Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition is a comprehensive set of tools that accelerates the process of turning the developer’s vision into reality. Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition was engineered to support development projects that target the Web (including ASP.NET AJAX), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, The 2007 Microsoft Office system, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Mobile devices. The number of platforms that developers must target to meet business needs is increasing rapidly. Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition provides the integrated toolset for addressing all of these needs by providing a superset of the functionality available in Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition.

Key features

Build applications for Windows, the Web, the Microsoft Office system, the .NET Framework, SQL Server, and Windows Mobile with integrated drag-and-drop designers; be part of a community of millions of developers.
Visual Studio integrates Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual C++ to support a wide variety of development styles; Editor features simplify the cycle of designing, developing, and debugging an application.
Deploy client applications easily with ClickOnce, which enables developers and IT Pros to deploy an application and its prerequisites and then ensure that the application remains up-to-date.
Build applications which target the .NET Framework, shortening development time by reducing the need for infrastructure code and helping to enhance application security.
Use ASP.NET to speed the creation of interactive, highly appealing Web applications and Web services. Master Pages allow developers to easily manage a consistent site layout in one place.

With its improved interface and interactive design capabilities that do not require extensive database knowledge, Microsoft Office Access 2007 helps you track and report information with ease. This all-in-one, out-of-the-box database solution helps workers track information quickly, create meaningful reports with ease, and share data more securely using the Web.

Key features

Easy-to-use software helps you track and report information with ease.
Features a results-oriented user interface (UI) that’s context-sensitive and optimized for efficiency and flexibility.
Main window provides a tabbed work area where all open objects reside, helping to keep the development area tidy; new status bar, scroll bars, and title bar give applications a very modern look.
Includes pre-built applications that you can modify or adapt to suit changing business needs; 1,000 available commands; UI displays only those commands relevant to the task you’re currently performing.
New Navigation Pane provides a comprehensive view of tables, forms, queries, and reports; new filtering options make it easy to filter a date column for all records in Today, Yesterday, Last Week, Next Month, Future, Past, and so on.