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.