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Visual Studio 2019 System Requirements
The following products support the minimum system requirements below:
Visual Studio Enterprise 2019
Visual Studio Professional 2019
Visual Studio Community 2019
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Office Integration 2019
Supported Operating Systems
Visual Studio 2019 will install and run on the following operating systems (64 bit recommended; ARM is not supported):
Windows 11 version 21H2 or higher: Home, Pro, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations, Enterprise, and Education
Windows 10 version 1703 or higher: Home, Professional, Education, and Enterprise (LTSC and S are not supported)
Windows Server 2019: Standard and Datacenter
Windows Server 2016: Standard and Datacenter
Windows 8.1 (with Update 2919355): Core, Professional, and Enterprise
Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Update 2919355): Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
Windows 7 SP1 (with latest Windows Updates): Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate
Hardware
1.8 GHz or faster processor. Quad-core or better recommended
2 GB of RAM; 8 GB of RAM recommended (2.5 GB minimum if running on a virtual machine)
Hard disk space: Minimum of 800MB up to 210 GB of available space, depending on features installed; typical installations require 20-50 GB of free space.
Hard disk speed: to improve performance, install Windows and Visual Studio on a solid state drive (SSD).
Video card that supports a minimum display resolution of 720p (1280 by 720); Visual Studio will work best at a resolution of WXGA (1366 by 768) or higher.
Supported Languages
Visual Studio is available in English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.
You can select the language of Visual Studio during installation. The Visual Studio Installer is available in the same fourteen languages, and will match the language of Windows, if available.
Note: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Office Integration 2019 is available in the ten languages supported by Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2019.
Additional Requirements and Guidance
Administrator rights are required to install or update Visual Studio.
Refer to the Visual Studio Administrator Guide for additional considerations and guidance for how to install, deploy, update, and configure Visual Studio across an organization.
.NET Framework 4.5.2 or above is required to install Visual Studio. Visual Studio requires .NET Framework 4.7.2 to run,
and this will be installed during setup.
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC edition, Windows 10 S and Windows 10 Team Edition are not supported for development.
You may use Visual Studio 2019 to build apps that run on Windows 10 LTSC, Windows 10 S and Windows 10 Team Edition.
Internet Explorer 11 or Edge is required for internet-related scenarios. Some features
might not work unless these, or a later version, are installed.
The Server Core and Minimal Server Interface options are not supported when running Windows Server.
Visual Studio does not support application virtualization solutions such as Microsoft App-V or MSIX for Windows, or third-party app virtualization technologies.
Running Visual Studio in a virtual machine environment requires a full Windows operating system. Visual Studio does not support multiple simultaneous users using the software on the same machine, including shared virtual desktop infrastructure machines or a pooled Windows Virtual Desktop hostpool.
Running Visual Studio 2019 (Professional, Community, and Enterprise) in Windows containers is not supported.
For Hyper-V emulator support, A supported 64-bit operating system is required. A processor that supports Client Hyper-V and Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) is also required.
For Android Emulator support, a supported processor and operating system is required.
Xamarin.Android requires a 64-bit edition of Windows and the 64-bit Java Development Kit (JDK).
Universal Windows app development, including designing, editing, and debugging, requires Windows 10. Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2012 R2
may be used to build Universal Windows apps from the command line.
Team Foundation Server 2019 Office Integration requires Office 2016, Office 2013, or Office 2010.
PowerShell 3.0 or higher is required on Windows 7 SP1 to install the Mobile Development with C++, JavaScript, or .NET workloads.
Remote Tools, Performance Tools, and IntelliTrace Standalone Collector for Visual Studio 2019 System Requirements
The Remote Tools, Performance Tools, and IntelliTrace Standalone Collector support the same system requirements as Visual Studio with the following changes:
Also supported on Windows 10 on ARM, Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
If x86 or AMD64/x64, requires a 1.6 GHz or faster processor
Requires 1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
Requires 1 GB of available hard disk space
Requires 1024 by 768 or higher display resolution
For the best experience, use the most recent update of these diagnostic tools for your version of Visual Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio Build Tools 2019 System Requirements
The Build Tools support the same system requirements as Visual Studio with the following changes:
Also installs on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
Also installs on the Server Core option for Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019.
Requires 2.3 GB to 60 GB of available hard disk space, depending on installed features.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable System Requirements
To download the Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable, see visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads. visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads.
The Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable supports the same system requirements as Visual Studio with the following changes:
Also installs on Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, and Windows XP SP3 to support applications built using the VC++ build tools, including VC++ 2017 and VC++ 2015 build tools.
Requires 1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
Requires 50 MB of available hard disk space
Microsoft Visual Studio Test Agent 2019 System Requirements
Visual Studio Test Agent supports the same system requirements as Visual Studio with the following changes:
Requires a 2.6 GHz or faster processor. Quad core or better recommended
Requires 4 GB of RAM or higher for load generation
Requires 10 GB of hard disk space
Microsoft Visual Studio Test Controller 2019 System Requirements
Visual Studio Test Controller supports the same system requirements as Visual Studio with the following changes:
Requires a 2.6 GHz or faster processor. Quad core or better recommended
This module introduces the different editions of Windows, the features of each, and describes why and when you might select a specific Windows edition. This module also covers methods for installations.
Visual Studio 2019 Product Family System Requirements
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