Priority Support in Select Microsoft Forums
As a Visual Studio subscriber or Visual Studio Dev Essentials member, you receive priority support in select Microsoft Forums. With this benefit, a Microsoft engineer will respond within two business days to your posting if the community hasn't already responded. Microsoft Forums are a very active community and a great place to get help and to share your expertise with others.
To receive priority support in the Microsoft Forums designated below, simply sign in with the same Microsoft account you use to sign into My Visual Studio Benefits. Note: work accounts are not supported at this time.
.NET Framework
- .NET Framework Setup and Servicing
- Common Language Runtime Internals and Architecture
- .NET Framework Class Libraries
- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
- Windows Communication Foundation, Serialization, and Networking
Microsoft Azure
- Cloud Services (Web and Worker Roles)
- Azure SQL Database
- Azure Storage
- Azure HDInsight
- Azure Multi-Factor Authentication
- Azure Management Portal
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure Networking (DNS, Traffic Manager, VPN, VNET)
- Azure Active Directory
- Azure API Management
- Machine Learning
- Visual Studio Online
- Azure RemoteApp
- Azure Websites
- Pricing and Billing
Windows Forms Development
- Windows Forms Data Controls and Databinding
- Windows Forms General
- ClickOnce and Setup & Deployment Projects
- Windows Forms Designer
- Windows Forms Sample Applications
Windows Universal Apps
Internet of Things (IoT)
Office Development
- Microsoft Office for Developers
- Excel for Developers
- Word for Developers
- Outlook for Developers
- Access for Developers
- Visual Studio Tools for Office
- Open XML Format SDK
- Visual Basic for Applications
- General Office Development
- Developing Apps for Office 2013
SQL Server
- Getting Started with SQL Server
- SQL Server Data Access
- SQL Server Database Engine
- SQL Server Data Warehousing
- SQL Server Integration Services
- SQL Server Analysis Services
- SQL Server Notification Services
- SQL Server Reporting Services
- Transact-SQL
- SQL Server Replication
- SQL Server Security
- SQL Server Setup & Upgrade
- SQL Server Tools General
- SQL Service Broker
- SQL Server Compact
- SQL Server Express
- Data Mining
- .NET Framework Inside SQL Server
SharePoint
- SharePoint 2013 – General Discussions and Questions
- Developing Apps for SharePoint 2013
- SharePoint 2013 – Development and Programming
- SharePoint 2013 – Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operations
- SharePoint 2013 – Using SharePoint Designer, InfoPath and Other Customizations
- SharePoint 2013 - Search
- SharePoint 2010 – Development and Programming
- SharePoint 2010 – General Discussions and Questions
- SharePoint 2010 – Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operations
- SharePoint 2010 – Using SharePoint Designer, InfoPath and Other Customizations
- SharePoint 2010 - Search
Visual Studio
- Visual Studio General Questions
- Visual Studio Setup and Installation
- Test Tools in Visual Studio 2010 and 2012
- Testing with Visual Studio Test Manager (MTM)
- Visual Studio Unit Testing
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- TFS – Setup and Administration
- TFS – General
- TFS – Source and Version Control
- TFS – Build and Release Management
- TFS – Reporting & Warehouse
- TFS – Project Management & Work Item
- TFS – Process Templates
- TFS – Migration and Integration
- Visual Studio Online
Visual Studio Languages
BizTalk
ADO.NET
- ADO.NET Data Providers
- ADO.NET DataSet
- LINQ to SQL
- ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities
- WCF (ADO.NET) Data Services
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