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Solver Foundation 2.1 Preview

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The team has been hard at work on the next version of Solver Foundation.  Here are some early details.  We hope to release 2.1 later this spring and we'll be updating all the SKUs, including the brand new Academic version available on MSDNAA.  Our focus for this release is on improving the development experience for Solver Foundation Services programmers: better performance, more control over the solution process, better reporting, and integration with the latest and greatest tools.  Specifically:

  • The Report class will be greatly enhanced so that you can programmatically access report information (including solver-specific information such as sensitivity information).
  • The amount of overhead (measured in memory usage and CPU time) to create models using OML/SFS will be significantly reduced.
  • The SFS will include events that will allow you to get and set model and solver parameters before and during a solve operation.
  • Improved performance for data binding input and output values in the Excel add-in.
  • Visual Studio 2010 / .Net 4 support. 
  • Office 2010 support.

All of these improvements are based on feedback from partners and customers.  Thanks for your suggestions, keep 'em coming.