Build high-performance solutions faster than ever.

Easily create and deploy client applications. Automatically publish and maintain applications and their dependencies with integrated ClickOnce support.

Build fast, interactive Web applications. Take advantage of more than 50 new controls and hundreds of built-in services for site security, personalization, look and feel, and more.

Develop faster with enhanced visual designers and editors. Streamline development of all tiers of your application and improve XML editing and XSLT debugging with intuitive visual designers.

Create dynamic, data-enabled applications. Quickly create data-driven applications using an integrated data access, design, and reporting environment.

Take advantage of a powerful, enterprise-class application platform.

Tackle any development task. Create robust applications using the Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0, the .NET Compact Framework 2.0, and native code—all supported by Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005.

Target high-performance computing architectures. Easily develop for 64-bit systems using a 64-bit version of the .NET Framework.

Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Professional Edition Includes:
Microsoft Visual Basic®, Microsoft Visual C#®, Microsoft Visual C++®, and Microsoft Visual J#® programming languages
Tools for building Windows® and Web solutions
SmartPhone and Pocket PC development tools for building Windows CE–based applications
Visual Database Tools
XSD and XSLT editing and debugging
Advanced debugging tools, including cross-machine debugging
Visual Basic and Visual C# development of stored procedures, functions, and triggers when combined with SQL ServerTM 2005
Tools for building server-based solutions