News
VS/TFS 2012.4 (Update 4) RC 2 is available
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/08/19/vs-tfs-2012-4-update-4-rc-2-is-available.aspx
Team Foundation Service Release Archive
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=309297&clcid=0x409
What’s new in Visual Studio 2013 and InstallShield Limited Edition
XAML Editor Improvements in Visual Studio 2013
Upgrading your LightSwitch projects http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lightswitch/archive/2013/08/12/upgrading-your-lightswitch-projects-raghuveer-gopalakrishnan.aspx
Visual Studio Unit Test Generator v1 “lands”
TFS Internal Usage Statistics - 1st Half CY 2013http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2013/08/20/tfs-internal-usage-statistics-1st-half-cy-2013.aspx
Coded UI Test Gesture support in Visual Studio 2013
Releasing a Planning Poker Application and multi sprint burn down chart
Launching a Windows Store Application using Coded UI Test
Use Visual Studio 2012 to debug JavaScript code outside the running project
Maximize code reuse when building for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2013/08/29/maximize-code-reuse-when-building-for-windows-phone-8-and-windows-8.aspx
Use “Napa” Office 365 Development Tools to build apps for Office and SharePoint on the browserhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/officeapps/archive/2013/08/27/use-napa-office-365-development-tools-to-build-apps-for-office-and-sharepoint-on-the-browser.aspx
Windows Phone App Studio Beta response exceeds expectations, new capabilities released today
http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2013/08/19/windows-phone-app-studio-beta-response-exceeds-expectations-new-capabilities-released-today.aspx
Blogs
Developer Tools Blogs
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/developer-tools/
Visual Studio ALM + Team Foundation Server Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/
Team Foundation Service
http://tfs.visualstudio.com/news/2013-jul-29
The Visual Studio Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/
Microsoft Expression Blend Team Blog
Visual Studio LightSwitch Team Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lightswitch/
Brian Harry’s blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/
Downloads
Visual Studio 2013 Preview
Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 Preview is the state-of-the-art development solution that empowers teams of all sizes to design and create compelling apps to delight users. Sign in to Visual Studio within 14 days with your Microsoft account to synchronize your settings across multiple machines and register your product. For Visual Studio 2013 Preview, this experience is only available in English.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9832426
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview is a source-code-control, project-management, and team-collaboration platform at the core of the Microsoft suite of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools, which help teams be more agile, collaborate more effectively, and deliver quality software more consistently.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9832356
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 Preview
The .NET Framework 4.5.1 Preview is a highly compatible, in-place update to the .NET Framework 4 and the .NET Framework 4.5.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9831985
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Preview SDK
The Visual Studio 2013 Preview SDK includes project templates, tools, tests, and reference assemblies that are required to build extensions for Visual Studio 2013 Preview.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9832352
New KB's
Visual Studio 2012 Help Viewer 2.0 may Crash
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2879007/EN-US
Description of Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 RC 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2872520/EN-US
Overview of Visual Studio 2012 updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2707250/EN-US
Visual Studio 2012 Setup: common issues and workarounds http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2872457/EN-US