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Microsoft Visual Studio is available for both Windows and Mac.

This software is an application developer for Android or iOS and desktop application programmer for Windows. This development environment from Microsoft has numerous programming languages and a multitude of tools available, which makes it much easier for developers to work with the software.

You can use Microsoft Visual Studio to create new applications with numerous functions and extensions and have access to a huge set of templates from which various software solutions can be developed. Visual Studio also includes a debugging function and tools that allow you to rework written code.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022

In addition to considerably easier navigation, the Visual Studio 2022 version, compared to the previous version, Visual Studio 2019, has also optimised refactoring and revised compilations and solution loads. The debugger – one of the most important programming tools – also offers additional options.

Visual Studio Pro 2022 highlights

Git-First Workflow with easier code release

This version has a new interface and the tree structure of the previous version has been replaced by a search field with a variety of powerful search and filter functions. The search can be applied to commands, options and menus as well as installable components; in addition to the results of the command search, the corresponding key combinations are also displayed. The results are displayed dynamically as the user works. The new integrated use of a fuzzy search algorithm also takes into account misspellings or more organic language.

AI-enabled IntelliCode in Visual Studio 2022 Professional

The new IntelliCode represents an evolution of the previous IntelliSense auto-completion in Visual Studio; it offers several AI-powered features such as contextual IntelliSense, code formatting and a derivation of formatting rules to further improve development productivity. In Visual Studio 2022 Professional, IntelliSense AI-powered recommendations can also be used for two other languages: C++ and XAML, and TypeScript/JavaScript and Java, respectively, which have been added to Visual Studio Code.

CodeLens in Visual Studio 2022 Professional

CodeLens significantly speeds up the developer’s work with Visual Studio 2022 Professional, as the tool works independently in parallel without the need to close the editor.

Visual Studio Live Share

The Live Share function integrated in Visual Studio 2022 Professional allows up to 30 developers to collaborate in real time on the same source code base, which is shared including context. Joint debugging is also possible with Visual Studio Live Share.

Other changes in Visual Studio 2022 Professional

• Refactoring
• Code cleanup
• Debugging
• Xamarin for mobile development
• PMA (Per-Monitor-Aware) rendering
• Container tools

Supported operating systems

In principle, the 64-bit version is recommended for the installation of Visual Studio 2022 Professional, the following specifications apply as minimum requirements:

• Windows 10 version 1909 or higher, Windows 11 version 21H2, ( Home, Professional, Education and Enterprise)
• Windows Server 2022: Standard, Datacenter
• Windows Server 2019: Standard, Datacenter
• Windows Server 2016: Standard, Datacenter
• Windows 8.1 (as of Update 2919355): Core, Professional and Enterprise
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (as of Update 2919355): Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
• Windows 7 (SP1 incl. latest updates): Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate

Hardware requirements (minimum specifications)

• Processor: 1.8 GHz; quad-core or higher recommended. ARM processors are not supported
• Memory: 4 GB RAM. For typical professional solutions, 16 GB of RAM is recommended.
• Hard disk space: 850 MB, typical installations require 20 to 50 GB of free space (up to 210 GB depending on installed features)
• Hard Disk Speed: Solid State Drive (SSD) installation recommended
• Graphics card: 1,920 x 1080, 1,366 x 768 or higher recommended

Other requirements (select)

• Visual Studio 2022 Installation: .NET Framework 4.5.2
• .NET Framework 4.7.2 is running, this version will be installed during setup.
• Various Internet-related scenarios: Internet Explorer 11 or Microsoft Edge is required.
• Hyper-V emulator: 64-bit operating system, Hyper-V client, Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
• Xamarin.Android: 64-bit version of Windows, 64-bit Java Development Kit (JDK)
• Universal Application Development for Windows: Windows 10 (via command line: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2)
• Mobile Development with C++, JavaScript or .NET workloads under Windows 7 SP1: PowerShell 3.0

Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise Highlights

Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 offers, in addition to proven features and tools, a number of practical additions and optimisations to core features, as well as completely new features that help developers do better programming.

• Git-First-Workflow: New interface, ways to create projects and different start options.
• Code Editor: Changes to the IDE colour scheme and new syntax highlighting colours.
• PMA (Per-Monitor-Aware) rendering: A PMA-capable application that renders correctly, regardless of the respective scaling factors used.

New search and filter functions

Many of the familiar search and filter functions have been optimised for the Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise version, allowing developers to save even more time and work even more efficiently:

• New search field and new search functions.
• Search function for debugging.
• Reference search.
• New filter function for project folders.

New refactorings in Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise

New refactorings that make code organisation easier; among other things, users can be moved to the interface or base class, namespaces can be customised to fit a specific folder structure, and foreach loops can be converted to LINQ queries.

Code clean-up

The function for automatically reformatting source code with Code Cleanup is displayed in Visual Studio 2022 as a broom icon below the source code editor and is available with a single click. The configuration of .editorconfig files is also taken into account. Code Cleanup also has a new integrity indicator and a new command during cleanup to find a group of classic errors. Suggestions can be displayed with one click and applied on the fly. Frequently applied fixes can also be saved.

IntelliCode in Visual Studio 2022

IntelliCode is the evolution of the previous IntelliSense auto-completion.

IntelliCode is based on a Microsoft analysis of more than 2,000 open source projects on GitHub, but users can also use their own projects to train IntelliCode and receive suggestions on this basis. For this purpose, the analysis data is transferred to the cloud and processed, but not the source codes.

Visual Studio Live Share

Live Share allows up to 30 users to collaborate on the same source code base in Visual Studio 2022 by sharing a code base and its context with other team members, as Visual Studio Live Share transfers files and context information. This means that each participant remains in their familiar environment and can edit certain parts of the source code independently of the host. Live Share also offers the possibility of joint debugging.

Debugging in Visual Studio 2022

The debugger in Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise now works twice as fast as in the previous version, and at the same time memory consumption when debugging out-of-process C++ applications has been significantly reduced.

• New tool for setting properties.
• Data breakpoints.

Xamarin for Mobile Developers

Xamarin is now available in Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise. In addition to a smaller install size than the previous version, Xamarin also offers shorter build and deployment times for Android. It also includes a property editor for Xamarin.Forms XAML properties and an improved Xamarin.Forms Previewer.

ASP.NET for Web Developers

For ASP.NET applications, the default project template in Visual Studio 2022 is based on ASP.NET Core 2.2. The project template has also been made much clearer and now creates fewer files.

Enterprise-exclusive features in Visual Studio 2022

Especially Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise offers some features that are not included in any other edition:

• Snapshot debugging.
• Time Travel Debugging (TTD).
• LiveUnit Testing.
• IntelliTrace.

System Requirements for Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise

The following requirements generally apply to the Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise installation; they may be higher in individual cases:

• Operating Systems: Windows 10 version 1909 or higher, Windows 11 version 21H2,( Home, Professional, Education and Enterprise), Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2022 Standard & Datacenter.
• Processor: Minimum 1.8 GHz Quad-Core or higher recommended. ARM processors are not supported
• Memory: Minimum 4 GB RAM
• Hard disk space: 850 MB, typical installations require between 20 and 50 GB of free space (depending on installed features, up to 210 GB)
• Graphics card: minimum 1,920 x 1080, recommended 1,366 x 768 or higher

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Professional

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Professional is the latest version of this software, designed for small and medium-sized programmers and development teams. It contains features that provide all the tools needed to make apps and games – including Xamarin for Android, macOS, iOS, tvOS and watchOS-based apps.

Other features that make development even more efficient include Tool CodeLens to show the use of individual code snippets in the solution without interrupting work, IntelliCode to accelerate work through AI-based solution proposals, and Visual Studio Live Share, which enables teamwork through real-time collaboration. Visual Studio 2019 Professional also includes enhancements to navigation, refactoring and debugging.

In addition, Visual Studio 2019 Professional’s integrated development environment supports C#, as well as older languages such as C and C++.

At CHEAPFY, we offer you Visual Studio 2019 Professional pre-owned licenses; so, being a used software, it offers developers all the advantages of the same at a much more economical price.

System Requirements for Visual Studio 2019 Professional

Supported Operating Systems

In principle, the 64-bit version is recommended when installing Visual Studio 2019 Professional, but these are the minimum requirements:

• Windows 10, Windows 11,(Home, Professional, Education und Enterprise) / Windows Server 2019 /2022
• Windows Server 2019: Standard, Datacenter
• Windows Server 2016: Standard, Datacenter
• Windows 8.1 (from update 2919355): Core, Professional, Enterprise
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (update 2919355 and later): Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
• Windows 7 (SP1 including latest updates): Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate

Hardware requirements (minimum specifications)

• Processor: 1.8 GHz; Quad-Core
• Memory: 2 GB RAM; 8 GB RAM recommended (2.5 GB minimum when running in a virtual machine)
• Hard disk space: 800 MB, typical installations require 20 – 50 GB of free space (up to 210 GB depending on features installed)
• Hard disk speed: Installation on a solid state drive (SSD) is recommended.
• Graphics card: 1280 x 720, 1366 x 768 or higher recommended.

Other requirements (select)

• Visual Studio 2019 installation: .NET Framework 4.5.2
• …NET Framework 4.7.2, this version is installed during the installation…
• Various Internet-related scenarios: Internet Explorer 11 or Microsoft Edge is required.
• Hyper-V emulator: 64-bit operating system, Hyper-V client, Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
• Xamarin.Android: 64-bit version of Windows, 64-bit Java Development Kit (JDK)
• Universal Windows Application Development: Windows 10 (via command line: Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2)
• Mobile development with C++, JavaScript or .NET workloads on Windows 7 SP1: PowerShell 3.0

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise

The Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise version has a wide range of tools and features – not only for design, but also for the ongoing review of developed programs – making it more suitable for large companies and organisations, and for entire teams of programmers.

Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise features many detail enhancements, as well as entirely new features that make developers’ jobs easier; these include IntelliCode with AI-based solution propositions and Visual Studio Live Share with practical tools for better real-time collaboration.

Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 also introduces improvements to refactoring and navigation, as well as a debugger with several new features. Live Unit Testing allows you to test as you write code, while real-time Live Dependency Checking ensures that code is compatible with your dependency rules.

By purchasing Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise as second-use licences from CHEAPFY, you get all the benefits and features of this Microsoft software at a very affordable price.

System requirements for Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise

These are the general system requirements for Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise, but may be higher in some cases:

• Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2012/ 2012 R2 /2016 /2019 /2022
• Processor: minimum 1.8 GHz
• Working memory: at least 2 GB RAM
• Hard disk space: 130 GB (depending on installed features)
• Graphics card: minimum resolution 1,280 x 720, recommended 1,366 x 768

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