Visual Studio 2012 supports Office 2013 and Windows Phone 8 development but the tooling for the upcoming Office and the Windows Phone platforms is not part of the August 15th downloads, according to ...

TFS Power Tools for Visual Studio 2012, which includes advanced tools for backup, Windows Explorer and PowerShell extensions and a process template editor, is available for download, starting today.

Microsoft has announced a few new details around Visual Studio 2012. Neowin is at the event and covering the announcements as they happen, make the jump to see the latest enhancements.

The vendor will offer Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop, allowing users of the free version of the development tools to build software with the traditional Windows interface.

Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 (Visual Studio 2012.1) is now available for download. The update allows users to develop applications for Windows XP and more thoroughly test their work.

Visual Studio 2015, which Microsoft is positioning as a 'toolset for any developer targeting any device on any platform,' is now available for download.

Microsoft will be rolling out its latest Visual Studio development-tool suite starting in mid-October. Pricing will remain in line with that of the current VS 2012 suite.