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Visual Studio editions

salilsingh-9961 351

Hi Team,

I have a requirement where I need to install Visual Studio on one of my machine and build an application, and manually deploy the application to Azure App service.
For above requirement, out of 3 Visual Studio editions (community, enterprise and Professional) which one shall I chose and why? Please note I need to make sure it costs less.
Also, please let me know which Visual studio version (2019/22) shall I purchase, Applications that I need to build are having .Net earlier versions as well as .Net core versions also.

Please let me know if any other Information required.

Thanks,
Salil

Sam of Simple Samples 5,546 Reputation points

2022-11-01T22:43:46.117+00:00

See License Terms | Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 - Visual Studio. That is the official legal license. Item 1.b.vii says:

An “enterprise” is any organization and its affiliates who collectively have either (a) more than 250 PCs or users or (b) one million U.S. dollars

Unless your business is an enterprise as described there, they can use the Community Edition.

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Sam of Simple Samples 5,546 Reputation points

2022-11-01T22:43:46.117+00:00

See License Terms | Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 - Visual Studio. That is the official legal license. Item 1.b.vii says:

An “enterprise” is any organization and its affiliates who collectively have either (a) more than 250 PCs or users or (b) one million U.S. dollars

Unless your business is an enterprise as described there, they can use the Community Edition.

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Bruno Lucas 4,436 MVP

Hi @salilsingh-9961

Regarding "requirement where I need to install Visual Studio on one of my machine and build an application, and manually deploy the application to Azure App service" , any of those editions of Visual Studio will offer that. You can also do that with VS Code

In terms of cost, Community is mostly free:

Just make sure you tick this while installing:

Regarding 2019 or 2022, you probably want the latest. You can still create/maintain same .Net versions as 2019

Case that information helps, don't forget to vote or mark as Answer to help the community. Cheers!

salilsingh-9961 351 Reputation points

2022-11-01T10:30:16.167+00:00

Hi @Bruno Lucas ,

Thank you for above reply.
As for small to mid-size organizations with 5 or more users/devices, VisualStudio.Microsoft.com recommends below subscriptions -
Please see below URL -
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing/?tab=business

could you please reply to below -

-What is the difference between Professional subscription and Standard Professional subscriptions.
-Is cost for 1 license of Professional Subscription - $45.

Thanks,
Salil
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,451 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-11-01T12:26:42.473+00:00

Hi @salilsingh-9961 ,

What is the difference between Professional subscription and Standard Professional subscriptions.

I think you want to know the differences between Cloud subscriptions(Monthly Subscriptions) and Standard subscriptions. You can switch tabs(Cloud subscriptions and Standard subscriptions) here: Visual Studio Pricing to compare the two subscriptions.

Is cost for 1 license of Professional Subscription - $45

Monthly Subscription > Visual Studio Professional > price per user > $45/mo

Feel free to let us know if you have any other concerns.
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,451 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-11-11T06:00:53.397+00:00

Hi @salilsingh-9961 ,

May I know if your issue is resolved or not? Please feel free to contact us if you have any other concerns.

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