The major features of the Visual Studio.NET includes:- 1] Shared IDE (Integrated Development Environment) 2] Window Management 3] Designers 4] Visual Studio Macros 5] Visual Database Tools Describe Features shortly 1] Shared IDE (Integrated Development Environment) IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment. IDE is a programming environment integrated into an application. Microsoft Visual Studio.NET provides a single shared IDE for all the languages supported by it. It is designed to help developers build solutions in a quick and efficient way. • Start Page • Solution Explorer • Properties Window • Class view • Toolbox • Server explorer • Task List • Output Window • Dynamic Help • IntelliSense • Enhanced Integrated Debugger • Command Window 2] Window Management Visual Studio.NET makes it very easy to view more lines of code on screen at one time. Following are some of the features that the windows in the Visual Studio.NET IDE provide. • Auto Hide • Dock able Windows • Tabbed Documents • IDE navigation • Favorites 3] Designers Giving applications a web look and feel is what makes programming so popular these days. Visual Studio.NET contains the shared Web Form Designer, a graphical way to create HTML pages, Active Server Pages, and ASP.NET Web forms. 4] Visual Studio Macros Visual Studio.NET is well equipped with a rich extensibility model for customizing, automating, and extending the IDE. To make the best use of this extensibility from within the IDE, VS.NET provides the Visual Studio.NET Macros environment. 5] Visual Database Tools Visual Studio.NET includes comprehensive tools for working with database to maximize developer productivity. Instead of installing multiple tools for creating database schemas, stored procedures, triggers, indexes and other items, developers can perform these tasks within the Visual Studio.NET IDE. Let us take a close look at the features provided by the database tools. • Database Designer • Query Designer • Database Project • Script Editor • Stored Procedure Debugging