14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft packed a preview release of Visual Studio 11, the next major iteration of VS, into the first public test Build of Windows 8 on the Samsung Windows 8 Developer Preview PC, and it’s now starting to share the next version of its dev tool with more testers.
The Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview is available for download to MSDN subscribers immediately.
However, this is just the first stage of the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview’s availability, according to the software giant.
While on stage during the second day keynote of BUILD, Server and Tools Business President Satya Nadella announced that the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview will be offered to all early adopters as of this Friday, September 16.
“Developers have long been the cornerstone of Microsoft’s success, and that relationship is now more important than ever,” Nadella explained.
“In today’s world of connected devices and continuous services, we are focused on helping developers build the next generation of client applications that are tethered to a back-end cloud.”
Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview is offered in tandem with both Windows 8 client and Windows Server 8.
Also on the second day at BUILD, Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Server 8 Developer Preview, an early taste of Microsoft’s next Windows Server platform, a Cloud optimized version of the operating system.
“Building on yesterday’s keynote demonstrations of Metro style applications for code-named “Windows 8,” Microsoft delivered a Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview. The product provides an integrated development experience spanning architecture, code, test and deployment,” Microsoft said.
“This release adds support for Windows 8 Metro style applications built with HTML 5, JavaScript, C#, Visual Basic and C++, as well as numerous productivity enhancements for project compatibility, extension management, game development, code analysis, code review and agile testing.”
Windows 8 Developer Preview Build 8102 Milestone 3 (M3) is available for download here.