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