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The BlackBerry® Plug-in for Microsoft® Visual Studio® allows enterprise developers and system integrators to leverage existing Microsoft® based developer tools to wirelessly enable applications for BlackBerry® smartphones. It lets developers working within a .NET programming environment use their development tool of choice, while still taking advantage of the benefits of the BlackBerry® Mobile Data System (BlackBerry MDS). They can enjoy simplified wireless application development, deployment and management for the enterprise.
Key benefits for developers include:
- Familiar development experience — Plugs into an existing Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development environment, providing a familiar experience for .NET developers to create rich client applications for the BlackBerry platform.
- Seamless wireless connectivity — Leverages the inherent security and managed wireless connectivity of the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution, allowing developers to seamlessly connect to back-end enterprise systems using .NET Web Services.
- Simplified BlackBerry development — Provides a framework of re-useable BlackBerry application components that simplifies user interface design, data management and wireless connectivity of rich-client applications.
- Enterprise-class security and manageability — Applications developed using the BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio will leverage the same secure, push-based technology and scalable architecture of BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. IT departments also benefit from simplified management and centralized control of their wireless deployments.
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Note: to deploy BlackBerry® MDS Runtime applications, BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1 is required with BlackBerry MDS Services enabled. BlackBerry MDS Runtime must also be deployed to the BlackBerry smartphone.