Visual Studio "Rosario"
I guess most of us are really happy with the release of Visual Studio 2008. I know I am, although I realise that I won't be able to use it professionally. I have only recently been able to convince my current projectowner to upgrade our suite of applications to .Net 2.0. The reason behind that decision was not driven by functionality in VS 2005 and .Net, but by the decision of the company to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista. And as we all know, VS 2003 won't run properly on Vista. So for now, I won't even consider to try and persuade him to do another migration.
But Microsoft is already working on a new version of Visual Studio, code-name Rosario. It promisses to be an integrated Application Life-Cycle Management (ALM) solution comprising tools, processes, and guidance. It enables members of your team to:
- Collaborate and communicate more effectively with other team members and business stakeholders
- Ensure software quality using advanced quality tools at every step of the application life cycle
- Gain visibility into project activity and priorities to make informed decisions based on real-time data
Now don't get me wrong, I have no idea yet on what the new version will deliver. But those of you that are interested in this new version. a set of specifications is available for download here. But that's still only a (lot of) piece(s) of paper, right. But you can also download the November 2007 CTP version. Yes, that's right. a CTP is already available for download here. It's as a VPC image so it won't screw-up your system to much. You're system should at least match the following requirements:
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP
- Required Software: Virtual PC 2007.
- Processor: 1.6GHz Pentium III+
- RAM: 1 GB of available physical RAM