Today at Microsoft Tech-Ed: Developers, Microsoft Corp. announced that an enhanced version of Dotfuscator Community Edition� (CE) will be included in the next major release of Microsoft Visual Studio,� code-named �Orcas.�

�Protecting intellectual property and preventing application vulnerability probing are two important issues for software developers today,� said Prashant Sridharan, group product manager in the Developer Division at Microsoft. �Obfuscation is an important component of Microsoft�s comprehensive application life-cycle management solution, and PreEmptive Solutions� latest version of Dotfuscator CE represents a significant enhancement to the Visual Studio platform.�

The next version of Dotfuscator CE will feature full integration with Visual Studio, enabling automatic resolution of build dependencies, seamless integration with other post-build processes such as installation script generation, and a consistent means to manage obfuscation artifacts that streamline debugging, patch management and distributed development processes.