You switch Team Projects or servers without closing Visual Studio. You create a new branch from an existing branch. In Source Control Explorer, a branch operation causes an error and is not completed.Ĭonsider the following scenario in Visual Studio 2012 before Update 5:
Expression Encoder 4 remains available for download at no charge.The following issues have been fixed in Visual Studio 2012.5: and Expression Web 4 are available for download free but technical support is unavailable for the free versions.Įxpression Encoder 4 Pro will be available for purchase through 2013, with support available through its support lifecycle, but no new versions will be developed. For customers who previously purchased these products, components will be supported through their support lifecycle.Įxpression Design 4. Microsoft said Blend, which has been part of the Expression suite, will continue to ship as a standalone tool with Visual Studio 2012, to serve as a design-centric environment for building Windows Store apps and Windows Phone apps.Ĭustomers can no longer purchase Expression Studio 4 Ultimate and Expression Studio 4 Web Professional. In support of these industry trends Microsoft is consolidating our lead design and development offerings-Expression and Visual Studio-to offer all of our customers a unified solution that brings together the best of Web and modern development patterns."
"Microsoft is committed to providing best-in-class tools for building modern applications. That solution is Visual Studio, which is to integrate some parts of the Expression technology. The Microsoft site describing all the changes is positioning this as a drive to provide customers with a unified solution. The collection has become well known for delivering design tools for activities such as creating graphical user interfaces for web and desktop applications, a video-editing program, and illustration tools for web images. As Adobe was considered to be the company offering the ultimate tools for professional design and web development, questions were even raised if Adobe should be worried about a bite from these new Expression tools. At the time, software industry watchers saw the arrival of Expression as Microsoft's attempt to attract design-suite customers with this new bundle of four applications. Microsoft Expression was first introduced for designers in 2005 as a collection of tools that enabled its users to design web applications.
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