Visual Studio .NET 2003?

[Royce Fickling]

What is Visual Studio .NET 2003? Is it better than the
original Visual Studio .NET? How? How do you get it? Email
answer appreciated.

 

[Dino Chiesa [MSFT]]

VS.NET 2003 is the current version of Microsoft Visual Studio.
What's new:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/overview/whatsnew.aspx

Big items are :
- mobile device support
- targets .NET Framework v1.1
- new data providers

VS.NET 2003 is available in the same channels as VS.NET 2002 -
- retail (buy a box at your local store or on amazon.com, etc)
- volume licensing via Microsoft
- MSDN subscription via Microsoft

If you already have VS.NET 2002 (retail), I think there is a $29 upgrade to
get VS.NET 2003. I thought it was supposed to expire in Sept 2003, so
hurry.
If you have a current MSDN subscription, then you get VS.NET 2003 for free.
If you have a current volume license agreement for VS, again I believe
VS2003 is free.


-Dino

 

[Scott M.]

Please do not request an emailed reply. Most users will ignore your post if
you do. Why not let everyone see the answer to your post?