Visual Studio 2008 is a unified toolset that enables developers and development teams to build applications on the Microsoft platform. Support for Windows Vista and the Microsoft Office System assist developers in building compelling rich client applications. Now, with included support for ASP.NET AJAX and the Silverlight add-in for Visual Studio 2008, developers can also build a spectrum of rich interactive applications for the Web. Visual Studio 2008 provides comprehensive support for building native code and .NET applications for Windows and Web using a variety of languages including Visual Basic, C#, C++ and has full support for building database applications using Microsoft SQL Server and other platforms.