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Supported Usage Scenarios |
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| Individual Developers | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Classroom Learning | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Academic Research | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Contributing to Open Source Projects | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Non-enterprise organizations, for up to 5 users |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Enterprise | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Development Platform Support | |||
| 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 | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Integrated Development Environment | |||
| Live Dependency Validation | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Architectural Layer Diagrams | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Architecture Validation | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Code Clone | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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CodeLens |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Peek Definition | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Refactoring |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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One-Click Web Deployment |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Model Resource Viewer | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps |
Visual Studio CommunityCan open diagrams generated in other Visual Studio editions in read-only mode. | Visual Studio ProfessionalCan open diagrams generated in other Visual Studio editions in read-only mode. | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Multi-Targeting | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics | |||
| IntelliTrace | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Code Map Debugger Integration |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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.NET Memory Dump Analysis |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Code Metrics | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Graphics Debugging | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Static Code Analysis | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Performance and Diagnostics Hub | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio EnterpriseIncludes Tier Interaction Profiling. |
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Snapshot Debugger |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Time Travel Debugging (Preview) |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Live Unit Testing |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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IntelliTest |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
| Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation) | Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Code Coverage |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Unit Testing |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Cross-platform Development |
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Embedded Assemblies |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Native iOS and Android UI Designers |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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.NET MAUI |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Collaboration Tools and Features |
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PowerPoint Storyboarding |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Code Review |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Task Suspend/Resume |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Team Explorer (third-party development tools support) |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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Visual Studio Live Share |
Visual Studio Community | Visual Studio Professional | Visual Studio Enterprise |
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