Overview of Visual Studio 2013 RC posts

Visual Studio 2013 has just launched. In the meanwhile a great number of bloggers and MVP’s have written great posts about the new features in the VS 2013 RC

I will update this post with the latest links. Make sure you keep posted!

Updated: 1-10-2013

Here you find an overview of a number of these posts.

Download VS 2013 and TFS 2013

Launch Event on November 13th

Official Announcements

• S. Somasegar: Announcing the Visual Studio 2013 Release Candidate
• Steve “Guggs” Guggenheimer: Download Windows 8.1 RTM, Visual Studio 2013 RC and Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM Today
• Blogging Windows: Getting Windows 8.1 RTM bits
• In The Cloud (Brad Anderson): Ready Now for TNS & MSDN: Download Windows Server 2012 R2
• Brian Harry: Visual Studio 2013 & TFS 2013 RC is available
• Brian Harry: Team Foundation Service Update – Sept 9
• Team Foundation Service: Team Foundation Service updates – Sep 9
• ALM Team: Visual Studio 2013 Release Candidate now available for download
• Visual Studio Team: Visual Studio 2013 RC available now!
• LightSwitch Team: Announcing LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2013 Release Candidate!
• .NET Team: Announcing the .NET Framework 4.5.1 RC
• Visual C++: Visual Studio 2013 RC Now Available
• TypeScript: Visual Studio 2013 RC
• .NET Web Development & Tools: Announcing release of ASP.NET and Web Tools for Visual Studio 2013 RC
• Scott Hanselman: Visual Studio 2013 RC for Web Developers – One ASP.NET, Browser Link, and our Direction
• Social media & related websites: VS Twitter, VS Facebook, VS Dev Center, Windows Dev Center, MSDN Library, ASP.NET, Python Tools for VS

Other Blogs

• What’s new in VS2013 RC – Martin Hinshelwood
• Upgrading TFS 2013 Preview to VS 2013 RC – Martin Hinshelwood
• Integrate SharePoint 2013 with TFS 2013 – Martin Hinshelwood
• Lightweight Work Item Charts – Colin Dembovsky
• Ed Blankenship announcement – Ed Blankenship
• What’s new in TFS 2013 Web based testing 
• Lightweight charting in TFS 2013 – Gian Maria Ricci
• Exploring Work Item Charting – Colin Beales

Get Started

• “What’s New” pages on Microsoft.com & MSDN Library
• Channel9 VS Toolbox Video: Visual Studio 2013 Release Candidate
• VS 2013 system requirements and platform compatibility
• Brian Keller’s VS 2013 Preview Virtual Machine
• VS 2013 powertools

Editions and Licenses

• http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/compare

Submit feedback

• Connect (for bugs) & VS Feedback Tool (for bugs filed from within VS)
• UserVoice (for ideas/suggestions)
• Forums (for Q&A)
• Support (for in-production use only)
• You can also use “Send-A-Smile” from the top-right corner of the VS IDE, to send general thoughts on the release

Common questions about Visual Studio 2013 RC:

Q: Can I upgrade from Preview to RC?

• A: Yes! You can install RC on the same machine as the Preview and the installer will handle the upgrade for you. More information is available here.

Q: Will I be able to upgrade to RTM when it is released later this year?

• A: Yes. More information is available here.

Q: Is this a “go live” release?

• A: Yes, this is a “go live” release which means you can run this in a production environment.