The Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate represents the next major step along Microsoft’s Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) roadmap, embracing additional roles critical to a project's success. From requirements to working software, from deployment to feedback, the Visual Studio development tools, together with Team Foundation Server, provide the platform to support the entire software value chain.

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Version 2012 includes ISO 19770-2 identification tag creation incorporated as part of installation development.
DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite analyzes both native and managed 32bit and 64bit executables.
2011 release features Microsoft Team Foundation Server integration and supports installation of 64-bit applications.