Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Special Edition* lets you rapidly build a broad range of applications for Windows, the Web, and mobile devices, addressing today's most challenging development needs.

Features
Quickly build software for Windows and the Web
Intuitive visual designers for building professional software let you reuse your existing skills across multiple application types.

Build high-performance database applications
ADO.NET class libraries provide the infrastructure for high-performance data access to SQL Server, Oracle, and other data sources.

Simplify application deployment and maintenance
No Touch Deployment enables applications to be deployed as easily as Web pages, and side-by-side component versioning eliminates DLL overwrites.

Connect to a variety of systems and applications
Industry-leading support for Web service creation and consumption enables you to quickly build and employ standards-based business-logic components.

Leverage existing investments in code and skills
Get multiple options for reusing existing code, including the Visual Basic? Upgrade Wizard, COM Interoperability, and more.

Build device-based applications in record time
Support for smart devices enables design, development, debugging, and automatic deployment of applications to more than 200 wireless mobile devices.

*Special Edition - Now Includes:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition

Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System

900 MB of available hard-disk space on system drive; 3.3 GB on installation drive; additional 1.9GB for optional MSDN Library Documentation