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Microsoft Visual Studio Valuable Features

Eitan Gold - PeerSpot reviewer
SQA Manager at Elmo Motion Control Ltd.
The test explorer is really important for us as it aids in testing, along with the regular debugger. Even though I forgot the term for it at the moment, there is an overall debugger tool within the IDE that is very effective. This comprehensive debugger tool does the job efficiently, making our work easier. View full review »
MuhammadShakeel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at Confiz Solutions
Microsoft Visual Studio is very easy to use with an excellent graphic interface. It is easy to understand for both experienced users and new users. The availability of the community edition allows users to access the tool without cost, and if needed for production, they can opt for the paid version. View full review »
Rajnish-Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior technical project manager at net solutions
A very valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the debugger, which is helpful for debugging applications line by line. Additionally, the integration with various services is easy, and with Copilot, it becomes easier to learn and understand Microsoft Visual Studio features. It has many useful features for development purposes. The features available in Microsoft Visual Studio are beneficial for making builds, deployments, and everything related to dot net projects with C#. This provides great efficiency in my work. We frequently handle dot net projects with C#, utilizing all sorts of features to facilitate building and deploying, which add significant value. View full review »
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Microsoft Visual Studio
June 2025
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MA
Software Developer Advisor at NTT DATA Services
Power Platform provides workflows and database functionality. The database application is very good. When creating an entity, based on that entity, you can create views and pages automatically based on the table. That is one good feature in Power Platform. It also supports customization features, though it takes some time to understand as there are many steps for customization. If any system exposes functionality using REST API, we can get the URL and environment details such as headers. In Microsoft Visual Studio, if a system exposes services, we can consume those services by getting their proper URL/URI and header information. If they have any authentication mechanism using tokens, we can utilize those in Microsoft Visual Studio to invoke and call the REST APIs provided by external systems. View full review »
AC
Developer and Head of Application and Data Management Office at Università degli Studi di Roma Tre
One valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is its powerful debugger, which is the only feature I primarily use. Another significant advantage is the integration with Copilot and AI support. Additionally, the ease of integration with solutions is worth mentioning. View full review »
CharlesChang - PeerSpot reviewer
Department Manager, Certification Project Management at Institute for Information Industry
The best feature of Microsoft Visual Studio for debugging applications is IntelliSense, which I refer to as autocomplete. Additionally, the integration capabilities with Microsoft DevOps Server streamline my development process efficiently, making it perfectly integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio. View full review »
Oluseyi Osifalujo - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Director at Precise Financial Systems Limited
Visual Studio's collaborative features with Azure DevOps are valuable to us. It allows various team members to collaborate on the same project, maintain consistency, and deliver products that fulfill client promises. We use Azure DevOps for source code repository, enabling synchronization and consistency. Additionally, the integration of AI and enhanced refactoring in the IDE boosts coding efficiency. The suggestions make coding easier, thus improving productivity and reducing errors. View full review »
Usman ur Rehman Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President for Cloud Application Developement and Genereative AI Solutions at Systems Limited
The versatility and platform coverage of Microsoft Visual Studio make it a standard and stable product across Linux, Windows, and Mac. It provides countless features, is lightweight, and offers extensive extensions coverage. It serves as a one-stop shop no matter the platform or language I use. View full review »
KamleshPant - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Architect at USEReady

Microsoft Visual Studio is integrated with all tools and offers all necessary extensions, making it very convenient. It offers Git connectivity for all Git repositories. I find all its activities to be straightforward and efficient.

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Paco Velasco Reina - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Open HealthCare

The features I found most valuable are those related to the Microsoft Windows ecosystem. The famous umbrella that Microsoft extends over its products.

Working with Azure or SQL Server (connect, implement, deploy, etc.) is extremely easy, a common feature in all Microsoft products.

Deploying to Azure or Windows Server with IIS is also extremely easy and enjoyable.

Finally, integration with Git has improved a lot in the latest versions, as well as integration with GitHub and Copilot.

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Rajnish-Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior technical project manager at net solutions

From a professional perspective, I've been using Visual Studio since childhood, so I find it very useful. The code analysis tool is particularly valuable as it eliminates the need for manual code reviews. 

Many essential features are built-in, making it a great tool. Additionally, it allows for easy integration with other tools like MS Teams, which enhances its usefulness.

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AA
Software engineer at Punjab Group

The system can efficiently manage the databases.

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LorenzoMoore - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager (Assistant Director, Technology Division) at a government with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the user interface.

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Vishal Paliwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Xamarin Developer at Cognizant

The installation process is not difficult. 

It's good overall. 

The solution is stable. 

We have no issues with scaling. 

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PP
Data engineer at Ernst & Young

I like the product's connection with Azure analytics services and the ability to build the model on the cloud. 

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Micheale See - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Business System Developer at AVEVA

The solution includes a debug function that I can breakpoint to easily detect what is wrong with my applications. It is really good for debugging C# code. It identifies which lines or sections have problems and if your naming is incorrect.

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Nishan Timilsina - PeerSpot reviewer
Mobile Engeneer at ServiceLInk inc

The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the UI functionality where you can do software development. Everything is available there that you need. You can create the UI, and code, develop and compile it.

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JP
Advisor Cloud Master Architecture Azure AWS (USA, UK, Argentina) at cstechlab
Microsoft Visual Studio is a very robust application. I can read and analyze logs in C#. It's friendly with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Java, making many deployments guided for different solutions possible. The .NET library, although very old, is a very robust application for deployment in cloud settings, being friendly for working with functions and logic apps, which are best used for deploying .NET services. Visual Studio offers a great debugging tool where I can debug quickly and resolve issues efficiently with specific solutions designed for strong debugging. View full review »
VijaySarade - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

I like the design tools. Nowadays, it is very advanced. We can use different .NET features.

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AO
Technical Team Lead at Bosla

Within Visual Support, there are three versions available, each housed in distinct containers. I'm focusing on the Enterprise version due to its customizable nature. This version boasts additional features, such as a pricing application for enhanced functionality and comprehensive unit testing coverage. The testing capabilities extend to diverse features, providing a thorough examination of different aspects. Notably, the Enterprise version facilitates seamless integration with Microsoft products, leveraging the ease of connectivity within the Microsoft ecosystem. Moreover, it supports integration with open-source products, including Python, allowing for a flexible and inclusive approach to development.

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Deni Herdian - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Herdian Informatika

Sometimes being able to complete one line of code with many functions and lines requires a lot of mental and physical precision. However, Microsoft Visual Studio helped me with IntelliSense. IntelliSense helped me with autocomplete and code snippets to help speed up development. It also helps me quickly find and deploy the right code. 

Apart from that, in terms of development, my team and I sometimes continue to improve and perfect the website or application that is being worked on so that everything is neat and well-tracked. For that, I use version control. Version control is a feature built into Visual Studio that helps me manage and track changes to the code I'm working on. This helps ensure that teams work from the same codebase and can quickly roll back to a previous version if needed.

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DP
Product Design Engineer at Cummins Inc.

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the good intelligence and UI.

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HS
Senior Soft Engineer at SECP

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is how easy it is to access all the basic templates for development. There are so many features you get with Visual Studio that it's really helpful for the deployment, the development, and the intelligence behind it. 

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AndreyRogov - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Konus

What I like the most about Microsoft Visual Studio is that it's useful. It's also a very stable solution, and is scalable as well. It's quick to set up as it only took me a few seconds to do it.

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reviewer2308848 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

The valuable feature is that it provides a basic template for everything and built-in debugging tools. They definitely save me time.

Compared to 2019, the 2022 version runs much smoother. The older version used to freeze if I had too many consoles open. The 2022 version is lighter and performs significantly better. Also, the ID itself is quite lightweight.

The UI is fine; they've kept it consistent for a while now, so it's familiar.

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Andres  Alberdi - PeerSpot reviewer
General manager at ESOFT

I like Azure DevOps integration and the nativeness of the C#. 

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NN
Senior Software Developer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

In our organization, we use it for debugging while installing and using whatever package we require. Hence, it is an independent platform, which adds to some of its useful features.

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EM
System administrator and network manager at MEO

The solution's most valuable feature is its integration with various platforms.

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SC
DC Project Delivery Senior Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The design feature is really helpful. It's just a drag-and-drop process, which speeds up the design state of the project. I think designing any application is quite precise, and it's easier to do than any other application.

It is pretty simple to set up.

The stability is good. 

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Crewmem67 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at College Notre Dame de Nazareth

You can get two tables, child and parents tables, and you can handle tasks such as invoicing, receipts, et cetera. I like to have the results on hand fast. It's making my life easy. 

Many firms can use it. It's pretty prevalent. 

I like the copy-paste all capabilities.

The stability is okay.

You can expand usage if you would like to. 

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AN
CEO at Shiraz University

It is a beneficial tool because we can write programming code, write our test cases and automate tests in Visual Studio.NET. Additionally, after we develop projects, we can automate and test. It also provides an integrated development environment where we can design our page and program it. It works well both on the front and back end.

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MK
Penetration tester at KNBS (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics)

It's great for personal use. 

The extensions are valuable. I was able to download the extensions that were important to me. For example, I can use the solution to highlight syntax on the code or change the theme of Visual Studio. Or, if I'm working on PHP, I can download the PHP extension. If it's Python, I can download Python extensions. Et cetera. It's flexible and gives you options. 

The solution can scale. The solution is also very stable. 

It's updated regularly. 

The cost is reasonable, and they do have a free option.

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Mehmet Saribas - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development Manager at Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik

I think it is very successful and easy to use. I currently do not see any areas to develop. Microsoft Visual Studio is an excellent product.

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CK
Enterprise Architect - Integrations at BCA

What we like about Microsoft Visual Studio is that it's a comprehensive tool. It has features that work for different plans and it has a wide variety of use cases. It's also a powerful tool and it's quite efficient.

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Azad Periwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at ATOS

The product integrates well with Azure Cloud, and it supports a ton of languages.

It also has a very good interface for Git source code management. Then there are a couple of add-ins or plug-ins that are out there in the marketplace that sometimes come in handy. From a developer standpoint, it does a very good job when it comes to debugging. It's a great development tool. 

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. 

The solution has good technical support.

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PedroNavarro - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Development & Validation Manager at JT International SA

This solution can integrate with almost any functionality offered by Microsoft.

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Jandy Aditya Pratisto - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior Software Engineer at PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk.

One of the most valuable features is its support. It's easy for me to get support even though I never use it. If there's a bug or a performance issue, Microsoft also provides quick updates, and this is another valuable feature of the program.

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Alaa T Alhorani - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Consultant (Enterprise Architect) at Devoteam

It's a very easy-to-use product.

The support is great. The community and the documentation support for it are great. Whatever you are missing, you are going to find it at Microsoft help.

It's easy to set up.

The stability is good.

You can scale it well.

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Sergio Aranda Parra - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Application Solutions at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

It's an excellent tool in general. There are a lot of features that are very, very nice in Visual Studio. 

We can publish directly to the premise's servers. I was testing how to publish in a cloud using Azure and it was very easy. There are a lot of good features in Visual Studio and I'm sure we can add different add-ins or add-ons to make it a little more functional as well.

We can manage our code directly via the repository. We are trying to manage the code in DevOps. With Visual Studio, we can connect to DevOps and manage the different versions that we have using the repository.

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Goran Peterson - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior SQL Server DBA Consultant at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is its integration with Azure DevOps.

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Muhammad Mukkarum - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Software Engineer at NCR Corporation

Visual Studio's best feature is debugging, which isn't available with any other Microsoft development tool.

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UchechiSylvanus - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead, Process Improvement & RPA at Fidelity Bank Plc

The codes and the code areas are valuable features.

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reviewer1185063 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Manager of Software and Controls at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are debugging and IntelliSense.

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VinodKumar9 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Developer at aimleap

I like that it works fine and that it performs better than competing products. I'm very happy with Microsoft Visual Studio.

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SB
Admin at IEC (Electoral Commission of South Africa)

The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the way we are able to design code, deploy, and test our application. It is easy to move an artifact from the start to the deployment stage. It has well-defined processes that you can integrate with any team. Additionally, the solution is always improving.

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Bahattin Yetismis - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at BE1 consultancy

The most valuable aspect of this solution is the integrated development environment. It also offers a very good integration with Microsoft Cloud.

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reviewer1346682 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Technical Consultant (Information Technology) at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Microsoft Visual Studio's most valuable features are usability. It's an integrated development environment, they have a lot of built-in tools that will be helpful for a new developer to quickly develop their applications, such as mobile applications or web applications.

There are a lot of materials or online resources that are available. Microsoft Visual Studio is easy to figure out and start working on it.

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ManjitRay - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It is easy to integrate with GitHub. We integrate with GitHub, and we deploy our solution on our local system. We need this integration for pushing our code. When we were working with Eclipse, we had to write everything in the command prompt, which is a little bit tricky, whereas Visual Studio is very much UI-based and simple. So, it's very easy to integrate GitHub with Visual Studio. It is much easier than Eclipse.

It is also good for debugging.

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Patrik Plachy - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at Red Hat

The most valuable feature is the lightweight cross-platform support and the robust architecture. You can easily create, edit, and test any software and develop applications for all the major platforms, including cloud, desktop, and mobile.

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ZL
R&D Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Visual Studios is a business solution developed by Microsoft. In general, I like it because it integrates many tools into one interface to provide a total solution. I think it is convenient to have everything in one interface.  

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it_user1355943 - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead at Abtran

Its hard to point the most valuable feature as I see this IDE as a complete package for developers to build software solutions. Live Share, code refactoring, IntelliCode, the debug and diagnosis tooling are all valuable.

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reviewer1358424 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

Having also done development within a text, I really enjoyed the (what I believe is called) IntelliSense feature. It helps if you are doing development within a text browser.

The integrated debugger is fantastic. 

None of these are particularly new features. Everybody else has been using it for 20 years too.

I find it funny that a lot of people complain about the solution. However, I find that it provides users with so many great and useful features, like console output, for example. You always have the option to dump a whole bunch of items out if you don't need them in the production.

While you're coding, it's really nice to be able to print stuff out and make sure that all the data is being organized the way you want it to be. 

It's got a lot of tools integrated into it. 

There's a community edition that is absolutely free to use. It's pretty good.

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ONUR ÇALISKAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner at INFOLOJIK

You can use the solution to do coding and drag and drop. It is easy to install with web documentation. 

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Danie Joubert - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at ProQuanta

Microsoft Visual Studio is an easy-to-use solution. All recent versions of Microsoft Visual Studio have live code, which allows multiple people to code on the same thing. The other valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the integrations and extensions.

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Ajenthan Aiyathurai - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager - IT at NVCL Group

The solution is user-friendly.

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Darko Margetic - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The most valuable features are the extensions. Microsoft Visual Studio has a large community with different types of extensions.

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it_user1355943 - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead at Abtran

The ability to set up projects has been great. We can set up different types of projects. 

The integration with Azure is quite helpful.

The solution is stable.

The scalability is very good. 

It is a straightforward solution to set up. 

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reviewer1016499 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Managing Consultant - Data Driven Enterprise at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the database connections.

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Syed Masood - PeerSpot reviewer
Web Developer at doodleblue

The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the availability of many extensions, an interpreter, a code formator, and helpful dark and light modes.

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Anteneh Asnake - PeerSpot reviewer
Modern Data Center and Cloud Engineer II at IE Network Solutions PLC

The most valuable feature is how smoothly it runs.

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reviewer1249881 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Designer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Visual Studio makes it easier to compile the code and shows me the errors upfront when coding. For example, it will tell me when a reference is incorrect or if there's a mistake within the function calls. I like how it highlights with a red underline so that I know there's an error at that point.

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Wei Hao Ong - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Analyst at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

We like Visual Studio because you can choose the different types of languages, like JavaScript. I think it's better than the other solutions I used.

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RK
Chief Information Technology Officer at BMC Solutions

The solution is a very good tool. I like the performance, stability and ease of use. 

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it_user1370709 - PeerSpot reviewer
Programmer Specialist II at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I think the code management is the most convenient and valuable new feature. Deployment of the solution is also a very smooth process.

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Devuser678 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech services company

I really like the distributed software programming on the Windows platform and also we need to develop on this platform since the company's computers work with the Windows network. I like that I don't need any additional software to develop on this platform.

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DB
Software Development Quality Assurance Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The feature I find most valuable is the fact that it's broad-spectrum, so it can be used for a wide variety of technologies. We are predominately .NET based and we use mostly .NET Core or .NET Framework so I can call in any immediate packages.

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reviewer1016499 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Managing Consultant - Data Driven Enterprise at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature is the integration with different databases. There are many different databases that it supports.

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OT
CEO/Programmer at Tech Elight

The language syntax is great because it is similar to the human language, very easy to understand and to work with. 

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RC
Works

Support for many languages and cross-platform development makes it highly versatile.

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CY
IT Global Operations Manager at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's a universal solution. I like that I can easily find software developers for it. I can easily find staff on Microsoft forums. Also, we have other components that are running on top of Visual Studio. I like that it is open to other platforms. Finally, there are many many resources for Microsoft Visual Studio and I can easily find support. There is a large knowledge base for it as well.

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reviewer829596 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Personally, in my job as a developer, the version control system has been very helpful. It is also flexible enough to let me use Git as well as its own version control mechanism.

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it_user808128 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Research Development with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • Code navigation by symbols
  • Document auto formatting
  • Testing tools
  • Publishing tools
  • Performance testing
  • Reference usage 
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it_user262080 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect Software Test Engineer at MAS Global Consulting

Profiling

Architecture (Code Map)

Test and Load Test

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it_user5931 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a university with 51-200 employees
It was in 2004 when I first experienced Visual Studio 2003 as an IT student. Now that I am working as a programmer, I used the newer version which is Visual Studio 2008. Here are the few reasons why I chose .Net for so many years: • I can create console, Windows form, Web Forms, Smart device and mobile applications, XML web and windows services using different languages such as Visual Basic, C#, J# and C++ • I love the drag and drop ability of the items and controls using Visual Designers • I love the Toolbox with many useful and unique items that even Netbeans or Eclipse does not have such as Timer, DateTimePicker, Process Dialog and etc. • I adore the integrated, highly professional looking Crystal in VS 2008 and later versions • Express editions are free and suitable for students View full review »
it_user1164 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Expert at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It provides manageable code execution, it's object oriented, the .net framework comes with ado.net, it uses xml to transfer data between the various layers in the architecture, has error handling properties, automatic memory management, disconnected architecture, and is a multi-platform application. It is a consistent programming model, has multi-language integration, and ease of development. View full review »
it_user1122 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Expert at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The Visual Studio IDE is excellent in design and function. It allows you to code for a wide variety of software, including web and platform software. It supports quite a few different programming languages. It also has a GUI based visual interface editor built in, which is easy to use and allows for quick turn around in prototyping software designs.There is a free "Express" version of the IDE software available as well. View full review »
it_user1077 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Offers an excellent platform to develop Desktop, Web, and Mobile Applications.Supports various programming languages.Includes various features for rapid application development (Like Drag & Drop, IntelliSense). View full review »
JS
Practice Head BI at Nous Infosystems
I find Microsoft Visual Studio to be a good development environment. Its integration with SQL and features like check-in, check-out, and integration with Visual SourceSafe and now the Azure counterpart are very effective for debugging applications. View full review »
reviewer2216280 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees

The tool is good for interactive testing. It has good integrations and works well for remote services. The product also has features for collaborative work where it allows others to control my screen. It has a good community for every language. 

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reviewer1893846 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Consultant at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

It has perfect integration into Microsoft. It goes straight to Azure, and it is massive. It can get very complicated, but because our customers use it, we need to work with them and discuss certain aspects of automation and security settings.

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SA
Enterprise Solutions Department Manager at Smart Vision

I like the IDE or the integrated development environment. It's the best IDE.

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reviewer1479564 - PeerSpot reviewer
Contractor/ Developer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Basically everything. It's a useful integrated development environment.

It is easy to use.

It is simple to use for me.

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JP
Ingeniero de DevOps at Babel Software

Windows Presentation Foundation or WPF is valuable. It's a tool to give clients a user interface for Windows applications. The summary for mobile applications is also very useful.

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Buyer's Guide
Microsoft Visual Studio
June 2025
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Visual Studio. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: June 2025.
859,687 professionals have used our research since 2012.