Meet the Visual Studio
The most comprehensive IDE for .NET and C++ developers on Windows. Fully packed with a sweet array of tools and features to elevate and enhance every stage of software development.

Visual Studio Subscriptions
Get more from Visual Studio with a subscription! Get access to platforms like Azure, training, and more for your team.

- Latest and past versions of Visual Studio
- Discounts on Azure services when used for dev/test purposes
- DevOps services to support your development workflow
- Monthly Azure credits to learn, experiment, and prototype
- Access Microsoft’s entire catalog of software for dev/test use
- Training resources like Pluralsight and LinkedIn Learning
- Technical support incidents for your dev/test issues
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Productivity boosting AI assistance

Always up-to-date AI models
- Access the latest AI models to get the most accurate, context-aware suggestions in Chat or inline.
- Switch between models to leverage their unique strengths for different tasks.

Free and fully integrated in Visual Studio
- Get 50 chat messages free per month.
- AI-powered coding assistance, integrated into Visual Studio.
- Receive 2,000 code completions.

Real-time AI guidance
- Use Copilot Edits for multi-file editing with code review, in-file preview, and rollback experience.
- Leverage context-aware code completions and suggestions.
- Chat for guidance on code, debugging, unit tests, and more.
Copilot: your pair programmer
Speed up development with context-aware code completion suggestions for a single line or an entire code snippet. Use Copilot Edits for multi-file editing with code review, in-file preview, and rollback experience.


Debugging made easy with Copilot
Accelerate debugging with deep insights into your code, powered by AI. Copilot offers in-depth analysis and explanations to provide targeted solutions for exceptions, deadlocks, and other debugging scenarios.
Azure deployment and data
Visual Studio is built for Azure, giving you everything you need to build, deploy, and manage cloud applications. Seamlessly provision Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and other Azure Data services—right from the IDE. Automate CI/CD with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, and debug live cloud applications with the integrated remote debugger for a seamless development experience.


Design beautiful cross platform apps
Visual Studio is the best IDE for building modern, cross-platform applications for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android. Create rich client apps with WinForms, WPF, WinUI, and MAUI, using powerful visual designers that simplify complex layouts and bring your UI to life.
Build fast and responsive apps
Use the profiling tools in Visual Studio to build fast and responsive .NET and C++ applications for web and client. With profilers for CPU, memory, XAML, databases, events, and more you have a whole suite of tools that help you identify and resolve performance issues.


































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