A redesigned, cleaner interface with reduced clutter and "all-caps" menus (later made optional).
Visual Studio 2012 introduced several platform-wide enhancements available in the ISO: visual-studio-2012-ultimate-iso
First-class tools for building "Windows Store" apps and integrating with the WinRT platform. A redesigned, cleaner interface with reduced clutter and
Advanced code clone detection to find redundant code and "Code Metrics" to measure maintainability. General 2012 Improvements (All Editions) visual-studio-2012-ultimate-iso
Projects and key IDE components load asynchronously, allowing you to start coding before the entire solution is fully loaded.