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Compare Visual Studio 2022 Editions
| Supported Features | Visual Studio Community |
Visual Studio Professional |
Visual Studio Enterprise |
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| Supported Usage Scenarios |  |
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| Individual Developers | |||
| Classroom Learning | |||
| Academic Research | |||
| Contributing to Open Source Projects | |||
| Non-enterprise organizations 1, for up to 5 users |
Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Enterprise | Feature not supported | ||
| Development Platform Support 2 | |
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| Supported Features | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Integrated Development Environment | |
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| Live Dependency Validation | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Architectural Layer Diagrams | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Architecture Validation | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Code Clone | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| CodeLens | |||
| Peek Definition | |||
| Refactoring | |||
| One-Click Web Deployment | |||
| Model Resource Viewer | |||
| Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps | 3 | 3 | |
| Multi-Targeting | |||
| Supported Features | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics |  |
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| IntelliTrace | Feature not supported | ||
| Code Map Debugger Integration | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| .NET Memory Dump Analysis | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Code Metrics | |||
| Graphics Debugging | |||
| Static Code Analysis | |||
| Performance and Diagnostics Hub | 4 | ||
| Snapshot Debugger | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Time Travel Debugging (Preview) | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Supported Features | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Testing Tools |  |
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| Live Unit Testing | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| IntelliTest | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation) | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Code Coverage | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Unit Testing | |||
| Supported Features | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Cross-platform Development | |
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| Embedded Assemblies | Feature not supported | Feature not supported | |
| Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows | |||
| Share code between Android and iOS with Xamarin | |||
| Native iOS and Android UI Designers | |||
| .NET MAUI | |||
| Supported Features | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| 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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| Classroom Learning | |||||
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| Contributing to Open Source Projects | |||||
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| 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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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.
