Feature Packs are like Power Tools in that they are being released “out of cycle” from Visual Studio, but different in that they are “official” and supported. If you can remember back when, think “NT4 Option Pack”. Per Jason Zander, “Feature Packs are a new concept we are introducing with VS2010. Like Power Tools these releases are designed to run on top of the existing core bits (no modifications allowed) using extensibility. Unlike Power Tools, Feature Packs are ideas we fully intend to incorporate into the core product in the future (consider it a head start on v-next). Because of this a Feature Pack is of higher quality: localized, fully tested, and formally supported. Feature Packs are available through your MSDN subscription Read more: Greg's Cool [Insert Clever Name] of the Day
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