Visual Studio 2008 White Papers Visual Studio 2008 Visual Studio Team System 2008 Visual Studio Extensibility Visual Studio 2008 An Overview of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 This white paper describes how Visual Studio 2008 delivers on the Microsoft vision of smart client applications by enabling developers to rapidly create connected applications that deliver the highest quality, rich user experiences. With Visual Studio 2008, organizations will find it easier than ever before to capture and analyze information to help them make effective business decisions. Visual Studio 2008 enables organizations of every size to rapidly create more secure, manageable, and reliable applications that take advantage of Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system. Break Through Your Software Development Challenges This white paper discusses features of Visual Studio 2008 that raise the bar for client, Microsoft Office System, Web, and mobile application development, and for application life-cycle management, and it explains how Visual Studio 2008 can help you break through your software development challenges. Key Benefits of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 This white paper describes how Visual Studio 2008 provides a powerful tool-set for building software for Windows, the Web, mobile devices, and the Microsoft Office system. Regardless of the specific target platform, Visual Studio enhances developer productivity by providing tools that help them write code faster and streamline other development-related tasks. Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison Guide This guide provides a comprehensive product comparison of the Visual Studio 2008 IDE products. It does not provide data about Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Explorer, or Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Load Agent. This guide is provided for illustrative purposes only. [Back to Top] Visual Studio Team System 2008 Tools for Agility – A White Paper by Kent Beck In this white paper, Kent Beck shares his thoughts on the relationship between tools and agile software development. Agile development seeks to increase the value of software development by increasing the feedback available to customers and developers. Some of the feedback comes from more frequent releases to production, some from more frequent testing, some from more frequent software builds, and some from social structures that encourage conversation and dialog. A decrease in cycle time implies an increase in the number of transitions between activities, though, which changes the requirements for effective development tools. Kent Beck in this paper makes the case for the appropriate use of tools (and processes) in agile development, and to look forward to the evolution of software development tools. Key Benefits of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System This white paper describes how building the right team and fostering a culture of continuous improvement is the foundation for success. You also need the right tools and processes in place for your team to do their best work. That’s where Microsoft Visual Studio Team System can help. Visual Studio Team System 2008 Capabilities White Papers This series of white papers pick up where the Key Benefits of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System white paper left off, by going deeper into the following areas: Communicate and Collaborate Drive Predictability Ensure Quality Early and Often Integrate Work Frequently Making Real-Time Decisions Managing Team Workflow Using Familiar Tools Visual Studio Team System 2008 Licensing This white paper provides an overview of Visual Studio Team System 2008 licensing. This document will provide a general understanding of the licensing and typical deployment scenarios for Visual Studio Team System 2008. Requirements Management with Visual Studio Team System This white paper outlines how to use Visual Studio Team System for successful requirements management using Visual Studio Team System 2005 or Visual Studio Team System 2008. In addition, you can use this paper to learn about some of the challenges that Microsoft intends to address in the next release: Visual Studio Team System 2010. [Back to Top] Visual Studio Extensibility Microsoft Visual Studio Extensibility This white paper describes how an industry-leading set of development tools, Microsoft Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team System provide a broad range of capabilities, including out-of-the-box support for customization and extension through macros, add-ins, and more. And because no commercial product can meet every need, Microsoft provides a number of resources to help developers further extend the Visual Studio experience. [Back to Top]