Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews

I develop applications and work at Roma Tre University. We develop applications ranging from student career management to employee and HR office functions.

One valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is its powerful debugger, which is the only feature I primarily use. Another significant advantage is the integration with Copilot and AI support. Additionally, the ease of integration with solutions is worth mentioning.

Some improvements could include a more visual interface for automating common tasks in application development. Introducing this feature would enhance productivity.

I have been working with Microsoft Visual Studio for almost ten years.

It is very easy to install Microsoft Visual Studio.

Microsoft Visual Studio is stable overall.

As of now, I have not encountered any limitations in the use of Microsoft Visual Studio. It is scalable for our purposes.

The technical support from Microsoft is very good.

In my past, I used Mirth Connect while working in a hospital for HL7 integrations using JCAPS and Mirth and Rhapsody Data, which are old products.

It's very easy to install.

I do not know the pricing or costs as we have a global agreement with Microsoft for all universities in Italy.

I am searching for an enterprise service bus product, so if Microsoft Visual Studio could have a plugin or an extension in this direction, it would be great. I rate my overall experience with Microsoft Visual Studio as nine out of ten.

On-premises

I use Microsoft Visual Studio occasionally. I prefer writing code directly on Notepad++, but when I need the IDE support, I use Microsoft Visual Studio for faster and better code development. It offers a good experience for individuals who are handy with IDEs.

Microsoft Visual Studio is integrated with all tools and offers all necessary extensions, making it very convenient. It offers Git connectivity for all Git repositories. I find all its activities to be straightforward and efficient.

Maybe some documentation could be better. They can generate some educational videos online, which would be helpful.

I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for the last five to six years, but I do not use it frequently.

Microsoft Visual Studio is stable. I have not encountered any problems.

I use Microsoft Visual Studio on an individual basis, so I am not familiar with its scalability in terms of adding or deleting users, which may be an IT admin function.

I use Notepad++ more often than Microsoft Visual Studio.

The installation of Microsoft Visual Studio is simple, and one person can manage it.

The ROI includes time savings, which are approximately ten to twenty percent.

As a partner, the cost may be part of an integrated license package. I am not sure about specific pricing details.

Maybe sometimes Microsoft Visual Studio hangs if your computer resources are limited. Rating it, I would give it eight points overall.

I create my site or application for my company for internal use only.

The best feature of Microsoft Visual Studio for debugging applications is IntelliSense, which I refer to as autocomplete. Additionally, the integration capabilities with Microsoft DevOps Server streamline my development process efficiently, making it perfectly integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio.

The software has become larger than before, requiring a powerful desktop or notebook to run Microsoft Visual Studio. I must use or install all the features which makes Microsoft Visual Studio bulky. Some optional installation methods to remove features I do not use could improve the experience.

I have been using it for more than fifteen years.

Performance is a problem because if I use a notebook that is not high-end, Microsoft Visual Studio may experience lag sometimes.

I think the support could be better because the documentation and other resources, such as videos, are too numerous, making it hard to find the correct one. AI support could be a good addition.

Neutral

I used Microsoft Visual Studio Code and no others.

There is no trouble or problem to install it. I can handle the installation myself.

I can install the solution by myself.

Microsoft Visual Studio saves me time, approximately forty percent.

Microsoft Visual Studio is expensive.

The main concern is that the documentation is so detailed and vast that it takes a lot of time to sift through. I would rate Microsoft Visual Studio seven out of ten.

My main use case for Microsoft Visual Studio is writing file processing code and backend APIs.

A specific example of the kind of file processing or API work I do with Microsoft Visual Studio is processing files from the client about their card transactions.

There are no other types of projects or tasks that Microsoft Visual Studio helps me with.

The best features Microsoft Visual Studio offers are the debugging and IntelliSense, which stand out to me the most.

The debugging and IntelliSense features in Microsoft Visual Studio help me in my work because the debugging lets us step through code when we're having issues and the IntelliSense helps us with basic syntax errors.

Microsoft Visual Studio has positively impacted my organization because with Live Share, we were able to collaborate on code projects.

Live Share helped our team collaborate by saving time, improving code quality, and assisting with remote work, as we were able to quickly resolve issues or build features.

I wish Microsoft Visual Studio was available on the Mac for improvement.

I just wish it worked on the Mac.

I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about eight years.

Microsoft Visual Studio is stable.

The scalability of Microsoft Visual Studio is fine; we just install it locally.

I have not needed to contact the customer support team for Microsoft Visual Studio.

Negative

I previously used VS Code and other IDEs before Microsoft Visual Studio, and I switched because Visual Studio just had more fleshed out features.

I wasn't involved in the pricing, setup cost, and licensing, but I'm pretty sure it was free to install.

I have seen a return on investment because Microsoft Visual Studio has saved my team time.

Before choosing Microsoft Visual Studio, I evaluated VS Code and other IDEs.

I would not add anything else about the features of Microsoft Visual Studio.

I would rate Microsoft Visual Studio a seven out of ten.

I rate it a seven because you can't use it on all platforms.

My advice to others looking into using Microsoft Visual Studio is that it's free, so try it.

On-premises

My main use case for Microsoft Visual Studio is writing code, specifically infrastructure as code to build resources in cloud platforms such as AWS EC2 instances, Google IAM resources, and networks within Azure.

A specific example of a project where I used Microsoft Visual Studio for infrastructure as code is creating Google Cloud projects. The project can be defined using Terraform, and I can write those scripts within Microsoft Visual Studio and execute them from there as well, using the built-in terminal.

I have also briefly used Microsoft Visual Studio for connecting to databases because there is an add-on for PostgreSQL, which allows me to see my code in one section and then connect to a database using my code in another section. That functionality is quite useful.

Microsoft Visual Studio impacts my organization positively because it is used across the organization to write, commit code, and execute code. It works as an environment for many engineers. The fact that everyone is on the same platform is very useful because it is very easy to teach colleagues how to use it.

Some of the best features Microsoft Visual Studio offers include a user-friendly UI element where you can download different themes, which is great because it allows you to read the code much clearer. There are many add-ons within Microsoft Visual Studio because I believe it is probably the most popular IDE out there, which leads to many useful add-ons. Additionally, I appreciate the fact that the terminal is built in, so you can execute your code in the same window rather than having to open a separate terminal and execute from that.

The built-in terminal is what I find myself relying on the most day-to-day because I use that every time I use Microsoft Visual Studio. It allows me to commit my code very quickly and also run shell scripts via the terminal that I might be editing as well. I use it heavily; I know some people do not use it as much and prefer a separate terminal, but I find that I am able to work much quicker and more efficiently using the built-in terminal.

The feature that makes Microsoft Visual Studio really stand out compared to other IDEs is the number of add-ons that it has, because with it being probably the most popular IDE, it has a lot of support. There really is not any other IDE you would want to use rather than Microsoft Visual Studio. The fact that it is free as well is pretty impressive.

I think Microsoft Visual Studio is a very good tool and I do not have many improvements to suggest. The only thing I can think of is that I quite regularly get notifications that interrupt my workflow, telling me that Microsoft Visual Studio could be updated. I would appreciate a feature where it can auto-update during times when I am not working so that it can update in the background because sometimes I am writing a script mid-concentration, or maybe I am using the built-in terminal and I am about to execute a command, and then a pop-up appears, derailing my train of thought.

I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for around five years.

Microsoft Visual Studio is stable.

Microsoft Visual Studio is highly scalable; you can have thousands of engineers using it at the same time and because it is deployed locally on their machine, there would not be any scalability issues. The scalability is immense.

I have never had to reach out for customer support, but because it falls under Microsoft, I presume organizations with a Microsoft support agreement would be able to reach out. I have interacted with Microsoft support in the past when using Azure, and they have always been very helpful, so I would imagine the support would be great.

I have only ever used Microsoft Visual Studio in terms of IDEs in an enterprise environment. The only other IDE I have used is Replit, but that is for my own development. It is a very lightweight, web-based IDE, but there is no need to use a different IDE rather than Microsoft Visual Studio. It has everything you would want in an editor, which is why it is so prevalent in the industry.

From a cost savings perspective, I have definitely noticed improvements because there are some IDEs where you have to pay for a subscription to use it. I understand that the cost can really accumulate, especially if you have a huge engineering team using it. Whereas Microsoft Visual Studio, being free, completely eliminates the costs associated with using a different IDE. Teams can very easily see cost savings of 100 percent because you are going from something which did cost before to something which is free.

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for Microsoft Visual Studio is that the pricing is free, which is perfect.

Before choosing Microsoft Visual Studio, I did not evaluate other options because it was always the option due to it being free and because it is the market leader.

I would advise others looking into using Microsoft Visual Studio to use it because it is free, it is the market leader, and it has a ton of add-ons. There is really no reason not to use it. I gave this product a rating of ten out of ten.

On-premises

Microsoft Visual Studio is an IDE, or integrated development environment, which enables users to set up their own dev environment to code and build websites and then host them. Through Microsoft Visual Studio, users can host to cloud services with one button or one fly server. It's essentially an environment for coding; it's an IDE.

Microsoft Visual Studio is a robust Microsoft product. It is a very secure device and tool. It has numerous extensions and plugins available, and it's a cross-platform development tool, meaning development is possible for any other devices. It supports everything, provided you have the specific graphics for processing and a CPU with an intensive workload, a clock speed-based device.

IntelliSense in Microsoft Visual Studio can sense automatically. It can identify syntax errors and declarations if there are mistakes. It's extremely helpful during coding. With IntelliSense, issues can be rectified on the fly, either before or after compiling.

Microsoft Visual Studio's debugging tools are excellent and straightforward. Users can utilize a line-by-line debugging feature.

The built-in Git integration for source control in Microsoft Visual Studio has a simple setup process. Users just need to provide the repo link and grant access. The integration is seamless and helpful, allowing for easy code pushing and pulling.

Some of the most impactful plugins include static code analysis tools and GitHub Copilot. There are also JSON viewers, JSON parsers, and numerous third-party plugins available.

The performance profiling tools in Microsoft Visual Studio are effective. Once an application is ready, it can be tested with performance profiling. Users can perform performance upgrades, check function calling processes, identify redundant elements, and determine if code-level changes are needed for better processing.

Microsoft Visual Studio is performing well currently. One potential improvement would be integration with solutions such as Codespaces, where users can have their own virtual dev environment setup. A hybrid setup would be beneficial, particularly for users with low-performance PCs. A hybrid collaboration with Microsoft Visual Studio system where some processing occurs in the cloud would be more effective.

The support and community forums for Microsoft Visual Studio are strong, deserving a solid eight out of ten rating.

Positive

I have leveraged the plugin ecosystem to tailor my IDE experience. The overall rating for Microsoft Visual Studio is 8 out of 10.

My main use case for Microsoft Visual Studio is as an IDE.

I use Microsoft Visual Studio for any of my .NET work.

I use Microsoft Visual Studio for debugging, testing, and collaborating with teammates.

The best features Microsoft Visual Studio offers are the debugging tools, which are quite effective.

What I appreciate about the debugging tools in Microsoft Visual Studio is the UI, which makes it easy to use.

Microsoft Visual Studio has positively impacted my organization by helping with productivity through collaboration. It has helped with productivity because we use it to collaborate.

Microsoft Visual Studio has helped with collaboration by using mob.sh for team projects.

Microsoft Visual Studio is a solid IDE overall. There could be some additional customization on the themes for the visual aspect to make it easier to read the code, though plugins are available for that.

I don't have other needed improvements for Microsoft Visual Studio beyond themes or plugins.

I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about four years.

Microsoft Visual Studio is stable.

The scalability of Microsoft Visual Studio has worked well so far. I haven't run into any significant issues.

I haven't had to reach out to customer support for Microsoft Visual Studio.

It's project to project with Microsoft Visual Studio, but sometimes we use JetBrains and sometimes we use Visual Studio, depending on the project.

I don't remember my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing because the company handled most of that for me.

Microsoft Visual Studio has likely saved some time and money because we can use it for many plugins, though I don't know the specifics.

My advice to others looking into using Microsoft Visual Studio is that if you're running a .NET project, it's the best IDE we've found so far, and it's a solid, stable product. I would rate this review a 7.

Private Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

My main use case for Microsoft Visual Studio is coding and looking at the logs. Whenever I have a log file which is very large, I open it in Microsoft Visual Studio because it can handle big files and then make it easy to search and scroll.

The best features Microsoft Visual Studio offers include being smooth in coding, allowing the opening of large projects and large files. Microsoft Visual Studio is smooth because it can handle large projects and open large files without hanging, and it still allows large search functionality.

Microsoft Visual Studio is one of the main tools that has impacted my organization positively. We can create custom plugins in Microsoft Visual Studio which are specific to our company and our organization, and use them, which is quite useful, and this has helped our team and projects.

Allowing coding for more formats in Microsoft Visual Studio could be an improvement. It should allow more formats when it comes to APLR coding and what I would like to see improved or added in this area.

I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about five years.

I think Microsoft Visual Studio is stable.

Millions of users use Microsoft Visual Studio worldwide, so I think it is quite stable in terms of scalability.

I haven't interacted with customer support at all.

We have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for some time, and I did not previously use a different solution.

The IT team handles the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Microsoft Visual Studio, so I have no idea about that.

The IT team handles the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Microsoft Visual Studio, so I have no idea about that.

I don't have insights into a return on investment, including relevant metrics, like time saved or fewer employees needed.

The IT team handles the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Microsoft Visual Studio, so I have no idea about that.

I don't think I evaluated other options before choosing Microsoft Visual Studio, as I was not part of the team which does that. I have no visibility into that.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Microsoft Visual Studio a nine overall. I give it a nine because it does not support Android. The one thing that would make it a ten for me is related to the formats I mentioned. I think others looking into using Microsoft Visual Studio should use it, as it is a good tool. I would rate this product nine out of ten.