Microsoft retools Visual Studio.Net
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft on Thursday offered a glimpse of its new features for future versions of its Visual Studio.Net development tool bundle. The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said it plans to revamp its tools to work with new products that are expected to ship in the coming months. Those products include Windows.Net Server, the next version of Microsoft's server operating system, and an upcoming release of the company's SQL Server database, code-named Yukon.
On Thursday, Microsoft said it plans later this year to ship a minor update to its Visual Studio.Net, code-named Everett, that will include better connections to Windows.Net Server and provide support for writing software for mobile devices, such as cell phones. The Everett release will include a Java development tool called Visual J#, along with Visual Basic.Net, Visual C++.Net and Visual C#.Net tools.
After the minor revision to Visual Studio.Net this year, Microsoft will release a more comprehensive update in late 2003 when the company expects to release Yukon. That version of Visual Studio.Net will feature new visual-design tools and will support Yukon's new data-storage architecture, which will make it easier to find and use corporate data, Microsoft has said.