Report a Bug in VS2012

As we all know that Visual Studio 2012 Preview is released, this is still not the final version of the application so there are chances that you may bind a Bug in application. If in case you came across any bug that need to be sent to the Microsoft development team, so that this can be fixed in the final version of the application.

The Feed back for the visual studio bugs can be send very easily, the option to report a bug is present in the editor only, Just right click on the editor and you can  find the option to Report a Bug.

There is a nice article with more details and screen shots are availabe on the Microsoft Connect site.

Please make use of this URL to find out the process of reporting a bug. Microsoft Connect
By this we can help the visual studio 2012 team to present a bug free applciation that will make the developers life more easy.

Once you are done with all the steps the final screen of feedback will be as follows

Hope you will make use of the Microsoft Connect site to get more information on submitting a bug. Please provide your valuable comment on the same.

Thanks

Anil Kumar Pandey

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft MCC, DNS MVM

Microsoft Surface

On Monday evening 19^th June, Microsoft unveiled its Surface tablet – a new branded 10.6in device that comes up with inbuilt  keyboard: There is two version for the same , one with an ARM chip ("WinRT"), and another with an Intel chip ("x86"). We can create  Software to run on both.

The Surface has a built-in kickstand and magnetic cover, which also acts as a touch keyboard but there is no information that whether this is Wi-Fi enable or with a Mobile connectivity. It’s said that this will be a tough competitor for the Apple i-Pad. There is little information about the software present in it but it comes with a exciting list of Hardware.

The Specification for the 2 Versions are:

 OS                  Windows RT                Windows 8 Pro

Light 1                 676 g                            903 g

Thin 2                  9.3 mm                         13.5 mm

Clear               10.6” ClearType HD   10.6” ClearType Full HD Display

                          Display   

Energized      31.5 W-h                       42 W-h

Connected     microSD, USB 2.0,       microSDXC,

Micro HD Video,         USB 3.0, Mini DisplayPort Video

2x2 MIMO antennae   2x2 MIMO antennae

Productive     Office Home & Student 2013 RT,      Touch Cover

 Touch Cover,                                      Pen with Palm Block

Type Cover                                          Type Cover

Practical         VaporMg Case & Stand                      VaporMg Case & Stand

Configurable 32 GB, 64 GB             64 GB, 128 GB

Hope it fun working with Surface and could have lot of new software support. Please refer the official Microsoft Site to get more details on it. http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/gallery.aspx

Here are some of the Images for Surface tablet.

Thanks

Anil Kumar Pandey

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft MCC,DNS MVM

Visual Studio 2012 RC

Hi Friends,

Visual Studio 2012 RC is ready to use, they are not released finally as these are only Pre-Release versions. We can download it from Microsoft site. There are 4 version of the Visual studio 2012 currently they are

1. Visual Studio Ultimate 2012
2. Visual Studio Premium 2012
3. Visual Studio Professional 2012
4. Visual Studio Test Professional 2012

All version are having special features as per your requirement. I just wanted to inform you all about the difference between the various version of the Visual Studio 2012. Below is a chart that provide details.

	Visual Studio Ultimate 2012	Visual Studio Premium 2012	Visual Studio Professional 2012	Visual Studio Test Professional 2012
Debugging and Diagnostics	****	***	**
IntelliTrace (Historical Debugging)
IntelliTrace in Production
Code Metrics
Graphics Debugging
Advanced Web Debugging
Static Code Analysis
Debugger
Windows 8 Metro Style Simulator
Profiling	Includes Tier Interaction Profiling	Includes Tier Interaction Profiling
Windows Phone 7 Emulator
Testing Tools	****	***	*	**
Web Performance Testing
Load Testing
Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation)
Code Coverage
Coded UI Testing
Manual Testing
Exploratory Testing
Test Case Management
Fast Forward for Manual Testing
Lab Management
Extensible Testing Framework
Unit Testing
Integrated Development Environment	****	****	***
Code Clone
LightSwitch
One-Click Web Deployment
Extensible WPF-Based Environment
Model Resource Viewer
Multi-Targeting
Blend for Visual Studio
JavaScript and jQuery Support
Project & Solution Compatibility with Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Multiple Monitor Support
Development Platform Support	****	****	****
Windows Desktop Development
Windows Metro style Application (including ARM) Development
Web Development
Windows Phone Development
Office and SharePoint Development
Cloud Development
Customizable Development Experience
Architecture and Modeling	****	**	*
Architecture Explorer
Architecture and Layer Diagrams
Architecture Validation
UML® 2.0 Compliant Diagrams (Activity, Use Case, Sequence, Class, and Component)		Read-Only Diagrams
Visualize Code with Dependency Graphs (By Assembly, By Namespace, and By Class)		Read-Only Diagrams	Read-Only Diagrams
Lab Management	****	****		****
Virtual Environment Setup & Tear Down
Provision Environment from Template
Checkpoint Environment
Team Foundation Server	****	****	***	****
Backlog Management
Sprint Planning
Agile Task boards
Exception Analytics
SharePoint Integration (Team Project Portal) Microsoft SharePoint Server licensed separately			Requires full Team Foundation Server and CAL which are included with MSDN Subscription or available for purchase separately
Reporting & BI			Requires full Team Foundation Server and CAL which are included with MSDN Subscription or available for purchase separately
Project & Project Server integration Microsoft Project and Project Server licensed separately			Requires full Team Foundation Server and CAL which are included with MSDN Subscription or available for purchase separately
System Center Integration Microsoft System Center licensed separately			Requires full Team Foundation Server and CAL which are included with MSDN Subscription or available for purchase separately
Version Control
Work Item Tracking
Build Automation
Collaboration	****	****	**	***
PowerPoint Storyboarding
Feedback Manager
Code Review
Task Suspend/Resume
Team Explorer
Team Explorer Everywhere for TFS (3rd-Party Development Tools Support)
Software and Services for Production Use	****	***	*	*
Ultimate Feature Packs
Team Foundation Server			Requires MSDN Subscription
Team Foundation Server CAL			One Team Foundation Server CAL per subscription
Office Professional Plus
Project Professional
Visio Premium
Windows Azure Windows Azure benefits vary by offering
Software for Development and Testing	****	****	*	*
Windows, Windows Server			Requires MSDN Subscription
Microsoft SQL Server			Requires MSDN Subscription
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Dynamics
All other Microsoft servers (SharePoint, Exchange, etc.)
Other Benefits	****	****	*	*
Technical Support Incidents	4	4	2 Requires MSDN Subscription	2
Microsoft E-Learning Collections (per year)	2	2	1 Requires MSDN Subscription	1

To Download the Version of the Visual Studio here are the links.

  Ultimate
 Premium
 Professional
Test Professional


The Platform compatibility and Hardware support/requirement for Visual Studio 2012 

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows 7 (x86 and x64)
• Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
• Windows Server 2012 (x64)

Hardware Requirements

• 1.6 GHz or faster processor
• 1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
• 10 GB (NTFS) of available hard disk space
• 5400 RPM hard drive
• DirectX 9-capable video card running at 1024 x 768 or higher display resolution

Supported Architectures

• 32-bit (x86)
• 64-bit (x64)

Hope these information are useful for you and you are going to use the new improved visual studio 2012. For more information you can visit the official Microsoft site that is  Visual Studio 2012

Thanks

Anil Kumar Pandey

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft MCC,DNS MVM