more.
Go Live support is also available. Deploy your applications in a production environment and get support for issues you encounter.
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1. To compare C++ functionality across all Visual Studio 2010 levels, see Visual C++ Editions.
2. To learn more about Visual Web Developer 2010 Express capabilities, see Visual Web Developer Express.
3. When you install Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, you also get Windows Phone Emulator, Expression Blend, XNA Game Studio, samples, and other SDK components. If Visual Studio 2010 Professional or higher is already installed on your development computer, an add-in for Visual Studio 2010 Professional is automatically installed as well. With the exception of a few debugging features, the add-in provides Windows Phone application development support equivalent to Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone.
4. This first release of Visual Basic support for the Windows Phone Developer Tools requires that you have Visual Studio 2010 Professional or higher, and does not yet support Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone.
5. To create cloud applications on Windows Azure, you must also install the Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio.















