Read original post by Mark Michaelis at Visual Studio Magazine
By the time you read this, Visual Studio 11 beta 1 will be available for download. In this article, I'll review what Visual Studio 11 has in store for developers from an IDE perspective. Specifically, the focus is on new tooling included that's centered around productivity. Discussions of features such as language changes, Microsoft .NET Framework additions and Metro-style development capabilities will be covered in future articles.