VS2003 and Device Development

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This came up on one of the C# Frequently Asked Questions site where a customer was unable to determine if the standard SKU for Visual Studio 2003 supported Device development or not.

Smart device development is available in all editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003: Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional, Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer, and Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect. Smart device development is not available in stand-alone editions: Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard, Visual C# .NET 2003 Standard, Microsoft Visual J#™ .NET 2003 Standard, or Microsoft Visual C++® .NET 2003 Standard. https://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/overview/whatsnew.aspx 

For Whidbey (Visual Studio 2005) the Standard Edition will also provide full device development in Native (C++) as well as Managed (VB .NET and C#). The express SKUs however will not have this functionality.

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Amit