# Visual Studio 2011 Support

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-studio-2011-support/1975
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [April 27, 2012, 9:40am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-studio-2011-support/1975 "2012-04-27T09:40:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![seankearon](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/seankearon/32/112_2.png) [@seankearon](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/seankearon)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2012, 9:40am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-studio-2011-support/1975/1 "2012-04-27T09:40:58Z")

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Just wondering when we can expect to see support for VS 2011?

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-studio-2011-support/1975/2 "2012-04-27T10:22:38Z")

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I have a VM currently installing the beta to play with, it may or may not be a big job, so I cannot give a real time estimate at this time.

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### Author: ![seankearon](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/seankearon/32/112_2.png) [@seankearon](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/seankearon)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-studio-2011-support/1975/3 "2012-05-02T07:37:03Z")

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But before it’s full release, yes? Not sure if you’re aware, but it’s got a go-live licence now too.

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-studio-2011-support/1975/4 "2012-05-04T12:37:16Z")

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Hi Sean   
  
 Yesterdays update release includes support for the VS11 Beta.

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2012, 8:57am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-studio-2011-support/1975/5 "2012-05-07T08:57:04Z")

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Hi - I can confirm a several items of interest here:

1) FinalBuilder Professional 7.00.1864 successfully builds projects with Visual Studio 2011 Professional Beta. I'm running it on Windows 8 Server.

2) FinalBuilder Professional 6 and 7.00.1864 can be installed on Windows 8 Consumer Preview and on Windows 8 Server.

3) Both FB products require .NET 2.0, which is bundled within .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.

- Installing on Win 8 Consumer Preview involves using Windows Update to install the .NET framework - it was easy.

- On Win 8 Server it was more difficult to install .NET, than on Win8 Consumer Preview. It could not be installed by double-clicking the EXE from Microsoft's site.

  - Per a Microsoft forum (below), some users could install via ServerManager; others had to use a command line.
  - I ended up installing .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 8 Server via PowerShell command line:
  - From an admin PowerShell window:&nbsp;  
&nbsp;install-windowsfeature -name Net-Framework-Core -source D:\sources\sxs -Confirm&nbsp;

  - _Substitute your path for "D:\sources", to wherever your Win8 install source is located._

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This MS forum thread helped me diagnose and install the .NET Framework on Windows 8 Server:

[http://social.technet.mi...a178b34132](http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itproinstall/thread/f4217b5c-4341-4c6a-99be-46a178b34132)
  
  
Best,  
+sean