Requires using Visual Studio managed multi-targeting.For more information, see: A Look Ahead at the Visual Studio 2012 Product Lineup and Platform Support. Requires side-by-side installation of Visual Studio 2010.Remote debugging and profiling tools not available for targeted platform.See table below for Visual Studio 2015 support for Windows Universal and Windows Store app development.For more information, see Microsoft Support Lifecycle. Visual Studio supports the listed platforms when used with the latest available service pack for that platform.Visual Studio 2015 Support for Windows Desktop Development Targeted Platform 1 For more information, see Managing Project References and Visual Studio Multi-Targeting Overview. Visual Studio 2015 also targets earlier platforms such as Windows 7, so you can create new apps or modernize existing apps that execute on earlier versions of Windows while leveraging the enhanced development tools, quality enablement, and team collaboration capabilities in Visual Studio 2015. Visual Studio provides cutting-edge tools and technologies to create apps that take advantage of the latest platforms capabilities. The system requirements for Visual Studio 2015 can be found on the Visual Studio 2015 System Requirement page. Visual Studio 2015 contains many new and exciting features to support cross-platform mobile development, web and cloud development, IDE productivity enhancements, and more.

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