platforms.json

{
"vsversions":
[
{"alias":"VS2010",
"name":"Visual Studio 2010",
"download":"http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#DownloadFamilies_4"},
{"alias":"VS2012",
"name":"Visual Studio 2012",
"download":"http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30682"},
{"alias":"VS2013",
"name":"Visual Studio 2013",
"download":"http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.aspx"
},
{"alias":"VS2015",
"name":"Visual Studio 2015",
"download":"http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/visual-studio-2015-downloads-vs"
}
]
,
"platformcategories":
[
{"alias":"netfx",
"name":".NET Framework"},
{"alias":"services",
"name":"Services"},
{"alias":"devices",
"name":"Devices"},
{"alias":"libraries",
"name":"Libraries"},
{"alias":"silverlight",
"name":"Silverlight"}
],

"platforms":
[
{
"platform":".NET Framework 4.6",
"category":"netfx",
"info":"http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2015/07/20/announcing-net-framework-4-6.aspx",
"includedIn":["VS2015"],
"supportedBy":["VS2013","VS2012"],
"runtime":[
{"name":".NET Framework 4.6","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=528259"}],
"tools":[
{"name":"Visual Studio Community 2015 (free)","link":"https://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs"},
{"name":".NET Framework 4.6 Targeting Pack","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=528261","description":"The .NET 4.6 Developer pack includes the 4.6 reference assemblies needed by Visual Studio and msbuild."}
]
  },
{
"platform":".NET Framework 4.5.2",
"category":"netfx",
"info":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309958",
"includedIn":["VS2015"],
"supportedBy":["VS2013","VS2012"],
"runtime":[
{"name":".NET Framework 4.5.2","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=397674"}],
"tools":[
{"name":".NET Framework 4.5.2 Developer Pack","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=328857","description":"The .NET 4.5.2 Developer pack includes the .NET framework 4.5.2 runtime and targeting pack."},
{"name":".NET Framework 4.5.2 Language Packs","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=328858","description":"Resources to support languages other than English."}
]
  },
  {
"platform":".NET Framework 4.5.1",
"category":"netfx",
"info":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309958",
"includedIn":["VS2015","VS2013"],
"supportedBy":["VS2012"],
"runtime":[
{"name":".NET Framework 4.5.1","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=306592"}],
"tools":[
{"name":".NET Framework 4.5.1 Developer Pack","link":"http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40772","description":"The .NET 4.5.1 Developer pack includes the .NET framework 4.5.1 runtime and targeting pack."},
{"name":"Windows Software Development Kit for Windows 8.1","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=310212"}]
  },
{
"platform":".NET Framework 4.5",
"category":"netfx",
"info":"http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2012/08/15/announcing-the-release-of-net-framework-4-5-rtm-product-and-source-code.aspx",
"includedIn":["VS2015","VS2013","VS2012"],
"supportedBy":[],
"runtime":[
{"name":".NET Framework 4.5","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=306591"}],
"tools":[
{"name":"Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=310216"}]
  },

{
"platform":".NET Framework 4.0.3",
"category":"netfx",
"info":"http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2012/03/05/update-4-0-3-for-the-microsoft-net-framework-4.aspx",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2010"],
"runtime":[
{"name":".NET Framework 4.0.3","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=226775"}
],
"tools":[
{"name":".NET Framework 4.0.3 Targeting Pack","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=245232"},
{"name":".NET Framework 4.0.3 -- Design-time Update","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=226778"}
]
},

{
"platform":".NET Framework 4",
"category":"netfx",
"info":"http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2012/08/15/announcing-the-release-of-net-framework-4-5-rtm-product-and-source-code.aspx",
"includedIn":["VS2015","VS2013","VS2012","VS2010"],
"supportedBy":[],
"runtime":[
{"name":".NET Framework 4","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=306589"}],
"tools":[
{"name":"Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=229188"}
]
},

 {
"platform":".NET Framework 2.0 + 3.5 SP1",
"category":"netfx",
"info":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/w0x726c2(VS.90).aspx",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2015","VS2013","VS2012","VS2010"],
"runtime":[
{"name":".NET Framework 3.5 SP1","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=229190"},
{"name":".NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (Windows 8+)","link":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/hh506443.aspx"}],
"tools":[]
  },

{
"platform":"Microsoft Azure",    
"category":"services",
"info":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2015","VS2013","VS2012"],
"tools":[
{"name":"Azure SDK for .NET","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=254336"},
{"name":"Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web","link":"http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#d-express-web"}
]
  }, 

{
"platform":"Team Foundation Server",
"category":"services",
"info":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=308920",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2010"],
"tools":[
{"name":"Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Team Foundation Server Compatibility GDR ","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=308924"}]
  },

{
"platform":"Team Foundation Server",
"category":"services",
"info":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=308920",
"includedIn":["VS2015","VS2013","VS2012"],
"supportedBy":[]
  },

{
"platform":"Office 365, Office and SharePoint",
"category":"services",
"info":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=308921",
"includedIn":["VS2015","VS2013"],
"supportedBy":[]
}
,
{
"platform":"OneDrive",
"category":"services",
"info":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=306598",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2015","VS2013","VS2012"],
"tools":[{"name":"Live SDK","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=306598"}]
},

{
"platform":"Bing",
"category":"services",
"info":"http://www.bing.com/dev",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2013"],
"tools":[{"name":"Maps WPF Control","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=306597"},
{"name":"Bing Maps SDK for Windows 8.1","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309954"},
{"name":"Bing Optical Character Recognition Control","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309953"},
{"name":"Bing Translator Control","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309952"}
]
},

{
"platform":"Bing",
"category":"services",
"info":"http://www.bing.com/dev",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2012"],
"tools":[{"name":"Maps WPF Control","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=306597"},
{"name":"Bing Maps SDK for Windows 8","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309950"},
{"name":"Bing Optical Character Recognition Control","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309953"},
{"name":"Bing Translator Control","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309952"}
]
},

{
"platform":"Bing",
"category":"services",
"info":"http://www.bing.com/dev",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2010"],
"tools":[{"name":"Maps WPF Control","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=306597"}]
},

{
"platform":"Microsoft Advertising",
"category":"Services",
"info":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309951",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2013","VS2012"],
"tools":[
{"name":"Microsoft Ad SDK for Windows 8","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309951"}
]
},

{
"platform":"Windows Store",
"category":"devices",
"info":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/apps",
"includedIn":["VS2013"],
"supportedBy":[],
"tools":[{"name":"Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows with Update 2 RC ","link":"http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=42305"},
         {"name":"Microsoft .NET Native","link":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/dotnetnative"}
]
},

{
"platform":"Windows Store",
"category":"devices",
"info":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/apps",
"includedIn":["VS2012"],
"supportedBy":[],
"tools":[{"name":"Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows with Update 2 RC ","link":"http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=42305"}]
},

{
"platform":"Windows Phone",
"category":"devices",
"info":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windowsphone/develop/ff402535(v=vs.105).aspx",
"includedIn":["VS2013"],
"supportedBy":[],
"tools":[{"name":"Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows with Update 2 RC ","link":"http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=42305"}
]
},

{
"platform":"Windows Phone 7.5",
"category":"devices",
"info":"http://dev.windowsphone.com/develop",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2012","VS2010"],
"tools":[
    {"name":"Windows Phone SDK 7.1","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=229195"},
    {"name":"Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone","link":"http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#d-express-windows-phone"},
    {"name":"Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows with Update 2 RC ","link":"http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=42305"}
]
},

{
"platform":"XBOX 360",
"category":"devices",
"info":"http://xbox.create.msdn.com",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2010"],
"tools":[
    {"name":"XNA Game Studio 4.0","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=229196"}
]
},

{
"platform":"Kinect for Windows",
"category":"devices",
"info":"http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/develop",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2013", "VS2012"],
"tools":[{"name":"Kinect for Windows SDK","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=324285"}
]
},
{
"platform":"Portable Class Library",
"category":"libraries",
"info":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg597391(v=vs.110)",
"includedIn":["VS2015","VS2013", "VS2012"],
"supportedBy":[]
},
{
"platform":"Portable Class Library",
"category":"libraries",
"info":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/gg597391(v=vs.110)",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2010"],
"tools":[{"name":"Portable Library Tools","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=229189"}]
},
{
"platform":"Silverlight 5",
"category":"silverlight",
"info":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc838158.aspx)",
"includedIn":["VS2015","VS2013","VS2012"],
"supportedBy":[],
"runtime":[
{"name":"Silverlight 5","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=310211"}]
},

{
"platform":"Silverlight 5",
"category":"silverlight",
"info":"http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc838158.aspx",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2010"],
"runtime":[
{"name":"Silverlight 5","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=310211"}],
"tools":[
{"name":"Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=229193"}]
},
{
"platform":"Xamarin",
"category":"devices",
"info":"http://xamarin.com",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2015","VS2013","VS2012","VS2010"],
"runtime":[],
"tools":[
{"name":"Xamarin Tools for iOS and Android","link":"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=398052"}]
},
{
"platform":".NET Micro Framework",
"category":"devices",
"info":"http://www.netmf.com",
"includedIn":[],
"supportedBy":["VS2012"],
"runtime":[{"name":".NET MF 4.3 RTM QFE1","link":"http://netmf.codeplex.com/releases/view/118283"}],
"tools":[]
}
]
}