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Amazon EC2 running Microsoft Visual Studio on Microsoft Windows Server is a fast and dependable environment that provides the latest platform capabilities with enhanced development tools and quality enablement. Amazon EC2 enables you to run compatible Windows-based solutions on AWS' high-performance, reliable, cost-effective, cloud computing platform.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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This Amazon Machine Image (AMI) includes the Microsoft Visual Studio installed on a license-included Windows Server base AMI for Amazon EC2. To launch an instance, refer to the “User based subscriptions” feature of AWS License Manager.
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To use this offering, onboard to AWS License Manager and navigate to "User-based Subscriptions" https://docs.aws.amazon.com/license-manager/latest/userguide/user-based-subscriptions.htmlÂ
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Debugging and team collaboration have improved, but theme customization still needs work
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Microsoft Visual Studio is as an IDE .
I use Microsoft Visual Studio for any of my .NET work.
I use Microsoft Visual Studio for debugging, testing, and collaborating with teammates.
What is most valuable?
The best features Microsoft Visual Studio offers are the debugging tools, which are quite effective.
What I appreciate about the debugging tools in Microsoft Visual Studio is the UI, which makes it easy to use.
Microsoft Visual Studio has positively impacted my organization by helping with productivity through collaboration. It has helped with productivity because we use it to collaborate.
Microsoft Visual Studio has helped with collaboration by using mob.sh for team projects.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft Visual Studio is a solid IDEÂ overall. There could be some additional customization on the themes for the visual aspect to make it easier to read the code, though plugins are available for that.
I don't have other needed improvements for Microsoft Visual Studio beyond themes or plugins.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Visual Studio is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Microsoft Visual Studio has worked well so far. I haven't run into any significant issues.
How are customer service and support?
I haven't had to reach out to customer support for Microsoft Visual Studio.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
It's project to project with Microsoft Visual Studio, but sometimes we use JetBrains and sometimes we use Visual Studio, depending on the project.
How was the initial setup?
I don't remember my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing because the company handled most of that for me.
What was our ROI?
Microsoft Visual Studio has likely saved some time and money because we can use it for many plugins, though I don't know the specifics.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using Microsoft Visual Studio is that if you're running a .NET project, it's the best IDE we've found so far, and it's a solid, stable product. I would rate this review a 7.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Coding has remained smooth and large custom log analysis is now fast and manageable
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Microsoft Visual Studio is coding and looking at the logs. Whenever I have a log file which is very large, I open it in Microsoft Visual Studio because it can handle big files and then make it easy to search and scroll.
What is most valuable?
The best features Microsoft Visual Studio offers include being smooth in coding, allowing the opening of large projects and large files. Microsoft Visual Studio is smooth because it can handle large projects and open large files without hanging, and it still allows large search functionality.
Microsoft Visual Studio is one of the main tools that has impacted my organization positively. We can create custom plugins in Microsoft Visual Studio which are specific to our company and our organization, and use them, which is quite useful, and this has helped our team and projects.
What needs improvement?
Allowing coding for more formats in Microsoft Visual Studio could be an improvement. It should allow more formats when it comes to APLR coding and what I would like to see improved or added in this area.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I think Microsoft Visual Studio is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Millions of users use Microsoft Visual Studio worldwide, so I think it is quite stable in terms of scalability.
How are customer service and support?
I haven't interacted with customer support at all.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for some time, and I did not previously use a different solution.
How was the initial setup?
The IT team handles the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Microsoft Visual Studio, so I have no idea about that.
What about the implementation team?
The IT team handles the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Microsoft Visual Studio, so I have no idea about that.
What was our ROI?
I don't have insights into a return on investment, including relevant metrics, like time saved or fewer employees needed.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The IT team handles the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Microsoft Visual Studio, so I have no idea about that.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I don't think I evaluated other options before choosing Microsoft Visual Studio, as I was not part of the team which does that. I have no visibility into that.
What other advice do I have?
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Microsoft Visual Studio a nine overall. I give it a nine because it does not support Android. The one thing that would make it a ten for me is related to the formats I mentioned. I think others looking into using Microsoft Visual Studio should use it, as it is a good tool. I would rate this product nine out of ten.
Using an intuitive IDE has boosted project productivity and supported flexible plugin workflows
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Microsoft Visual Studio is as an IDE and code editor for my personal, academic, and professional projects.
For a class project recently, I used Microsoft Visual Studio to pull down the repo, make changes, review the code, and get data as needed, which was a memorable project for me. They also have really nice plugins that integrate very well with the work I'm doing.
What is most valuable?
The best features Microsoft Visual Studio offers include the shortcut commands that are pretty efficient and easy to pick up, and the baked-in plugins that they have, which are pretty nice.
I find the Copilot feature to be a very nice plugin, and for any plugins, I need any language support, like Java, Go, Gradle, and Maven. Really, any coding language or tool that I need has a plugin, which is very nice.
Microsoft Visual Studio has positively impacted my organization because it's very easy to use, very easy for the people to pick up on, and we can all have the same configuration or personalize it as needed. It has improved productivity for sure, and when someone is onboarded, we know exactly what settings to get them and what plugins to recommend, which makes it easier for them to use the tool in the future.
What needs improvement?
I don't have any suggestions for improvements for Microsoft Visual Studio; I like the general look. Figuring out how to hide the plugins on the side would be useful, and just having more clear documentation, perhaps, could help.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about six years, and four years, actually.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Visual Studio is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Microsoft Visual Studio is good.
How are customer service and support?
I'm not sure about the customer support for Microsoft Visual Studio.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used other IDEs before, and I use Microsoft Visual Studio for my personal projects because it's free and it's pretty easy to use, and then for work, I use whatever IDEÂ is best suited for the team.
What was our ROI?
I don't see a return on investment with Microsoft Visual Studio.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Microsoft Visual Studio is that I was able to expense it through my company, so it wasn't bad, and it was pretty easy to get a license for it. I'm also pretty sure it's free; I'm not sure.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing Microsoft Visual Studio, I did not evaluate other options.
What other advice do I have?
Microsoft Visual Studio deserves a nine on a scale of one to ten.
I choose a nine for Microsoft Visual Studio because I like the way it works, but some of the UI in other IDEs like IntelliJ I prefer a little more.
My advice for others looking into using Microsoft Visual Studio is that it's a great tool to start with if you're new to IDEs, and I would say to just jump right in.
Developing and debugging complex backend services has become faster and more reliable
What is our primary use case?
I use Microsoft Visual Studio for developing .NET applications. I developed the backend of web applications, microservices, and APIs deployed on Kubernetes using Microsoft Visual Studio .
What is most valuable?
Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDEÂ that supports developers during development, which I find very valuable and helpful. Microsoft Visual Studio simplifies developer work, and for example, code autocompletion speeds up development. The integrated test and debug functionalities help developers accomplish their tasks more effectively.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft Visual Studio can be improved by integrating an agent that can support developers in the development process. I did not give Microsoft Visual Studio a 10 because I believe it can still be improved, even though it is a very good IDEÂ .
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Microsoft Visual Studio for several years and continue to use it currently.
What other advice do I have?
If you are looking for a very complete IDE for developers that can support their job with a lot of functionalities and plugins, choose Microsoft Visual Studio. I rate this product highly based on its comprehensive features and reliability.
Code reviews have become clearer and debugging now improves multi-language API development
What is our primary use case?
Microsoft Visual Studio is used for development. Recently, after moving into a management role, I open the projects and conduct the code review process. Different use cases have emerged over the years.
The recent project was specifically for Python development. I used Python to write a fire translator that uses Python code. This is for a specific API like the gateway, a translator that translates the information coming into the system, which is JSON, and converts that into fire and sends it back.
I have used Microsoft Visual Studio for PHP, C#, C++, and many different languages over the years. Recently, it has been used for AWS services to develop the functions.
What is most valuable?
I appreciate the debugging capability of Microsoft Visual Studio the most.
The tracing of the debugging is what I value. I can use any editor to write the code, but Microsoft Visual Studio has strong capability.
Microsoft Visual Studio has good integration with the plugins I want to use, the different types of plugins available for different languages and even JSON.
Microsoft Visual Studio has improved significantly. Before, people used to use Notepad and other basic editors. Using the studio gave them the capability to properly debug and find issues. Additionally, it provides good code organization and indentation, as well as color coding for comments. It is very useful, as it gives function descriptions and class descriptions. It is very easy for someone who is not writing the code to understand it when they look at it, as it is very descriptive with proper commenting.
I cannot give exact statistics on time saved, but I can provide statistics on quality improvement. The coding standard has been enforced. It has tremendously improved with Microsoft Visual Studio. I would say anywhere between 20 to 50% improvement, depending on which team we are discussing.
What needs improvement?
I wish Microsoft Visual Studio was not bulkier. With certain .NET frameworks, it is used and it is somewhat bulky. That is the only thing that I can identify. Probably sometimes the load time is more significant compared to other lightweight editors.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about close to 15 plus years now for different aspects of it.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There are occasional crashes and stack overflow issues with Microsoft Visual Studio, but other than that, in most cases it works.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Microsoft Visual Studio handles growing projects or teams well for my organization.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
People have used different editors like Notepad and text editors before Microsoft Visual Studio. To ensure that everybody is on the right track, we decided to go with Microsoft Visual Studio and also the capability that it provides.
We have used different editors like Eclipse and other options before choosing Microsoft Visual Studio.
What was our ROI?
From the development point of view, I have seen a return on investment with Microsoft Visual Studio, but not from the organization point of view. In the sense, if the quality has improved, then definitely the productivity has improved. In that way, I can see a return, but not otherwise.
What other advice do I have?
Microsoft Visual Studio's editor is doing a good job from a UI perspective.
It is convenient to use Microsoft Visual Studio. The UI is great. It helps to develop and to properly indent code.
I am not directly involved in the pricing of Microsoft Visual Studio because that is a separate organization that takes care of it, so I cannot answer that question.
I would recommend going ahead with Microsoft Visual Studio. It is a great product. I give this review a rating of 8.