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Download Visual Studio Community for a fully-featured and extensible IDE; An updated alternative to Visual Studio Express.
Customized installer
Get to coding faster
Improved productivity
Modern Web
Build for Windows
Vibrant ecosystem
Access to thousands of extensions that Express lacks, such as Resharper, Visual Assist, and Web Essentials.
Help me choose. I am a…
Choose from the options below to see what version of Visual Studio is right for you
Individual Developer
Visual Studio Community is designed with everything you need in one place to create your next application.
Student or Teacher
Visual Studio Community provides the tools you need to build a game, design an app, launch a project, or teach a class.
Open Source Contributor
Visual Studio Community includes a rich set of tools for open-source software development.
Academic Researcher
Visual Studio Community is offered at no cost for you to advance your research.
Small Organization
Visual Studio Community is best suited for you if you work in a small team of less than six developers. Learn more about the Visual Studio Community license terms here
Large Business
Visual Studio Professional provides comprehensive tools and services for designing, building, and managing complex enterprise applications.
Still want Visual Studio Express?
*Visual Studio Express 2017 is available for Windows Desktop developers. This is the final version of Visual Studio Express, and there is not a UWP or Web offering for Visual Studio Express 2017 or later versions. We encourage all users to look at the free development options offered by Microsoft such as Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Community for future development needs.
