What's new in Visual Studio 11 beta

Visual Studio 11 Beta can be downloaded at no charge. Major changes in Visual Studio 11 include: 

• Support for Windows 8 Metro-style apps

• Language changes for Visual Basic, C#, C++ and F#

• Backward project compatibility without conversion

• Viewing code structure

• File preview

• Better multi-monitor support

• Tool window filtering (should be handy for massive projects)

• C++ code editor improvements

• Javascript code editor improvements

• Easier async programming in VB and C#

• Code analysis window

• New table designer

• ASP.NET enhancements

• Sharepoint development enhancements

• Better graphics tools for game dev

• C++ massive parallelism

• .NET Framework 4.5 beta

For more see the what's new page.