Free Developer Tools for Microsoft

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 builds incrementally on the new features added in .NET Framework 3, for example, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Windows CardSpace. The...

The Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x64) installs runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries required to run 64-bit applications developed with Visual C++ on a computer that does not have Visual C++ 2008 installed. This package...

The Volta technology preview is a developer toolset that enables you to build multi-tier Web applications by applying familiar techniques and patterns. First, design and build your application as a .NET client application, then assign the portions of the...

Microsoft XNA Game Studio enables hobbyists, academics, and independent game developers to easily create video games for Windows and the Xbox 360 console using optimized cross-platform gaming libraries based on...

Visual Studio Code is an IDE tool built by Microsoft that runs on multiple platforms, including Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. It provides support for numerous programming languages, and it can be used to build modern apps for web and...

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition Power Tools provides several new features. The new features include two custom unit test conditions, a new Data Generation Wizard, and new MSBuild tasks to support running TSQL Static Code Analysis...

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 includes support for SQL Server 2008, new ADO.NET features such as the Entity Framework, improvements to the WPF designers, WCF templates for Silverlight projects, debugger support for the .NET Framework public symbols and source...

BizTalk Adapter Pack has adapters for Oracle Database,mySAP Business Suite and Siebel eBusiness Applications. The primary design goal of adapters is to facilitate the exchange of business documents between trading partners. The adapters provide a common...

Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack extends the VC++ Libraries shipped with Visual Studio 2008 and is fully covered under Microsoft's standard support policies. The VC++ 2008 MFC libraries have been extended to support creation of applications that have office...

Microsoft Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows Server 2003 is a new command-line shell and scripting language designed for system administration and automation. It includes more than 130 command-line tools (called "cmdlets") for performing common system...