#1: Quickly interpret your code

The new code editor makes it easy to zoom in on your code, highlight method references, and overlay powerful features.

#2: Create rich user experiences

Use new visual designers for Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight to target Windows®7 and the Web.

#3: Get scalability from Windows® Azure™

Integrated project templates, debugging, and publishing make it easy to deploy to Microsoft’s cloud computing platform.

#4: Open up new capabilities

Use integrated parallel programming support to add new capabilities on your application when it runs on a multi-core processor machine.

#5: Customize Visual Studio to fit your style

Key IDE enhancements--including support for multiple monitors and improved readability--that make the familiar environment even more productive.

#6: Use your existing skills

Work with SharePoint development, including tooling for Web Parts, Lists, Workflows, Events and more, so you can bring great new customized collaboration tools to your company.

#7: Practice Test-First Development

Focus on your application logic while all the stub code necessary for compiling your unit tests is generated by Visual Studio.

#8: Spend less time debugging

The inline call hierarchy helps quickly trace a program’s execution flow without invoking the debugger. You can also use breakpoint labels make debugging easier.

#9: Integrated Version Control, Bug Tracking and Build Automation

Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN includes Team Foundation Server 2010 the ideal source control, bug tracking and build automation system for Visual Studio users. The Team Foundation Server basic install option is ideal for desktop use and the natural migration path for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe users.

#10: MSDN Subscription Included

MSDN Subscriptions are a convenient way to cost-effectively develop applications on the Microsoft platform with a simple licensing model and broad high quality information resources.