| |
Feature |
Visual Studio Standard Edition |
Visual Studio Professional Edition |
Visual Studio Tools For Office |
Visual Studio Team System |
|
IntelliSense |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Code editor |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Code snippets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Programming languages included |
All |
All |
VB and VC#
|
All |
|
Office development support |
No |
No |
Support for Excel 2003, Word 2003, InfoPath 2003 and
Outlook 2003 |
Support for Excel 2003, Word 2003, InfoPath 2003 and
Outlook 2003 |
|
User experience |
Simplified menu options and defaults |
Full |
Full |
Full |
|
Windows Forms designer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Web Forms designer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Mobile Device Support |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Database design tools (create/modify tables and
stored procedures) |
Local and remote |
Local and remote |
Local and remote |
Local and remote |
|
Data Access Designers |
Local and remote |
Local and remote |
Local and remote |
Local and remote |
|
Documentation |
MSDN |
MSDN |
MSDN |
MSDN |
|
Class Designer / Object Test Bench |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
XML Editor Support |
XML Only |
Full XML/XSLT |
Full XML/XSLT |
Full XML/XSLT |
|
Deployment Tools |
Click Once
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Extensibility |
Write, record, run macros, Write and consume
Add-ins, Install Packages (partner products)
|
Write, record, run macros, Write and consume
Add-ins, Install Packages (partner products) |
Write, record, run macros, Write and consume
Add-ins, Install Packages (partner products) |
Write, record, run macros, Write and consume
Add-ins, Install Packages (partner products) |
|
Reporting |
SQL Server Reporting Services
|
SQL Server Reporting Services / Crystal Reports
|
SQL Server Reporting Services
|
SQL Server Reporting Services / Crystal Reports
|
|
Source Code Control |
MSSCCI-compatible (Visual SourceSafe sold
separately)
|
MSSCCI-compatible (Visual SourceSafe sold
separately)
|
MSSCCI-compatible (Visual SourceSafe sold
separately)
|
MSSCCI-compatible (includes Visual SourceSafe,
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
sold separately)
|
|
Debugging |
Local |
Local / remote
|
Local
|
Local / remote
|
|
64-bit Compiler Support (Itanium) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
64-bit Compiler Support (x64) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Server explorer “Servers” Node |
No |
All |
All |
All |
|
SQL Server 2005 Integration |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Code Profiling |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Static Analysis |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Unit Testing |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Code Coverage |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Project Management |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Test Case Management |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Size |
Single CD
|
Multiple CDs
|
Multiple CDs
|
Multiple CDs
|
|
Additional Tools Included |
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition |
SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
|
SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition; Microsoft Office
Access 2003 Developer Extensions;
Access 2003 Runtime license
|
SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition (included with
client products only)
|
|
Feature |
Visual Studio Standard Edition |
Visual Studio Professional Edition |
Visual Studio Tools For Office |
Visual Studio Team System |