Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Professional

Visual Studio 2017 Professional: Microsoft's development environment for existing projects based on Visual Studio 2017

Visual Studio 2017 Professional is the Professional edition of Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) from 2017. 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 maintaining existing projects that were created with Visual Studio 2017 and the associated compilers and frameworks.

Features and supported platforms

With Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft introduced a new installer that organises the tools by workloads, for example .NET desktop development or game development with Unity. Only what the respective project needs is installed, and offline installations and installation via the command line are also possible. With Open Folder, code can be edited without first creating a solution, which is useful, for example, for CMake-based C++ projects. The “Go To All” quick search, a revised Find All References and support for EditorConfig files make working in larger code bases easier.

In the debugger, Run to Click continues a program up to a line of code with a click next to that line, and the new Exception Helper displays the information on a thrown exception in compact form. Visual Studio 2017 supports C# 7.0, the .NET Framework in versions 3.5 and 4.5.2 to 4.7 as well as .NET Core 1.0 to 2.0. Android and iOS apps are created with Xamarin and C#, iOS apps 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 2015, 2013 and 2012.

Difference from Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise

Some tools for diagnostics, testing and architecture are reserved for the Enterprise edition: the IntelliTrace execution recording, Live Unit Testing, IntelliTest, Microsoft Fakes, code coverage analysis, 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 2017 Enterprise.

Buy Visual Studio 2017 Professional: licence and scope of delivery

You receive a perpetual licence for Visual Studio 2017 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 2017 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.