Releasing a Visual Studio Integration Product

The topics in this section show you how to release your Visual Studio integration product by building and installing VSPackages and using the Visual Studio Integration Test (VSIT).

In This Section

• Product Release Essentials
  Presents best practices for setup development and testing.

• Installing VSPackages
  Discusses how to build and install VSPackages and how to support users who are running multiple versions of Visual Studio at the same time.

• RegPkg Utility
  Describes the RegPkg utility, which is used to register a VSPackage and prepare it for deployment.

• Visual Studio SDK Redistributable Components
  Discusses components that you can distribute to users according to the terms of the Visual Studio SDK license agreement.

• Premier Partner Edition Setup and User Guide
  Provides VSIP partners with a redistributable version of the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) so that they can add their own development tools and computer languages.

• Installation and Deployment Frequently Asked Questions
  Contains responses to questions and issues about installation and deployment from the Visual Studio user community.

Related Sections

• Customizing for Testing By Using the Visual Studio SDK
  Describes how to use the Team Edition for Testers suite to create, manage, edit, and run tests, and also obtain and store test results.

• Visual Studio IDE Architecture
  Describes Visual Studio and its IDE, and introduces strategies and techniques for extending the IDE.