Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Professional

Visual Studio 2019 Professional: Microsoft's development environment for existing .NET, Xamarin and C++ projects

Visual Studio 2019 Professional is the Professional edition of Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) from 2019. It combines the editor, compiler, debugger, testing tools and Git integration and covers Windows desktop applications, web applications with ASP.NET, Azure services, mobile apps with Xamarin and C++ projects. The version is mainly suitable for developers and small teams who maintain or further develop projects based on Visual Studio 2019 and its tools.

Features and supported platforms

With Live Share, several developers work together on the same code in real time. The feature is installed by default and is suitable, for example, for code reviews or joint debugging in a team. Code Cleanup applies defined formatting and style rules for C# to a file with one click, and a status indicator in the editor shows whether the document contains warnings. The revised search finds menu commands, options and installable components, and the start window can be used to clone repositories, open projects or create new projects from searchable templates. The optional IntelliCode places the most likely suggestions at the top of the completion list.

Visual Studio 2019 supports the .NET Framework in versions 4.0 to 4.8, .NET Core up to version 3.1 and, from version 16.8, also .NET 5. Native Android apps are created with Xamarin and C# or with C++, and iOS apps can be built and debugged together with a configured Mac. For Linux, applications in C++, Python and Node.js can be built and debugged. The version can be installed side by side with Visual Studio 2017 and older versions.

Difference from Visual Studio 2019 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 2019 Enterprise.

Buy Visual Studio 2019 Professional: licence and scope of delivery

You receive a perpetual licence for Visual Studio 2019 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 2019 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. Administrator rights are required for installation, and Microsoft recommends an SSD for better performance.