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Compare Visual Studio 2022 Editions
| Supported Features | Visual Studio Community |
Visual Studio Professional |
Visual Studio Enterprise |
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| Individual Developers | |||
| Classroom Learning | |||
| Academic Research | |||
| Contributing to Open Source Projects | |||
| Non-enterprise organizations 1, for up to 5 users |
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| Enterprise | |||
| Development Platform Support 2 | |
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| Integrated Development Environment | |
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| Live Dependency Validation | |||
| Architectural Layer Diagrams | |||
| Architecture Validation | |||
| Code Clone | |||
| CodeLens | |||
| Peek Definition | |||
| Refactoring | |||
| One-Click Web Deployment | |||
| Model Resource Viewer | |||
| Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps | 3 | 3 | |
| Multi-Targeting | |||
| Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics |  |
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| IntelliTrace | |||
| Code Map Debugger Integration | |||
| .NET Memory Dump Analysis | |||
| Code Metrics | |||
| Graphics Debugging | |||
| Static Code Analysis | |||
| Performance and Diagnostics Hub | 4 | ||
| Snapshot Debugger | |||
| Time Travel Debugging (Preview) | |||
| Testing Tools |  |
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| Live Unit Testing | |||
| IntelliTest | |||
| Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation) | |||
| Code Coverage | |||
| Unit Testing | |||
| Cross-platform Development | |
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| Embedded Assemblies | |||
| Xamarin Inspector | |||
| Xamarin Profiler | |||
| Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows | |||
| Share code between Android and iOS with Xamarin | |||
| Native iOS and Android UI Designers | |||
| Xamarin.Forms | |||
| Collaboration Tools and Features | |
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| PowerPoint Storyboarding | |||
| Code Review | |||
| Task Suspend/Resume | |||
| Team Explorer (third-party development tools support) | |||
| Visual Studio Live Share |
| Visual Studio Community |
Visual Studio Professional |
Visual Studio Enterprise |
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| Individual Developers | |||||
| Classroom Learning | |||||
| Academic Research | |||||
| Contributing to Open Source Projects | |||||
| Non-enterprise organizations 1, for up to 5 users |
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| Enterprise | |||||
| Development Platform Support 2 | |
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| Integrated Development Environment + | |
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| Live Dependency Validation | |||||
| Architectural Layer Diagrams | |||||
| Architecture Validation | |||||
| Code Clone | |||||
| CodeLens |  |
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| Peek Definition | |||||
| Refactoring | |||||
| One-Click Web Deployment | |||||
| Model Resource Viewer | |||||
| Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps | 3 | 3 | |||
| Multi-Targeting | |||||
| Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics + | |
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| IntelliTrace | |||||
| Code Map Debugger Integration | |||||
| .NET Memory Dump Analysis | |||||
| Code Metrics | |||||
| Graphics Debugging | |||||
| Static Code Analysis | |||||
| Performance and Diagnostics Hub | 4 | ||||
| Testing Tools + | |
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| Live Unit Testing | |||||
| Test Case Management | |||||
| Web Load & Performance Testing | |||||
| IntelliTest | |||||
| Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation) | |||||
| Code Coverage | |||||
| Lab Management | |||||
| Coded UI Testing | |||||
| Manual Testing with Microsoft Test Manager | |||||
| Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager | |||||
| Fast-forward for Manual Testing with Microsoft Test Manager | |||||
| Unit Testing | |||||
| Cross PLatform Development + | |
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| Embedded Assemblies | |||||
| Xamarin Inspector | |||||
| Xamarin Profiler | |||||
| Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows | |||||
| Share code between Android and iOS with Xamarin | |||||
| Native iOS and Android UI Designers | |||||
| Xamarin.Forms | |||||
| Xamarin Instant Player | |||||
| Collaboration Tools and Features + | |
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| PowerPoint Storyboarding | |||||
| Code Review | |||||
| Task Suspend/Resume | |||||
| Team Explorer (third-party development tools support) | |||||
| Visual Studio Live Share |
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For more information on Visual Studio 2022 project support, read our documentation.
For more information about Community, see the Visual Studio Community license terms.
To learn more about Visual Studio for Mac, please visit the What’s New page.
For information about Subscriber benefits, you may visit the Subscriptions page
Looking to compare Visual Studio subscriptions? Go to the Visual Studio pricing page.
For more information about Community, see the Visual Studio Community license terms.
Footnotes:
- Enterprise organizations are defined as >250 PCs or > $1 Million US Dollars in annual revenue.
- Windows Desktop, Universal Windows Apps, Web (ASP.NET), Office 365, Business Applications, Azure Stack, C++ Cross-Platform Library Development, Python, Node.js, .NET Core, Docker Tools
- Can open diagrams generated in other Visual Studio editions in read-only mode.
- Includes Tier Interaction Profiling.
Visual Studio Community 2022
Free, fully-featured IDE for students, open-source and individual developers
Visual Studio Professional 2022
Professional developer tools, services, and subscription benefits for small teams
Visual Studio Enterprise 2022
End-to-end solution to meet demanding quality and scale needs of teams of all sizes
