This document compares editions of Microsoft's Visual Studio 2013 integrated development environment (IDE). It provides a detailed comparison of the key capabilities included in the Ultimate, Premium, Test Pro, Professional, and MSDN editions. The comparison covers capabilities for application development, testing, architecture/modeling, team collaboration, and cloud/mobile development support. It also includes the monthly Windows Azure credit and platforms supported by the MSDN subscription for each edition.

1. Microsoft
ALM 2013:
Edition
Comparison

2. This comparison focuses on Visual Studio 2013
with MSDN, and excludes Visual Studio Online
subscriptions.
For more information about Visual Studio Online:
http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studioonline-overview-vs

3. Recap: Microsoft ALM 2013
Comparing Visual Studio Editions
Detailed Comparison

5. Comparison of
Key
Capabilities

9. * read only

13. Ultimate with MSDN
IntelliTrace in Production
IntelliTrace (Historical
Debugging)
IntelliTrace Performance
Indicators
Code Metrics
.NET Memory Dump Analysis
Graphics Debugging
Advanced Web Debugging
(Page Inspector)
Browser Link
Static Code Analysis
Code Map Debugger
Integration
Debugger
Windows 8 Simulator
Performance and Diagnostics
Hub
Windows Phone 8 Emulator
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms

14. Ultimate with MSDN
Web Load & Performance
Testing
Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test
Isolation)
Code Coverage
Coded UI Testing
Manual Testing
Exploratory Testing
Test Case Management
Fast-forward for Manual
Testing
Lab Management
Extensible Testing Framework
Unit Testing
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms

15. Ultimate with MSDN
CodeLens
Peek Definition
Code Clone
Refactoring
Business Application
Development (LightSwitch)
0ffice 365 Cloud Business Apps
One-Click Web Deployment
Extensible Environment
Model Resource Viewer
Multi-Targeting
Blend
JavaScript and jQuery Support
Project & Solution
Compatibility with VS2010 SP1
and VS 2012
Multiple Monitor Support
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms

16. Ultimate with MSDN
Windows Desktop
Development
Windows Store Apps
Development for Windows 8.1
Maintaining existing Windows
Store Apps for Windows 8.0
Web Development
Windows Phone 8
Development
Office 365, Office and
SharePoint Development
Cloud Development
SQL Server Development using
SSDT
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms

17. Ultimate with MSDN
Architecture Explorer
Architecture and Layer
Diagrams
Architecture validation
UML® 2.0 Compliant
Diagrams(Activity, Use Case,
Sequence, Class, and
Component)
Visualize Code with
Dependency Graphs(By
Assembly, By Namespace, and
By Class)
Code Map
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms

18. Ultimate with MSDN
Virtual environment setup &
teardown
Provision environment from
template
Checkpoint environment
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms

19. Ultimate with MSDN
Agile Portfolio Management
Team Room
Work Item Charting
Request and Manage Feedback
Release Management
Backlog Management
Sprint Planning
Kanban board
Agile Task boards
SharePoint 5integration (Team
Project Portal)
Reporting & BI
Project and Project Server
6integration
System Center 7integration
Version Control using TFVC
Repositories
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms

20. Ultimate with MSDN
Version Control using Gitbased Repositories
Code comments on
Changesets or Git commits
Work Item Tracking
Build Automation
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms

21. Ultimate with MSDN
PowerPoint Storyboarding
Code Review
Task Suspend/Resume
Team Explorer
Team Explorer Everywhere
(third-party development tools
support)
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms

22. Ultimate with MSDN
Team Foundation Server
Team Foundation Server User
CAL
Office Professional Plus
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms

23. Ultimate with MSDN
Windows Azure 9
Windows, Windows Server
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Dynamics
All other Microsoft servers
Premium with MSDN
Test Pro with MSDN
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms
$150 credit per month
$100 credit per month
$50 credit per month
$50 credit per month
$100 credit per month

24. Latest detailed comparison:
http://www.visualstudio.com/products/comparevisual-studio-products-vs

25. Questions?

26. Steve Lange
sr. developer technology
specialist
stevenl@microsoft.com
@stevelange | http://slange.me

27. Appendix

28. • Product Comparison
• Visual Studio and MSDN Licensing White Paper

29. Magic Quadrant
for Application
Lifecycle
Management