Visual Studio 11 BETA and Windows Phone 7

Question

Is there a way to get windows phone 7 to work with VS 11 Beta?

Answer 1

They have a fix now. See...

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2012/03/26/wpsdk-711-now-available.aspx

and

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29233

Looks like the best interim solution for WP7 dev on Windows 8.

Answer 2

This is not currently supported.

VS11 is currently in Beta to enable testing and familiarity with the new version. It exists to enable you in "preparing for the next generation of development". It is not intended to be used as a primary development environment for older technologies.

Update
Microsoft have confirmed this at http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2012/03/05/windows-8-and-the-windows-phone-sdk.aspx