Develop for Windows Phone 7 (or 7.1) using Visual Studio 2012 (RTM,Premium)

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Is it possible to get the WindowsPhone 7.1.1 sdk to work with Visual Studio 2012?

Edit: As stated in the title of my question: I wanted to know whether its possible to develop windows phone 7.1.1 apps using Visual Studio 2012.

I already tried installing the SDK and the hotfix but I still can't open Windows Phone 7.1 projects with VS2012. Hence, my question: Am I missing something obvious or is it simply not possbile?

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Well, my comment was to the poorly researched and sparse question prior to the edit. As for valuable input: stick with your current development environment if it isn't broken and dual boot onto Windows 8 with VS2012 for the new stuff. Move away from WP7 at your earliest convenience, support for it will only decline from now on. – Adam Houldsworth
@AdamHouldsworth thanks for undoing the downvote; at the time it was well justified and a reminder for not being lazy... I was asking because I was hoping to solely use windows 8 and vs2012 for development which isn't possible as it seems. I still hope the upcoming sdk for wp8 will provide "backwards-compatibility". – Markus Bruckner
@AdamHouldsworth There will be still people using WP7, I feel a bit hurt now :( – EaterOfCode
@EaterOfCorpses Indeed, I'm still using it. And I've noticed a definite drop-off on apps being produced. Windows 7 never really had a decent critical mass for mainstream app adoption - I still frequently see people saying they support mobiles (iOS / Android), never Windows. Hopefully Windows Phone 8 will get better mass. – Adam Houldsworth

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There we go :) --> Windows Phone SDK 8.0

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I have both Visual studio 2012 RTM (for Windows 8 store application development) and Windows phone 7.1.1 SDK in my Windows 8 Release Preview and they are working fine.

And like you, I am also waiting for the Windows Phone 8 SDK.(btw, there is no windows phone 7.8 sdk)

UPDATE: This Windows Phone 8.0 SDK link states that "you can install Windows Phone SDK 7.1 (and the WPSDK 7.1.1 Update) and continue to build apps and games that target Windows Phone 7.5. The existing Windows Phone SDK installs side by side with Visual Studio 2012, and you can feel confident that the code you write today will work on Windows Phone 8 devices."