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# Visual Studio 2015 CTP 5 released
- URL: https://blog.jsinh.in/visual-studio-2015-ctp-5-beta-2-released/
- Published: 2015-01-17T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-07T15:07:58.000Z
- Author: Jsinh
- Tags: #Import 2026-10-04 19:16

Microsoft and Visual Studio team announced release of [Community Technology Preview 5 (CTP 5)](https://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2015/01/16/visual-studio-2015-cpt-5-now-available.aspx?ref=blog.jsinh.in).

Download: [Visual Studio 2015 CTP5](https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/2967191?ref=blog.jsinh.in)

This version of visual studio brings lots of improvements / better integration and bug fixes for ASP.NET (ASP.NET 5 vNext version).

Some of the highlighted features, changes and fixes released with this version of Visual studio:

- XAML langauge service rebuilt on top of .NET Compiler Platfor ("Roslyn"), fast and reliable XAML editing experience with intellisense.
- Timeline tool - [New UI Performance Analysis Tool for WPF Applications](https://blogs.msdn.com/b/wpf/archive/2015/01/16/new-ui-performance-analysis-tool-for-wpf-applications.aspx?ref=blog.jsinh.in)
- [Improvements to IntelliTrace in Visual Studio Ultimate 2015](https://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2015/01/16/intellitrace-in-visual-studio-ultimate-2015.aspx?ref=blog.jsinh.in)
- [Improvements to Diagnostic tools debugger window](https://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2015/01/16/diagnostic-tools-debugger-window-in-visual-studio-2015.aspx?ref=blog.jsinh.in)
- [Announcing TypeScript 1.4](https://blogs.msdn.com/b/typescript/archive/2015/01/16/announcing-typescript-1-4.aspx?ref=blog.jsinh.in)
- [Tons of improvements and bug fixes for ASP.NET 5 - Beta 2](https://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2015/01/16/asp-net-5-in-visual-studio-2015-ctp-5.aspx?ref=blog.jsinh.in)

This is a good oppurtunity to try out the new features that will be part of Visual Studio 2015 (the name might change).