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• Build the connected applications demanded by today's businesses
• Provides a full-featured development environment for Windows and Web developers
• Offers productivity enhancements for building data-driven client and Web applications
• Download SKU # 127-00210, DVD SKU # 127-00147

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To qualify for upgrade pricing, you must be a licensed user of an earlier version of Microsoft Visual Studio or any other developer tool (including free developer tools, such as Visual Studio Express Editions or Eclipse).

Upgrade pricing eligibility does not apply for Volume Licensing programs.

Operating system

Windows Vista (all editions except Starter Edition), Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later, all editions except Starter Edition, Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later, Windows Server 2003 R2 or later (all editions)

Processor Required

1.6 GHz or faster

Hard disk

2.2 GB available
5400 RPM hard drive

Memory Required

384 MB of RAM or more (768 MB of RAM or more for Windows Vista)

Media drive

DVD-ROM

Display required

1024 x 768 or higher-resolution display

Other

Additional features may require Internet access. Fees may apply.

• Build the connected applications demanded by today's businesses while taking advantage of the .NET Framework 3.5 to reduce development time
• Create and deploy compelling Windows and Web applications using new visual designers and more than 50 new controls
• Connect to the data you need, regardless of its location, and build data-driven applications using Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
• Provide a better user experience for graphic designers by employing new design surfaces and file formats compatible with Microsoft Expression
• Build applications that utilize the latest Web technologies with improved support for AJAX and Web Controls and the Microsoft AJAX Library
• Create Web applications more easily with an improved design surface and standards support
• Utilize data from any data source more smoothly with LINQ, a set of language extensions to Visual Basic and Visual C#
• Manage and build applications that target multiple versions of the .NET Framework