Visual Studio Capabilities Comparison

Visual Studio editions are tailored to specific team needs and sizes, as well as the roles of individual team members. Find the one that’s right for you.

	Video	Ultimate with MSDN	Premium with MSDN	Test Professional with MSDN	Professional with MSDN	Professional
Work in the same IDE to create solutions for the web, desktop, cloud, server, and phone		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Examine and refine your code with extensive tools for app debugging and profiling		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Verify code quality with unit testing and an extensible testing framework		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Get access to Microsoft platforms and tools past and present, with new releases added all the time		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Get Team Foundation Server and a Team Foundation Server CAL for production use		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Take your apps to the cloud, Windows Store, and Windows Phone Marketplace with included services as subscription benefits		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Provision and manage virtual lab environments for testing with consistent configurations		Yes	Yes	Yes
Coordinate your team with agile project management tools		Yes	Yes	Yes
Organize and define your test plans with test case management and exploratory testing		Yes	Yes	Yes
Improve code quality with a peer code review workflow within Visual Studio		Yes	Yes
Improve developer productivity when multitasking with task suspend and resume		Yes	Yes
Automate user interface tests to validate application UI		Yes	Yes
Find and manage duplicate code in your code base to improve your architecture		Yes	Yes
Determine how much code is being tested with code coverage analysis		Yes	Yes
Reliably capture and reproduce bugs found during manual and exploratory testing to eliminate “no repro” bugs		Yes
Understand the dependencies and relationships in your code through visualization		Yes
Visualize the impact of a change, or a potential change in your code		Yes
Collect and analyze runtime diagnostic data from production systems		Yes
Perform unlimited web performance and load testing		Yes
Design architectural layer diagrams to then validate code implements the architecture		Yes

Feature comparisons

Looking for specific features, like build automation or test case management? Check to see which Visual Studio editions have them.

Categories and features Expand AllCollapse All	Feature Video	Ultimate with MSDN	Premium with MSDN	Test Professional with MSDN	Professional with MSDN	Professional
Debugging and Diagnostics		4/4	3/4	0/4	2/4	2/4
IntelliTrace (Historical Debugging)		Yes
IntelliTrace in Production		Yes
Code Metrics		Yes	Yes
Graphics Debugging		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Advanced Web Debugging (Page Inspector)		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Static Code Analysis		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Debugger		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Windows 8 Simulator		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Profiling		Yes1	Yes1		Yes	Yes
Windows Phone Emulator		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Testing Tools		4/4	3/4	2/4	1/4	1/4
Web Performance Testing		Yes
Load Testing		Yes
Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation)		Yes
Code Coverage		Yes	Yes
Coded UI Testing		Yes	Yes
Manual Testing		Yes	Yes	Yes
Exploratory Testing		Yes	Yes	Yes
Test Case Management		Yes	Yes	Yes
Fast Forward for Manual Testing		Yes	Yes	Yes
Lab Management		Yes	Yes	Yes
Extensible Testing Framework		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Unit Testing		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Integrated Development Environment		4/4	4/4	0/4	3/4	3/4
Code Clone		Yes	Yes
Refactoring		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
LightSwitch		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
One-Click Web Deployment		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Extensible WPF-Based Environment		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Model Resource Viewer		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Multi-Targeting		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Blend for Visual Studio		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
JavaScript and jQuery Support		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Project & Solution Compatibility with Visual Studio 2010 SP1		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Multiple Monitor Support		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Development Platform Support		4/4	4/4	0/4	4/4	4/4
Windows Desktop Development		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Windows Store Application (including ARM) Development		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Web Development		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Windows Phone Development		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Office and SharePoint Development		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Cloud Development		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Customizable Development Experience		Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Architecture and Modeling		4/4	2/4	0/4	1/4	1/4
Architecture Explorer		Yes
Architecture and Layer Diagrams		Yes
Architecture Validation		Yes	Yes
UML® 2.0 Compliant Diagrams (Activity, Use Case, Sequence, Class, and Component)		Yes	Yes2
Visualize Code with Dependency Graphs (By Assembly, By Namespace, and By Class)		Yes	Yes2		Yes2	Yes2
Code Maps		Yes	Yes2		Yes2
Lab Management		4/4	4/4	4/4	0/4	0/4
Virtual Environment Setup & Tear Down		Yes	Yes	Yes
Provision Environment from Template		Yes	Yes	Yes
Checkpoint Environment		Yes	Yes	Yes
Team Foundation Server		4/4	4/4	4/4	3/4	3/4
Backlog Management		Yes	Yes	Yes
Sprint Planning		Yes	Yes	Yes
Agile Task boards		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
Exception Analytics (PreEmptive Analytics for TFS CE)		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
SharePoint Integration (Team Project Portal) 4		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
Reporting & BI		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
Project & Project Server integration 5		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
System Center Integration6		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
Version Control		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
Work Item Tracking		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
Build Automation		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
Kanban Board		Yes	Yes	Yes
Collaboration		4/4	4/4	3/4	2/4	2/4
PowerPoint Storyboarding		Yes	Yes	Yes
Request and Manage Feedback 7		Yes	Yes	Yes
Code Review		Yes	Yes
Task Suspend/Resume		Yes	Yes
Team Explorer		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
Team Explorer Everywhere for TFS (3rd-Party Development Tools Support)		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
Software and Services for Production Use		4/4	3/4	2/4	2/4	1/4
Visual Studio Updates 8		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Team Foundation Server		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Team Foundation Server CAL		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Team Foundation Service10		Yes	Yes	Yes
Office Professional Plus		Yes	Yes
Windows Azure9		Yes	Yes		Yes
Software for Development and Testing		4/4	4/4	1/4	1/4	0/4
Windows, Windows Server		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft SQL Server		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Office		Yes	Yes
Microsoft Dynamics		Yes	Yes
All other Microsoft servers (SharePoint, Exchange, etc.)		Yes	Yes
Other Benefits		4/4	4/4	2/4	2/4	0/4
Technical Support Incidents		4	4	2	2
Microsoft E-Learning Collections (per year)		2	2	1	1

1. Includes Tier Interaction Profiling
2. Read-Only Diagrams
3. Requires full Team Foundation Server and TFS CAL (purchased separately)
4. Microsoft SharePoint Server licensed separately
5. Microsoft Project and Project Server licensed separately
6. Microsoft System Center licensed separately
7. End users can use the free Feedback Client to submit feedback to TFS, and access MSDN software to review the app and provide feedback.
8. MSDN Subscription not required. Updates vary by edition.
9. Windows Azure benefits vary by offering
10. Paid MSDN subscriptions will have access at no additional charge when paid plans become available