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Visual Studio 2008 Professional Upgrade

Visual Studio 2008 Professional Upgrade

Developer tool
£484.99
£484.99 £484.99 Limited time offer

A comprehensive set of tools to turn a developer’s vision into reality
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition is a comprehensive set of tools that accelerates the process of turning the developer’s vision into reality. Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition was engineered to support development projects that target the Web (including ASP.NET AJAX), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Mobile devices.

Deliver high-performance applications
Build great client applications
Build powerful Web applications

Before you buy

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.

See if you're eligible for renewal or upgrade pricing.

Download the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1.

Delivery of this product will take 2-3 weeks in addition to the usual delivery time.

Features

  • Get the integrated toolset for addressing developers' needs by providing a superset of the functionality available in Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition.
  • Connect to the data you need, regardless of its location, and build data-driven applications using Language Integrated Query (LINQ).
  • Build rich, interactive applications using the ASP.NET AJAX interactive Web interfaces.
  • Create Web applications more easily with an improved design surface and standards support.
  • Build the connected applications demanded by today’s businesses with the integrated designers and language features in Visual Studio, while taking advantage of the .NET Framework 3.5 to reduce development time.
  • Develop compelling solutions that leverage the user experience and capabilities of the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Windows Vista.
  • Build applications that utilize the latest Web technologies with improved support for AJAX and Web Controls and the Microsoft AJAX Library.
  • Utilize data from any data source more smoothly with LINQ, a set of language extensions to Visual Basic and Visual C#.

System Requirements

Operating System
Windows Vista (x86, x64, and all editions except Starter Edition), Windows XP (x86 and x64) with Service Pack 2 or later, all editions except Starter Edition, Windows Server 2003 (x86 & x64) with Service Pack 1 or later, Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86 and x64) or later (all editions).

Processor
1.6 GHz or faster

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

Hard Disk
2.2 GB available

Display
1024 x 768 or higher-resolution display

Media Drive
DVD ROM

Other
5400 RPM hard drive. Additional features may require Internet access. Fees may apply.