Version: 2 – March 4 2013

This page is meant to provide a one stop shop for the updates that are available for Visual Studio 2012. Included here will be only updates from Microsoft. Some maybe betas, CTPs etc. If you think I have missed any please contact me!

Visual Studio Update 1

• Released: 26 November 2012
• About: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2012/11/26/visual-studio-2012-update-1-now-available.aspx
• Type: Stand alone installer
• Download: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-visual-studio-2012-update

Visual Studio Update 2 CTP 4(NEW/UPDATED!)

• Released: 4 March 2013 
• About: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/03/04/ctp4-march-of-vs-tfs-2012-update-2-is-available.aspx
• Type: Stand alone installer
• Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=273878

Git Tooling for Visual Studio

• Released: 12 February 2013
• About: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/02/12/update-to-vs-git-tooling.aspx
• Type: Visual Studio Extension
• Download: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/abafc7d6-dcaa-40f4-8a5e-d6724bdb980c

Productivity Power Tools 2012

• Released: 14 February 2013
• About: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/3a96a4dc-ba9c-4589-92c5-640e07332afd
• Type: Visual Studio Extension
• Download: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/3a96a4dc-ba9c-4589-92c5-640e07332afd

NuGet

• Released: 16 Feb 2013
• About: http://nuget.org
• Type: Visual Studio Extension
• Download: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/27077b70-9dad-4c64-adcf-c7cf6bc9970c?SRC=Home

Web Essentials 2012

• Released: 18 February 2013
• About: http://vswebessentials.com/
• Type: Visual Studio Extension
• Download: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/07d54d12-7133-4e15-becb-6f451ea3bea6?SRC=Home

ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2

• Released: 14 February 2013
• About: http://www.asp.net/vnext/overview/fall-2012-update
• Type: Web Platform Installer
• Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=275131

Windows Azure SDK for .NET (VS 2012) 1.8.1 - February 2013

• Released: 18 February 2013
• About: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/#
• Type: Web Platform Installer
• Download: http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/install.aspx?appid=VWDOrVs11AzurePack_1_8_1

Microsoft Office Developer Tools For Visual Studio (NEW/UPDATED!)

• Released: 4 March 2013
• About: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2013/03/04/now-available-office-developer-tools-for-visual-studio-2012.aspx
• Type: Web Platform Installer
• Download: http://aka.ms/OfficeDevToolsForVS2012

Workflow Manager Tools for Visual Studio 2012

• Released: 4 October 2012
• About: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/jj193528
• Type: Web Platform Installer
• Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-za/download/details.aspx?id=35375

Windows Phone SDK 8.0

• Released: 30 October 2012
• About: http://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/downloadsdk
• Type: Stand alone installer
• Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=265772

SQL Server Data Tools for VS 2012 December Update

• Released: 10 December 2012
• About:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/tools.aspx
• Type: Web Platform Installer
• Download: http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/install.aspx?appid=SSDTVS2012

WCF Data Services 5.0 for OData v3

• Released: 17 December 2012
• About: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29306
• Type: Stand alone installer
• Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29306

Want more extensions for Visual Studio? Check out the 31 extensions created by Microsoft for Visual Studio 2012 on the Visual Studio Gallery

Timeline (out of date)

Since I like to visualise these things here is a timeline of the updates:

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