Visual Studio Integration Program (VSIP)

A small percentage of developers may foray into the tools arena and build extensions for more than the challenge of building cool extensions. Macros, add-ins, and wizards will allow the average developer to build custom extensions to Visual Studio .NET. The fact that these tools exist and are implemented in a purposeful way indicates Microsoft's commitment to encouraging third parties to build extensions to Visual Studio .NET. Then, there is a very small group of vendors that will be intentionally building serious software for Visual Studio. For these folks Microsoft has implemented Visual Studio Integration.

Visual Studio Integration (VSI, also known as VSIP) is a license program that is designed to provide ...

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