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Visual Studio

Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) developed by Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs including websites, web apps, web services and mobile apps. Visual Studio uses Microsoft software development platforms including Windows API, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Microsoft Store and Microsoft…

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Available in
13 languages
Developer
Microsoft
License
Freemium · Proprietary
Operating system
Windows 10 and Windows 11 · Windows Server 2019 and later
Release
March 19, 1997; 29 years ago (1997-03-19)
Stable release
2026 18.6.1 / May 20, 2026; 3 months ago (May 20, 2026)

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Visual Studio

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Visual Studio

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related to 2008 · 47
Visual Studio → August, CLI, Code Metrics, For, For Visual, Framework, HTML/CSS, IDE, ISVs, It, MFC, Microsoft, Microsoft Expression Web, Microsoft Foundation Classes, Microsoft's, MSDN, NET, NET Compact Framework, NET Framework, November
related to .NET 2003 · 34
Visual Studio → Academic, As, ASP, CLI, Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Developer, Enterprise Templates, Everett, Express Editions, IDE, In April, It, Managed, Microsoft, Microsoft Visio, NET, NET Compact Framework, NET Framework, ORM, Professional
related to Architecture · 31
Visual Studio → All, Babel Framework, CLI, COM, COM-interfaces, For, Functionalities, However, IDE, If, In, Language, Language Service, Managed Package Framework, MPF, Packages, Service, Support, SVsShell, SVsSolution
related to .NET 2002 · 27
Visual Studio → CIL, Common Intermediate Language, Common Language Infrastructure, DotGNU, February, It, Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Mono, MSIL, NET, NET Framework, NT-based Windows, Programs, Rainier, SP3, SP6
related to Azure DevOps Services · 26
Visual Studio → Azure, Azure DevOps Server, Azure DevOps Services, Basic, Connect, Customers, During, Git-compatible, Internet, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Monaco, November, On November, On September, Previously, Stakeholder, Subscribers, Team Foundation Server, Team Foundation Services
related to Extensibility · 26
Visual Studio → Add-Ins, API, APIs, AppId, COM, COM-compliant, Express Editions, Extensions, However, IDE, It, Macros, On, Packages, Professional/Standard/Team System, Standard, The Integrated, The Isolated, The Visual Studio SDK, The Visual Studio Shell
related to 2013 · 24
Visual Studio → August, Build, CMPXCHG16b, CPUs, January, July, June, LAHF/SAHF, May, MSDN, NET, November, October, PrefetchW, RC, Release Candidate, September, Somasegar, The, The Visual Studio
related to 2010 · 21
Visual Studio → Dev10, IDE, It, Managed Extensibility Framework, MEF, Microsoft, NET Framework, On April, R2, SP1, SP2, The, The IDE, The Visual Studio, UI, Windows, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Server, Windows Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3
related to Visual Studio LightSwitch · 21
Visual Studio → ASP, Business, HTML, LightSwitch, Microsoft, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SQL Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server Express, Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch, NET, OData, Professional, SharePoint, The, UI, Visual, Visual Basic, WCF Data Services
related to 97 · 20
Visual Studio → Active Server Pages, Boston, CD, CDs, Developer Studio, InterDev, It, Java, Microsoft, Microsoft Developer Network, MSDN Library, SP3, There, Visual, Visual InterDev, Visual Studio Enterprise, Visual Studio Professional, VS, Windows, Windows NT

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visual studio microsoft released support windows code also net version new available development supports tools includes 2010 ide 2008 server

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Visual StudioAvailable in13 languages1.00infobox
Visual StudioDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Visual StudioLicenseFreemium1.00infobox
Visual StudioLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
Visual StudioOperating systemWindows 10 and Windows 111.00infobox
Visual StudioOperating systemWindows Server 2019 and later1.00infobox
Visual StudioReleaseMarch 19, 1997; 29 years ago (1997-03-19)1.00infobox
Visual StudioStable release2026 18.6.1 / May 20, 2026; 3 months ago (May 20, 2026)1.00infobox
Visual StudioTypeIntegrated development environment1.00infobox
Visual StudioWebsitevisualstudio.microsoft.com1.00infobox
Visual StudioWritten inC#1.00infobox
Visual StudioWritten inC++1.00infobox
Visual Studiois aintegrated development environment0.90text

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