The Visual Studio 2008 Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.1 includes tools, documentation, and samples for developers to design, build, test and deploy extensions for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. Visual Studio 2008 SDK Version 1.1 (August 2008).By using the Visual Studio 2010 SDK, you can build your own tool windows, create menu commands, and add extensions to the new Visual Studio editor and other features. The Visual Studio 2010 SDK provides tools and templates for building Visual Studio extensions. Visual Studio 2010 SDK for Visual Studio 2010 without SP1 (April 2010).Note: Visual Studio 2010 SDK SP1 is a standalone SDK (intended for Visual Studio 2010 SP1), not a service pack for the original Visual Studio 2010 SDK. By using the Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK, you can build your own tool windows, create menu commands, and add extensions to the new Visual Studio editor and other features. The Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK provides tools and templates for building Visual Studio extensions. Visual Studio 2010 SDK SP1 for Visual Studio 2010 with SP1 (March 2011).The Visual Studio 2012 SDK includes project templates, tools, tests, and reference assemblies that are required to build extensions for Visual Studio 2012. The Visual Studio 2013 SDK includes project templates, tools, tests, and reference assemblies that are required to build extensions for Visual Studio 2013. Instead, Visual Studio Extensibility Tools (SDK and templates) are included as an optional feature in Visual Studio setup. The Visual Studio 2015 SDK is no longer offered as a separate download. The Visual Studio Image Library contains application images that appear in Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows, the Office system and other Microsoft software. Add-ins for Visual Studio 2013 (the add-in project template is supplied by the Visual Studio 2013 SDK in previous versions it was supplied by Visual Studio itself).Domain-Specific Languages (DSL) extensions.Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) extensions.You need the Visual Studio SDK to develop:

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