New Functionality
 
- Update notification for SPCAF new versions in Visual Studio (see Visual Studio Extension Manager)
 
Fixes
- SPC015302 AddMissingModuleFileToFeature fixed issue that attribute ‘Path’ of Module was not included in search path
 - Fixed exception for missing webpart properties
 - SPC050225 DoNotUseListItemsCount fixed issue with wrongly detected violations
 
Changes
- Setup: Check for required .NET Framework 4.5
 - General: Reduced strictness of default severity for several rules (e.g. we use CriticalError only for violations which are highly critical for SharePoint and may damage the farm)
 - SPC010102 DeclareSafeControlEntryForWebControls limited to non abstract types
 - Remove rules SPC050221 DoNotCallListItemsAddToAddItems (rule no present in MSDN anymore)
 
New Rules
- Category Correctness 
  
- SPC015506 DefineUniqueListTemplateType (Category Correctness)
 - SPC017401 DeclareRequiredAttributesInFeatureActivationDependency
 - SPC017402 DefineOptionalAttributesInFeatureActivationDependencyCorrectly
 - SPC017411 DoNotAddActivationDependencyToHiddenFeature
 - SPC017412 DoNotAddActivationDependencyToMoreRestrictiveScope
 - SPC017413 DoNotAddCrossScopeActivationDependencyToHiddenFeature
 - SPC017414 DoNotChainActivationDependencies
 - SPC017415 DoNotCreateCircularChaingOfActivationDependencies
 - SPC012121 AddMissingAssemblyForFeatureReceiverAssembly
 - SPC012122 DeployFeatureReceiverAssemblyToGAC
 
 - Category Design 
  
- SPC042107 DefineFeatureReceiverAssemblyAsFQN
 
 - Category Deployment 
  
- SPC060401 DoNotDeployImagesToLayouts
 - SPC060402 DeployOnlyImageToImagesFolder
 - SPC060403 DeployBinaryFilesToClientBin
 
 - Category Best Practices 
  
- SPC050230 DoNotUseSPFolderItemsCount
 
 - Category SharePoint 2013 Compatibility 
  
- SPC150102 DeclareSharePointVersionInSolution
 - SPC150207 BuildAssemblyForFramework45
 - SPC150208 ReplaceReferencesToOlderHivesInCode
 - SPC159901 Reference15HiveInPages
 - SPC159902 Reference15HiveInMasterPages
 - SPC159903 Reference15HiveInScripts
 - SPC159904 Reference15HiveInStyles
 - SPC159905 Reference15HiveInControls
 - SPC159906 Reference15HiveInXSLT
 - SPC155701 Reference15HiveInURLsInCustomAction
 - SPC155702 Reference15HiveInURLActionInCustomAction
 - SPC155703 Reference15HiveInScriptSrcInCustomAction
 - SPC156101 Reference15HiveInControlSrcInControl
 - SPC155501 Reference15HiveInImageInListTemplate