Overview

Microsoft Visual Studio Pro simplifies the creation, debugging, and deployment of applications on a variety of platforms including the Cloud. It comes with integrated support for test-driven development and debugging tools. Developers can use existing skills to code.

Versions

  • Community: A fully-featured, extensible, free IDE for creating modern applications for Android, iOS, Win, as well as web applications and cloud services.
  • Professional: Professional is designed for professional developers and small to medium-sized teams, offering a robust IDE with a lower subscription cost, while Enterprise is the most feature-rich and expensive option aimed at larger organizations and advanced needs
  • Enterprise: Includes all Professional features plus more advanced tools for testing, debugging, and architecture, making it suitable for large, complex projects.
  • Code: An integrated development environment developed for Windows, Linux, macOS and web browsers.

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Eligible Users

  • Faculty
    • use permitted
  • Staff
    • use permitted
  • Students
    • use permitted
  • Health Sciences Affiliates
    • use not permitted

Allowed Uses

  • Administrative
    • use permitted
  • Research
    • use permitted
  • Teaching and Learning
    • use permitted
  • Personal
    • use not permitted

Terms of Use

Access to software licensed by the University is based on University affiliation and sometimes the device on which the software is installed.

It is your responsibility to make sure you are using the software in accordance with the University's Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources policy and software terms and conditions, plus any vendor terms listed below.

  • Eligible users can use Visual Studio Community as long it is being used in a classroom learning environment, for academic research, or for contributing to open source projects.
  • See Visual Studio License Directory.

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Costs

Vendor charges discounted fee for those eligible.

Vendor provides to those eligible for no charge.

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