Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Professional Edition is a complete environment for individual developers building Microsoft Windows®, Web, or mobile solutions. Build high-performance solutions faster than ever. Easily create and deploy client applications. Automatically publish and maintain applications and their dependencies with integrated ClickOnce support. Build fast, interactive Web applications. Take advantage of more than 50 new controls and hundreds of built-in services for site security, personalization, look and feel, and more. Develop faster with enhanced visual designers and editors. Streamline development of all tiers of your application and improve XML editing and XSLT debugging with intuitive visual designers. Create dynamic, data-enabled applications. Quickly create data-driven applications using an integrated data access, design, and reporting environment. Take advantage of a powerful, enterprise-class application platform. Tackle any development task. Create robust applications using the Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0, the .NET Compact Framework 2.0, and native code-all supported by Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005. Target high-performance computing architectures. Easily develop for 64-bit systems using a 64-bit version of the .NET Framework. Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Professional Edition Includes: Microsoft Visual Basic®, Microsoft Visual C#®, Microsoft Visual C++®, and Microsoft Visual J#® programming languages Tools for building Windows® and Web solutions SmartPhone and Pocket PC development tools for building Windows CE-based applications Visual Database Tools XSD and XSLT editing and debugging Advanced debugging tools, including cross-machine debugging Visual Basic and Visual Cdevelopment of stored procedures, functions, and triggers when combined with SQL ServerTM 2005 Tools for building server-based solutions<p>Requirements vary for different combinations of components within Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Professional Edition. To install Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, we recommend: Computer with a 600 mhz or faster processor Visual Studio® 2005 Professional Edition can be installed on the following operating systems: Microsoft® Windows®° 2000 with Service Pack 4, Microsoft® Windows®°XP with Service Pack 2 Microsoft® Windows®°XP°Professional°x64°Edition°(WOW) Microsoft® Windows°Server&#8482;°2003 with Service Pack 1 Microsoft® Windows°Server&#8482;°2003,°x64°Editions°(WOW) Microsoft® Windows°Server&#8482;°2003°R2 Microsoft® Windows°Server&#8482;°2003°R2,°x64°Editions°(WOW) Microsoft® Windows°Vista&#8482; 192 MB of RAM or more 2 GB of available hard-disk space DVD-ROM drive 1024x768 or higher-resolution display with 256 colors Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device