ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 Release

This week the ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer teams delivered the Release Candidate of the ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 update (formerly ASP.NET Fall 2012 Update BUILD Prerelease). This update extends the existing ASP.NET runtime and adds new web tooling to Visual Studio 2012. Whether you use Web Forms, MVC, Web API, or any other ASP.NET technology, there is something cool in this update for you.


ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 is a tooling refresh of Visual Studio 2012 that extends the existing ASP.NET runtime with new features without breaking existing applications. ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 installs in minutes without altering the current ASP.NET run time components. Click the green button to download and install right now. For a complete description see the Release Notes or watch the video. This .2 update adds a number of new templates and features including:

    Enhancements to Web Publishing
    New Web API functionality
    New templates for Facebook Application and Single Page Application
    Real-time communication via ASP.NET SignalR
    Extensionless Web Forms via ASP.NET Friendly URLs
    Support for the new Windows Azure Authentication


    Includes everything to update Visual Studio 2012
    Requires Visual Studio 2012 or Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web.