Visual Studio LightSwitch

Microsoft Visual Studio LightSWITCH gives you a simpler and FASTER way to Create high-quality business applications for the desktop and the Cloud. LightSwitch is a new addition to the Visual Studio family. Visit this page often to learn more about this exciting product. QUICKLY CREATE HIGH-QUALITY BUSINESS APPLICATIONS With LightSwitch, you can build custom applications that rival off-the-shelf solutions. Get a head start by using pre-configured screen templates that give your application a familiar look and feel. LightSwitch also provides prewritten code and other reusable components to handle routine application tasks, along with helpful step-by-step guidance. However, if you need to write custom code, you can use Visual Basic .NET or C#. You can deploy to the desktop, browser, or cloud to share your application with others more easily without the cumbersome installation processes. EASILY ACCESS EXISTING SYSTEMS AND DATAApplications created with LightSwitch support exporting data to Microsoft Office Excel for fast and easy sharing and reporting. You can also attach your application to existing data sources, which makes it easy to collect, analyze, and reuse information from a variety of data sources including Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Azure, SharePoint, Microsoft Office Access (post-Beta), and other third-party data sources. BUILD FOR TODAY, PREPARE FOR TOMORROWWith LightSwitch you can create custom applications for the way you do business. Keep your technology and business options open, while building a practical yet scalable application that matches your current needs now and in the future. The pre-built templates and components in LightSwitch are fully extensible, so you can get the specific functionality your application demands. In addition, your application can grow to meet the increasing demands of popular applications using the Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Hosting option.