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Visual Studio Professional 2022

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    reviewer2784906

Debugging and team collaboration have improved, but theme customization still needs work

  • December 05, 2025
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

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 IDE 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?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?


    reviewer2785053

Coding has remained smooth and large custom log analysis is now fast and manageable

  • December 05, 2025
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

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.


    reviewer2784903

Using an intuitive IDE has boosted project productivity and supported flexible plugin workflows

  • December 05, 2025
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

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 IDE 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.


    reviewer2784381

Developing and debugging complex backend services has become faster and more reliable

  • December 04, 2025
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

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 IDE 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 IDE.

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.


    PrasannaRao

Code reviews have become clearer and debugging now improves multi-language API development

  • December 03, 2025
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

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.


    reviewer2783904

Standardized collaboration has improved prototyping workflows and simplifies debugging tasks

  • December 03, 2025
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for Microsoft Visual Studio is prototyping different products, different features, and functionality. For example, I have used Microsoft Visual Studio for prototyping by creating a database layer to some app builder. I do not work on other types of projects or features with it.

What is most valuable?

The best features Microsoft Visual Studio offers are its relatively easy usability and pretty good debugging features.

When I mention the debugging features, a particular function within Microsoft Visual Studio's debugger that stands out to me is how you can attach to running processes, stop the code, and see what's happening, including the status of variables and other information.

Microsoft Visual Studio has positively impacted my organization by providing a standardized interface, making it easy to collaborate across teams. It's easy to help other people out or get help because everybody knows it. Having that standardization has indeed led to measurable improvements; it makes onboarding fast because it's somewhat of a standard that everybody knows. So it's easy for everybody to get into it and start working.

What needs improvement?

I think Microsoft Visual Studio can be improved because sometimes the setup can be a little bit complicated and it seems sometimes a little bit bloated, with a large download for what it is. There is nothing about performance, usability, or updates that needs to be discussed.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for over ten plus 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?

From my perspective, I cannot really answer about Microsoft Visual Studio's scalability because I only run one instance, but it seems to be scaling fine if the entire company is using it.

How are customer service and support?

I have never used customer support for Microsoft Visual Studio; I always just go online and search if I have any questions.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I did not previously use a different solution before Microsoft Visual Studio; we kind of always used that.

What was our ROI?

From my side, Microsoft Visual Studio certainly saves time because I know it, so it's easier for me to use; from a company perspective, I cannot really know the metrics.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I do not really handle pricing, setup cost, and licensing because that is managed through the corporate; I'm not dealing with this. For private use, the free version worked pretty well when I used it, although it was missing some vital features.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing Microsoft Visual Studio, we did not evaluate other options; we always use Microsoft Visual Studio.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to others looking into using Microsoft Visual Studio is to know that there's a lot of information about it out on the internet, so if you run into any issues, you can easily look it up. I gave this review a rating of eight out of ten.


    AminNegash

Supports multi-language development and improves workflow tracking through version control

  • November 24, 2025
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

Microsoft Visual Studio is used for development, including recent work with AI applications across many different areas of the organization.

What is most valuable?

The language is easy to use for linking with other databases and software. As a Microsoft product, it provides native integration, making it straightforward to communicate with Azure or any database within Azure through built-in integration capabilities.

The version control feature helped us easily retrieve previous versions and track logs to see where changes occurred and when they happened.

The ability to use multiple coding languages in one place is valuable, providing a comprehensive environment for everything.

What needs improvement?

AI integration is something that every company is trying to incorporate. While Microsoft Visual Studio is working very well currently, there is still room to improve the AI functionality.

For how long have I used the solution?

More than 10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Visual Studio is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability rates about seven out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

Microsoft sometimes has outsourced people with less knowledge on their support team. When we open a ticket, it often needs to be escalated to the next level to reach an expert, rather than being resolved at the first level. This sometimes wastes our time, but eventually they fix the issue for us.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The installation process is very easy and straightforward.

What was our ROI?

Microsoft Visual Studio provides a positive return on investment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The setup cost rates about eight out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

Different divisions in the organization may use AWS, though this is not something I am aware of directly. The organization primarily bases its operations on Azure. My overall rating for Microsoft Visual Studio is ten out of ten.


    Thomas Bradley

Streamlined development enhances productivity with valuable integration and intuitive features

  • July 17, 2025
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

What is our primary use case?

The main use case for Microsoft Visual Studio is module development and software development, and I do some unit test work as well.

What is most valuable?

Microsoft Visual Studio's integration with Git and Team Foundation Server is the most valuable. We can work on branches, check work out, merge work in, and resolve conflicts with it, so those are all good features in Microsoft Visual Studio.

I have used IntelliSense in Microsoft Visual Studio, and when you hover over a data type, you can see that you can get more information about it and its interface, which is a good feature.

The debugging tools in Microsoft Visual Studio are very good at helping me pinpoint issues with precision.

The Git integration in Microsoft Visual Studio is brilliant.

The main benefits Microsoft Visual Studio provides include streamlining processes, and it's fairly intuitive, where most of what I need to do can be accessed from the dropdown menus. It takes a lot of the tricky part out because you've got it all there in an integrated development environment (IDE).

What needs improvement?

Based on my experience and my colleagues' feedback, I believe a potential area of improvement for Microsoft Visual Studio could be incorporating more AI, as it makes things easier for us, and having more intelligence in the tool would be beneficial.

In terms of functionality, I am mostly satisfied with Microsoft Visual Studio, but I would suggest that it provides more help with being able to use design patterns.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Microsoft Visual Studio for approximately 12 years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

In terms of scalability, I would rate Microsoft Visual Studio an eight.

How are customer service and support?

I have had some experience with tech support from Microsoft, and I would rate them a seven, although I haven't had to really use any desk support from them.

I would rate tech support from Microsoft an eight, as I'm sure they're good, but we just haven't had to deal with them that much.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup for Microsoft Visual Studio isn't too difficult.

What other advice do I have?

The stability of Microsoft Visual Studio is excellent, deserving a rating of 10.

Microsoft Visual Studio is the best tool that we've got currently, and I don't have any complaints about it. I give it a final rating of 10 out of 10.


    Vivek Anandham Narayanan

Robust debugging and plugin support improve coding productivity

  • July 16, 2025
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is most valuable?

Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDE, or integrated development environment, which enables users to set up their own dev environment to code and build websites and then host them. Through Microsoft Visual Studio, users can host to cloud services with one button or one fly server. It's essentially an environment for coding; it's an IDE.

Microsoft Visual Studio is a robust Microsoft product. It is a very secure device and tool. It has numerous extensions and plugins available, and it's a cross-platform development tool, meaning development is possible for any other devices. It supports everything, provided you have the specific graphics for processing and a CPU with an intensive workload, a clock speed-based device.

IntelliSense in Microsoft Visual Studio can sense automatically. It can identify syntax errors and declarations if there are mistakes. It's extremely helpful during coding. With IntelliSense, issues can be rectified on the fly, either before or after compiling.

Microsoft Visual Studio's debugging tools are excellent and straightforward. Users can utilize a line-by-line debugging feature.

The built-in Git integration for source control in Microsoft Visual Studio has a simple setup process. Users just need to provide the repo link and grant access. The integration is seamless and helpful, allowing for easy code pushing and pulling.

Some of the most impactful plugins include static code analysis tools and GitHub Copilot. There are also JSON viewers, JSON parsers, and numerous third-party plugins available.

The performance profiling tools in Microsoft Visual Studio are effective. Once an application is ready, it can be tested with performance profiling. Users can perform performance upgrades, check function calling processes, identify redundant elements, and determine if code-level changes are needed for better processing.

What needs improvement?

Microsoft Visual Studio is performing well currently. One potential improvement would be integration with solutions such as Codespaces, where users can have their own virtual dev environment setup. A hybrid setup would be beneficial, particularly for users with low-performance PCs. A hybrid collaboration with Microsoft Visual Studio system where some processing occurs in the cloud would be more effective.

How are customer service and support?

The support and community forums for Microsoft Visual Studio are strong, deserving a solid eight out of ten rating.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

What other advice do I have?

I have leveraged the plugin ecosystem to tailor my IDE experience. The overall rating for Microsoft Visual Studio is 8 out of 10.


    Mohamed Aktharul Ameen

Application development becomes streamlined with intuitive features and comprehensive debugging tools while integration needs refinement

  • May 09, 2025
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

Recently, I have been working with the Power Platform, which is a Microsoft product. Currently, I am exploring and doing one project as well. Power Platform is looking promising, and it provides various features. It is very easy to learn Power Platform. Power Platform may only be applicable to small size to mid-size applications, so I think it will not be applicable to enterprise level applications.

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

Microsoft Visual Studio provides almost all features. When adding classes, if references to class files or namespaces are missing, improvements could be made. Sometimes when missing namespaces and calling functionalities in other classes, Microsoft Visual Studio shows errors. While clicking on the cursor shows which particular namespace is missing, when adding new namespaces, it still shows some errors. Microsoft Visual Studio should avoid these errors.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for almost five years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Issues with Microsoft Visual Studio are very rare. Sometimes crashes happen and occasionally there might be hanging issues. We close Microsoft Visual Studio and once opened again, the issue resolves automatically.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Regarding stability issues, the system makes sure it should be up and running throughout the day. In case of any downtime issues, the system will notify us about the timing so we can take appropriate actions beforehand. These informations are automatically provided by the system, so we don't need to manage this ourselves. The system helps keep the server up and running.

How are customer service and support?

In the frontend, we need to download Microsoft Visual Studio, which is available in different versions including community editions and professional editions. You can download any edition of the latest version. Once downloaded, you need to provide login credentials and set up the code. They will provide the link from wherever your code is located, and you have to clone it.

How was the initial setup?

Microsoft Visual Studio provides entity framework which supports both code-based and database-first approaches. Based on these options, we can proceed with implementation. If you choose the database-first approach, all the tables from your SQL database and related components will be created as classes in your C# implementation.

What was our ROI?

The ROI involves a one-time payment. Once you have the license, the return depends upon how many projects you are acquiring and how many clients you have. If you develop three to four projects, you can achieve ROI within four or five months. With more projects, ROI can be covered within six months or one year based on your investment. After that, you will get more benefits. It is purely based on the projects in the pipeline.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Regarding maintenance, if you have the Microsoft Visual Studio license, Microsoft will support your product. If you encounter any downtime, Microsoft will notify you in advance so you can take respective actions. They provide temporary solutions to ensure applications do not go down. A backup system ensures end users are not affected. The maintenance is provided by Microsoft.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

For .NET development, I haven't used any other tools besides Microsoft Visual Studio, but we have used third-party controls to display information, such as Telerik controls. We obtained the license and integrated Telerik controls into Microsoft Visual Studio to create data tables and combo boxes. The main competitors to .NET are OutSystems, low-code technologies, and Java.

What other advice do I have?

Debugging tools are very important. In Microsoft Visual Studio, we can use debugging by placing debug points where we need to execute particular functions or code. When you run the application, Microsoft Visual Studio automatically triggers the debugging point. From there, you can check the particular code in the below window where you can see all values, variables, and written statements. You can track everything. Microsoft Visual Studio provides detailed debugging options to see how the application flows with calling functions and working functions. You can identify exactly where data is not loading and what errors are occurring. This information helps resolve issues quickly. Microsoft Visual Studio provides comprehensive development capabilities. You can create any type of application, including mobile applications, console applications, Windows applications, WPF, ASP.NET MVC, and .NET Core. It provides many benefits and can create reusable components. During coding, it provides intelligence features that automatically identify issues. It is very user-friendly and helps avoid coding errors.