Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Pro

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional Edition. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional is an integrated environment that helps simplify the basic tasks of creating, debugging, and deploying applications. Let Visual Studio 2010 Professional unleash your imagination and easily deliver your ideas.

Optimize your development environment with seamless multiple monitor support—visualize your code and debug on one monitor while viewing external help or a tools window on the secondary monitor
Easily build customized collaboration solutions with new support for SharePoint development, including numerous templates for SharePoint components, tooling for Web Parts, Lists, Workflows, and Events
Target multiple versions of the .NET framework with one tool, using enhanced multi-targeting support, with new reference assemblies and the most accurate IntelliSense ever
Build standards-based web applications with improved AJAX frameworks, core IntelliSense support for JavaScript, and the integration of the popular jQuery framework, an open-source JavaScript library
Be creative with rich user experiences for Windows, Office and the web—with Expression Studio, you can prototype your ideas quickly and bring your projects to life faster
Spend your time thinking about creative solutions rather than interpreting the code
Multi-core development support opens up new opportunities and capabilities for your applications
A single, integrated environment makes it easy for the whole team to collaborate
Make your development simple by using your existing skills and building on existing standards and frameworks
Manual and automated testing, and advanced debugging tools, help ensure you're building the right application, the right way
Integrated testing and debugging tools make it easier to find bugs and ensure high-quality solutions, so developers and testers can work together better
Spend your time thinking about creative solutions rather than interpreting the code

System Requirements

Required Processor
1.6 GHz or faster
Required Operating System
Windows 7 (both 32- and 64-bit versions, excluding Starter). Additional versions of Windows are supported, please see Other below for the full requirements.
Recommended Memory
1 GB (32 bit) or 2 GB (64 bit) RAM (add 512 MB if running in a virtual machine)
Required Memory
1024 MB RAM (1.5 GB if running in a virtual machine)
Required Hard Disk Space
3 GB (5400 RPM)
Required Media Drive
DVD-ROM Drive

Required Video Card
DirectX 9 capable video card running at 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution display

Other System Requirements
Visual Studio 2010 Professional can be installed on the following operating systems:

Windows XP (x86) with Service Pack 3—all editions except Starter Edition
Windows Vista (x86 & x64) with Service Pack 2—all editions except Starter Edition
Windows 7 (x86 and x64)
Windows Server 2003 (x86 & x64) with Service Pack 2—all editions (users will need to install MSXML6 if not already present)
Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86 and x64)—all editions
Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64) with Service Pack 2—all editions
Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)—all editions