Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Professional

Visual Studio 2022 Professional: Microsoft's development environment for individual developers and small teams

Visual Studio 2022 Professional is the Professional edition of Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) for Windows. It combines the editor, compiler, debugger, testing tools and Git integration in one interface and covers the development of Windows desktop applications, web applications with ASP.NET, cloud services for Azure and cross-platform apps. The edition is suitable for professional software development by individual developers, freelancers and small teams who need a complete IDE for commercial use.

Developing, debugging and testing

Since Visual Studio 2022, the IDE itself runs as a pure 64-bit process. In addition to Windows PCs with an x64 processor, Microsoft also supports Windows 11 on ARM64 devices, although individual workloads such as Python or Office/SharePoint development are not available there. Projects are set up via workloads, so that only the tools actually needed for C#, Visual Basic, C++, Python, Node.js or web development are installed.

With Hot Reload, changes to the source code can be applied to a running .NET or C++ application without restarting it. This saves time when, for example, a user interface or a calculation is adjusted step by step. IntelliCode suggests entire lines derived from the current context when writing C# code. Unit tests with MSTest, NUnit or xUnit are managed and run in Test Explorer.

Visual Studio 2022 supports the .NET Framework in versions 4.6.2 to 4.8.1 as well as cross-platform .NET. Native Android apps are created with .NET and C# or with C++, and iOS apps can be built and debugged together with a Mac configured for iOS development. For Linux, applications in C++, Python and Node.js can be built and debugged. The Git integration also manages solutions whose projects are stored in several repositories. Visual Studio 2022 can be installed side by side with older versions such as Visual Studio 2019 or 2017, which is helpful when maintaining existing projects.

Difference from Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise

Some tools for diagnostics, testing and architecture are reserved for the Enterprise edition: the IntelliTrace execution recording, Live Unit Testing, Microsoft Fakes, IntelliTest, code clone analysis and the creation of code maps and dependency diagrams. In the Professional edition, code maps and dependency diagrams can be read but not fully edited. If you need these tools, choose Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise.

Buy Visual Studio 2022 Professional: licence and scope of delivery

You receive a perpetual licence for Visual Studio 2022 Professional. The licence applies to one user, who can install Visual Studio on several devices; simultaneous use on many computers is not licensed. The scope of delivery includes:

• the product key for Visual Studio 2022 Professional
• the download link for the software (all downloads are also available under Software Download)

Once your payment has been received, your product key is displayed directly on the order confirmation page and also sent to you by email. After that, you can retrieve it again at any time: with a customer account under My Product Codes, without a customer account via the Guest Portal.

If you have any questions about installation or activation, our Support team is available around the clock by email, and you will find instructions under Guides and FAQ. For several developer workstations, offers for businesses, schools and public authorities are available in the B2B Area. You will find further versions in the category Development & Programming and under PC Software.

System requirements

Minimum requirements according to Microsoft. Microsoft no longer lists Windows 10 among the supported operating systems for Visual Studio 2022. Administrator rights are required for installation, and Microsoft recommends an SSD for better performance.