Go to Part 1 – List of Product Updates for information on Visual Studio and TFS 2012 updates
Looking for the VS 2010 extensions ? Go to Visual Studio 2010 - List of Product Updates (Part 1) + Extensions (Part 2).
Looking for links to the test adapters, go to this blog post.
UPDATE Aug 18th 2013: Updates: Visual Studio Tools for Git, TypeScript, ReSharper, TFS Power Tools, Code Contracts, Build Manager, Web Essentials, Code Contracts, tangible T4 editor , Just Decompile, DotPeek ADDED: Inmeta AssociateRecentWorkItems , Unit Test Generator
Added separate tools section: TFS Administration Tool , TFS Team Project Manager
[See earlier update notes](javascript:toggleUpdates('Earlier'))
UPDATE Jun 29th 2013: Updates: [Visual Studio 2012 Update 3](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39305), [Visual Studio Tools for Git](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/abafc7d6-dcaa-40f4-8a5e-d6724bdb980c), [TypeScript](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34790), [ReSharper](http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/download/), [NuGet Manager](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/27077b70-9dad-4c64-adcf-c7cf6bc9970c), [TFS Power Tools](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b1ef7eb2-e084-4cb8-9bc7-06c3bad9148f), [Code Contracts](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/1ec7db13-3363-46c9-851f-1ce455f66970), [Web Essentials](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/07d54d12-7133-4e15-becb-6f451ea3bea6), T[4 Toolbox](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/7f9bd62f-2505-4aa4-9378-ee7830371684), [LinqPad](http://www.linqpad.net/GetFile.aspx?LINQPad4Setup.exe). Added [EF Power Tools Beta 3 Available](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/72a60b14-1581-4b9b-89f2-846072eff19d) , [MyHistory](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/5cd2ba57-5e52-493c-a581-b3f7571f0aec) , [Runsettings](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/601bd207-5889-4935-b101-3ebe1f25aafa) <font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Apr 15th 2013: </font><font color="#000000">Updates: [Code Contract Editor Extensions](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/02de7066-b6ca-42b3-8b3c-2562c7fa024f), <font size="2">[NuGet Manager1](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/27077b70-9dad-4c64-adcf-c7cf6bc9970c) </font>, [T4 Toolbox](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/7f9bd62f-2505-4aa4-9378-ee7830371684)</font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Apr 15th 2013: </font><font color="#000000">Added links to the different versions of the TFS Power Tools</font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Apr 12th 2013: <font color="#000000">Updates: <font size="2">[Code Contracts](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/1ec7db13-3363-46c9-851f-1ce455f66970)</font>, [Code Contract Editor Extensions](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/02de7066-b6ca-42b3-8b3c-2562c7fa024f), [T4 Toolbox](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/7f9bd62f-2505-4aa4-9378-ee7830371684) </font></font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Apr 4th 2013: <font color="#000000">Updates:</font> [Visual Studio 2012 Update 2](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38188)<strike> <font color="#000000">,</font></strike><font size="2">[TFS 2012 with Update 2](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38185), <font color="#000000">and </font>[Productivity Power Tools 2012](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/3a96a4dc-ba9c-4589-92c5-640e07332afd)</font></font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Apr 2th 2013: </font><font color="#000000">[Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP 4](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36833), added [T4 Toolbox](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/7f9bd62f-2505-4aa4-9378-ee7830371684), [Code Contract Editor Extensions](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/02de7066-b6ca-42b3-8b3c-2562c7fa024f), updated [Visual Studio Tools for Git](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/abafc7d6-dcaa-40f4-8a5e-d6724bdb980c) , <font size="2">[TypeScript](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34790)</font>, <font size="2">[ReSharper](http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/download/)</font>, <font size="2">[NuGet Manager](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/27077b70-9dad-4c64-adcf-c7cf6bc9970c)</font>, <font size="2">[Wix Toolset](http://wix.codeplex.com/downloads/get/482065)</font> (Version 3.7), [Productivity Power Tools](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/3a96a4dc-ba9c-4589-92c5-640e07332afd), <font size="2">[Code Contracts](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/1ec7db13-3363-46c9-851f-1ce455f66970)</font>, <font size="2">[Slow Cheetah](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/69023d00-a4f9-4a34-a6cd-7e854ba318b5), <font size="2">[Web Essentials](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/07d54d12-7133-4e15-becb-6f451ea3bea6)</font></font></font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Feb 5th 2013: </font><font color="#000000">[Hotfix for TFS 2012 Update 1](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36392), update of [Slow Cheetah](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/69023d00-a4f9-4a34-a6cd-7e854ba318b5)</font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Jan 31th 2013: </font><font color="#000000">[Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP 2](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=273878), [VS 2012 extension for Gitsupport](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/abafc7d6-dcaa-40f4-8a5e-d6724bdb980c), small update of [Community Build Manager](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/cfdb84b4-285e-4eeb-9fa9-dad9bfe2cd10) , updated [NDepend](http://www.ndepend.com/NDependDownload.aspx) and [ReSharper](http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/download/)</font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Dec 17th 2012: </font><font color="#000000">Added [Productivity Power Tools](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/3a96a4dc-ba9c-4589-92c5-640e07332afd), remove Power Commands. Update of [NDepend](http://www.ndepend.com/), [NuGet](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/27077b70-9dad-4c64-adcf-c7cf6bc9970c). </font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Dec 10th 2012: </font><font color="#000000">[Visual Studio 2012 Update 1](http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads)<strike>, </strike>[TFS 2012 with Update 1](http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9810324)<strike>,</strike> and <font size="2">[LinqPad](http://www.linqpad.net/GetFile.aspx?LINQPad4Setup.exe) </font>added, updates on <font size="2">[ReSharper](http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/download/)</font>, <font size="2">[TypeScript](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34790)</font>, <font size="2">[TFS Power Tools](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b1ef7eb2-e084-4cb8-9bc7-06c3bad9148f)</font>, <font size="2">[Build Manager](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/cfdb84b4-285e-4eeb-9fa9-dad9bfe2cd10)</font>, <font size="2">[Code Contracts](http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/2/A/B2AC27BD-B797-402D-A02D-1263FBA157FA/Contracts.devlab9ts.msi?dontcache)</font>,<font size="2">[Visualization and Modeling SDK](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30680)</font>, <font size="2">[Slow Cheetah](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/69023d00-a4f9-4a34-a6cd-7e854ba318b5)</font>, <font size="2">[Web Essentials](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/07d54d12-7133-4e15-becb-6f451ea3bea6)</font>, <font size="2">[Just Decompile](http://www.telerik.com/products/decompiling.aspx)</font> and <font size="2">[tangible T4 editor](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b0e2dde6-5408-42c2-bc92-ac36942bbee9)</font> </font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Oct 31th 2012: </font><font color="#000000">Typescript added, Visual Studio Update 1 CTP4 added, NuGet updated</font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Sept 16th 2012</font><font color="#000000">: New TFS Power Tools, NuGet updated</font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Sept 12th 2012</font><font color="#000000">: New version of Code Contracts</font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Sept 10th 2012</font><font color="#000000">: Added Slow Cheetah, WiX 3.6 released</font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE Aug 31th 2012</font><font color="#000000">: Updated for RTM</font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE June 17th 2012</font><font color="#000000">: New versions of Feedback Tool and SDK for the RC.</font></font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE May 30th 2012</font>: Visual Studio 2012 and TFS 2012 RC released. Updated names to 2012.</font>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">UPDATE April 8th 2012</font>: April Update of Visual Studio 11 Beta. Added Code Contracts - released for Dev 11. New version of NuGet Manager</font>
This post is a list of the extensions I recommend for use with Visual Studio 2012. It’s coming up all the time – what to install, where are the download sites, last version, etc etc, and thus I thought it better to post it here and keep it updated. The basics are Visual Studio 2012 connected to a Team Foundation Server 2012.Many live in a side-by-side environment with Visual Studio 2010. The side-by-side is supported by VS 2012. However, if you installed a component supporting VS2012 before you installed VS2012, then you need to reinstall it. The VSIX installer will understand that it is to apply those only for VS2012, and will not touch – nor remove – the same for VS2010. A good example here is the Power Commands.
The list is more or less in priority order.
The focus is to get a setup which can be used for a complete coding experience for the whole ALM process.
The list of course reflects what I use for my work , so it is by no means complete, and for some of the tools there are equally useful alternatives. Many components have not yet arrived with VS2012 support. I will add them as they arrive.
The components directly associated with Visual Studio from Microsoft should be common, see the Microsoft column.
If you want to use the same set of extensions on multiple computers, you might like to share them easily. Lars Wilhelmsen has a great blog post about how to use Dropbox to share extensions and common settings.
Extensions ready for VS 2012, both upgrades and new ones
| **Product ** | **Notes** | **Latest Version** | **License** | **Applicable to** | **Microsoft** |
| [Visual Studio Tools for Git](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/abafc7d6-dcaa-40f4-8a5e-d6724bdb980c)**1** | See [Brian Harry’s blogpost](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/01/30/git-init-vs.aspx) | 0.9.5.0 | [Pre-release](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/site/abafc7d6-dcaa-40f4-8a5e-d6724bdb980c/eula?licenseType=None) | Visual Studio | Yes |
| [EF Power Tools Beta 3 Available](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/72a60b14-1581-4b9b-89f2-846072eff19d)[1](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b1ef7eb2-e084-4cb8-9bc7-06c3bad9148f) | See [blog post](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/archive/2013/01/30/ef-power-tools-beta-3-available.aspx) | 0.7.0.0 | Free | Visual Studio | Yes |
| [MyHistory](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/5cd2ba57-5e52-493c-a581-b3f7571f0aec)[1](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b1ef7eb2-e084-4cb8-9bc7-06c3bad9148f) | See [MSDN Article](https://myhistory.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=url%3ahttp%3a%2f%2fmsdn.microsoft.com%2fen-us%2fmagazine%2fdn201751.aspx&referringTitle=Home) | 1.4 | Free | TFS Integration | No |
| [Inmeta AssociateRecentWorkItems](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/9ed2d30c-a692-42b0-a21d-cdc8d2bf322c) | Fast way to associate recent work items to a checkin, reduce need to search around. See [Jakobs blogpost](http://geekswithblogs.net/jakob/archive/2013/05/16/extending-team-explorer-2012-ndash-associating-recent-work-items.aspx) for more info | 1.0.0.3 | Free | TFS Integration | No |
#### Unit Test Generator1 </td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Get back the ability to generate unit tests from code, also works for NUnit and XUnit.</font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">1.0.13.717</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Unit Testing (VS)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">ALM Rangers</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[Runsettings](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/601bd207-5889-4935-b101-3ebe1f25aafa)<font size="2">[1](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b1ef7eb2-e084-4cb8-9bc7-06c3bad9148f)</font></font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Item template to create default runsettings file</font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">1.1</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Unit Testing (VS & TFS)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">No</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[TypeScript](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34790)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">See info [here](http://www.typescriptlang.org/), and B.Harry’s [blogpost](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2012/10/24/typescript-a-real-world-story-of-adoption-in-tfs.aspx). Codeplex [here](http://typescript.codeplex.com/) <br />[Release notes](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/typescript/archive/2013/08/06/announcing-typescript-0-9-1.aspx)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">0.9.1</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Coding</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">Yes</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[ReSharper](http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/download/)<font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">**<font size="2"><sup>3</sup></font>**</font></font></font> </font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2"></font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">8.0.14.856</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Licensed</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Coding & Quality</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">No</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[NuGet Manager1](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/27077b70-9dad-4c64-adcf-c7cf6bc9970c) <font size="2"><font size="2">**<font size="2"><sup>3</sup></font>**</font></font></font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Initial install included with VS 2012. Updates through extension gallery</font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">2.6.40627.9000</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Visual Studio</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">Yes</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2"><u>TFS Power Tools</u><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000080" size="2">**<u> <br /></u>**<font color="#0000ff">(This applies to Update 1-3) <br /> <br /><font size="2">[TFS Power tools](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35775) </font>(This applies to RTM)</font></font></font></font></font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">See [Brian Harry’s blog post](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2012/09/15/tfs-2012-power-tools-are-now-available.aspx) for more info <br />(Side-by-side with TFS 2010 should work, but remove the Shell Extension from the TFS 2010 power tool first.), and [this post](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2012/11/30/new-power-tools-for-update-1-are-available.aspx) for info on Update 1 <br /></font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">July 2013(11.0.60506.0) </font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">TFS integration</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">Yes</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179">[NDepend](http://www.ndepend.com/)<font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">**<font size="2"><sup>3</sup></font>**</font></font></font> </td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Info on updates [here](http://www.ndepend.com/ReleaseNotes.aspx). Trial available.</font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"> <font size="2">4.1.0.6871</font>
</td> <td valign="top" width="224">[Licensed](http://www.ndepend.com/Purchase.aspx)</td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Quality</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">No</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[Build Manager](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/cfdb84b4-285e-4eeb-9fa9-dad9bfe2cd10)<font size="2"><font size="2">**<font color="#000000"><font color="#000080" size="2"><sup><u>1</u></sup></font></font>**</font></font> </font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Community Build Manager. Info [here from Jakob](http://geekswithblogs.net/jakob/archive/2012/02/21/managing-build-templates-with-community-tfs-build-manager.aspx)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">1.4.0.10</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">TFS Integration</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">No</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[Visual Studio 2012 SDK](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30668)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Required for using Wix</font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">Published 2.Aug.2012</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Visual Studio</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">Yes</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[Wix Toolset](http://wix.codeplex.com/downloads/get/482065)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2"></font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">3.7</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Coding/Installers</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">No</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[Visual Studio 11 Feedback tool](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/f8a5aac8-0418-4f88-9d34-bdbe2c4cfe72)<font size="2">**<font size="2"><sup>1</sup></font>**</font></font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Use this to really ease the process of sending bugs back to Microsoft. </font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">1.2.3</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Visual Studio</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">Yes</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179">[Productivity Power Tools](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/3a96a4dc-ba9c-4589-92c5-640e07332afd)<font size="2">**<font size="2"><sup>1</sup></font>**</font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Re-added with </font>[new features](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/11/07/productivity-power-tools-2012.aspx)<font size="2">, now also includes Power Commands, which can be uninstalled. </font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">11.0.60403.0</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Visual Studio</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">Yes</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179">[Power Commands](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/e5f41ad9-4edc-4912-bca3-91147db95b99?SRC=VSIDE)<font size="2">**<strike><font size="2"><sup>1 <font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">**<font size="2">3</font>**</font></font></font> </sup></font></strike>**</font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2"><strike>Just reinstall, even if you already have it for VS2010. The reinstall will then apply it to VS 2012 <br /></strike>Install Productivity Power Tools which includes Power Commands<strike> </strike></font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2"><strike>1.0.2.3</strike></font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2"><strike>Free</strike></font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2"><strike>Coding</strike></font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2"><strike>Yes</strike></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[Code Contracts](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/1ec7db13-3363-46c9-851f-1ce455f66970)</font><font size="2">**<font size="2"><sup>1 </sup></font>**</font><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">**<font size="2"><sup><u>3</u></sup></font>**</font></font></font> </td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Now on gallery too. Info [here](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/dd491992.aspx) and follow the [forum here](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/codecontracts/threads) <br /></font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">1.5.60813</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Coding</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">Yes</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179">[Code Contract Editor Extensions](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/02de7066-b6ca-42b3-8b3c-2562c7fa024f)<font size="2">**<font size="2"><sup>1</sup></font>**</font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"> </td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">1.5.64024.12</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Coding</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">Yes</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[Visualization and Modeling SDK](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30680)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Requires VS 2012 SDK</font> <br /></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">RTM (Sept. 29th 2012)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free now, otherwise Part of MSDN Subscription</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Modeling, DSL, UML extensions</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">Yes</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[Slow Cheetah](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/69023d00-a4f9-4a34-a6cd-7e854ba318b5)<font size="2"><font size="2">**<font color="#000000"><font color="#000080" size="2"><sup><u>1</u></sup></font></font>**</font></font> </font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2">Tool for transforming XML files, like config files. </font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">2.5.5</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Coding</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">No</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[Web Essentials](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/07d54d12-7133-4e15-becb-6f451ea3bea6)<font size="2"><font size="2">**<font color="#000000"><font color="#000080" size="2"><sup><u>1</u></sup></font></font>**</font></font> </font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2"></font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">2.9</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Coding</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">Yes</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179">[T4 Toolbox](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/7f9bd62f-2505-4aa4-9378-ee7830371684)<font size="2">**<font size="2"><sup>1</sup></font>**</font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"><font size="2"></font></td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">11.8.0</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Free</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Coding (T4 templates)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">No </font><font size="1">(Author now MSFT)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"><font size="2">[tangible T4 editor](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b0e2dde6-5408-42c2-bc92-ac36942bbee9)</font><font size="2">**<font size="2"><sup>1</sup></font>**</font></td> <td valign="top" width="368"> </td> <td valign="top" width="150"><font size="2">2.2.1</font></td> <td valign="top" width="224"><font size="2">Lite version Free (Good enough)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="192"><font size="2">Coding (T4 templates)</font></td> <td valign="top" width="154"><font size="2">No</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="179"> </td> <td valign="top" width="368"> </td> <td valign="top" width="150"> </td> <td valign="top" width="224"> </td> <td valign="top" width="192"> </td> <td valign="top" width="154"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> **<font size="2"></font>**
#1 Get via Visual Studio’s Tools | Extension Manager (or The Code Gallery). (From Adam : All these are auto updated by the Extension Manager in Visual Studio) #2 Works with ultimate only #3 Also works with VS 2010 | **Product ** | **Notes** | **Latest Version** | **License** | **Applicable to** | **Microsoft** | | [ILSpy](http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/ILSpy.ashx) | Decompiler –open source. Can also export assembly as C# project | 2.1.0.1603 | Free | Coding/Investigation | No | | [DotPeek](http://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/) | Decompiler from Jetbrains. Can also export as C# project | 1.1.1.33 | Free | Coding/Investigation | No | | [Just Decompile](http://www.telerik.com/products/decompiling.aspx) | Decompiler from Telerik | 2013.2.613 | Free | Coding/Investigation | No | | [LinqPad](http://www.linqpad.net/GetFile.aspx?LINQPad4Setup.exe) | Info [here](http://www.linqpad.net/) | 4.45.05 | Free and licensed versions | Coding | No | | [TFS Administration Tool](http://tfsadmin.codeplex.com/downloads/get/540190) | Handling security and permissions in TFS, Sharepoint and reporting services. [Open source tool at Codeplex](http://tfsadmin.codeplex.com/) | 2.2 | Free | TFS | No | | [TFS Team Project Manager](http://teamprojectmanager.codeplex.com/downloads/get/675455) | Extremely valuable. Handle maintenance of work items, process, and much more across multiple team projects at once. No more batch files with witadmin! [See it at Codeplex](http://teamprojectmanager.codeplex.com/) | 1.6.4968 | Free | TFS | No |
Extensions we wait for, not yet in a VS 2012 version| **Product ** | **Notes** | **Latest Version** | **License** | **Applicable to** | **Microsoft** | | Inmeta Build Explorer** ** | | | Free | TFS integration | No |
****Extensions which are now integrated into VS 2012| **Product** | **Notes** | | [Fakes](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh549175(v=vs.110).aspx) | Was Moles in 2010. Fakes is improved and made into a product. | | NuGet Manager | Included in the install, but still an extension package. Info [here](http://docs.nuget.org/). So it is updated through the extension manager. Initial version is 1.6.30117.9648 |
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