If you don’t want to sign in, you can skip this step and click on “Not now, maybe later”. You can use sign-in Visual Studio using various Microsoft Accounts like the MSDN account, TFS Account, Hotmail, MSN and Live account. By signing in, whatever customizations you usually do in Visual Studio, like Fonts, Colours, line numbers, custom key bindings, look and feel of Visual Studio and many more can be pulled automatically across multiple locations and multiple devices, giving you the same experience everywhere. Now what is the use of a Sign in screen? We as developers, usually use Visual Studio at various locations like in our workplaces, home etc.

Assuming you have downloaded and installed Visual Studio 2013, launch Visual Studio and you will see the first screen which is a Sign in screen as shown below In this article, we will explore some of the IDE enhancements and new features:ġ. Visual Studio 2013 builds upon the powerful tools and services delivered in Visual Studio 2012 and helps you create a new modern applications.