Microsoft Visual Studio Reviews

Right now I'm primarily using the solution for C-Sharp development.

I've actually been using the solution on iOS to do Xamarin apps. That might be something that's quite atypical, in terms of using the solution. It's not easy to do.

Having also done development within a text, I really enjoyed the (what I believe is called) IntelliSense feature. It helps if you are doing development within a text browser.

The integrated debugger is fantastic. 

None of these are particularly new features. Everybody else has been using it for 20 years too.

I find it funny that a lot of people complain about the solution. However, I find that it provides users with so many great and useful features, like console output, for example. You always have the option to dump a whole bunch of items out if you don't need them in the production.

While you're coding, it's really nice to be able to print stuff out and make sure that all the data is being organized the way you want it to be. 

It's got a lot of tools integrated into it. 

There's a community edition that is absolutely free to use. It's pretty good.

If you use the professional edition, you can do unit testing much easier. You can do mock-ups and tasks of that nature. It would be nice if they made that available on the community edition as well. 

There needs to be a feature upgrade, especially for the free features. They might have done so in the past or over the last few years. Still, it would be nice it if happened more often.

During some research into the product, I've discovered that they are trying to apply AI, as well as machine learning. This would be a welcome edition. They will most likely be advanced features. That means they won't be free. However, maybe in the future, they will be, given that enough time passes.

Technical support needs to be improved. Right now, it's not great.

I've used the solution for a long time. I would estimate I've used it on and off for 20 years. 

The solution is actually really stable. It's been around for so long. It's not like Microsoft Office products where a few years ago they decided to go redesign everything, and then the file formats were no longer compatible. In that case, users were confused as to which excel format to save in. This solution has been the same for 20 or so years. The format is the same. It hasn't changed. It remains very stable. 

I can't really comment on that aspect of the solution. I work on small projects, so I've never used it on any kind of scale.

There are about 20 people who use it in our organization. They're either software developers or software testers.

I haven't actually used their formal tech support, but have tried using their Microsoft answers. A lot of them are out of date. They're terrible. The support is basically: "Well, we can't reproduce that."

They don't even seem to do a search for themselves on Stack Overflow. You basically Google search to see if somebody else has answered the question. I would say that of course, it is free, so you get what you pay for and therefore the bar should be low on expectations. Still, it can be frustrating.

I have considered that maybe they have some poor interns trying to answer these questions, and they certainly don't seem too interested in providing the type of detailed responses a user might require. That's just what my impression is from trying to find answers occasionally. 

The nice thing about their model is if somebody asks a question, people will answer it. Then everyone can vote on the answer as the solution, and people can follow up. 

On Microsoft, if you go to their forums or help section for the product, you'll see the question is five years old. Nobody will ever say whether the answer they gave was the solution helped. So users often get confused. You need to ask yourself: "Do I spend half an hour deploying this? Or do I keep Googling?" It's awful.

The initial setup is really easy. You just download it and start it up.

I don't think my company uses much of an implementation strategy. There aren't as many protocols or structures. If we need it, we just download it and begin using it. 

I would say the only downside with this setup is that although it's usually pretty clear what libraries you want to include, it is slow to download. You do have to set aside a time when you can start the download. It's best to go off and do something on your own. You'd hate to do it at work, as you'll have to wait and you'll have nothing else to do. It's going to take half an hour to download at least.

Maintenance requirements are extremely low. There's next to none, really. 

The solution has a community version, which is free. It also has a paid version, with a few more premium features, but the free version is still really useful.

I believe I am using the 2015 version of the solution. It's the default for C-Sharp programs at the very least. Depending on what programs we get in, we can often use it extensively. I don't have plans to expand the solution right now. There are other solutions that would be available to us. 

For example, if we're going to do Python development, we'll probably use PyCharm instead of Visual Studio. Visual Studio does support Python, but PyCharm was in there before and everybody knows it. So we don't really force people to use it. Our company is a small company, where developers can choose their own development avenues.

In terms of advice, I would give to other users, I would suggest following a tutorial at first if you've never used it. They actually have some good tutorials online. If you actually follow them line by line, you get the setup and training that you need. Their help answers to random user questions are terrible, however.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten, mostly due to the fact that it's got a lot of features. If you want to do development, it makes it easy. I know, on the other hand, that there are some other really amazing tools out there. However, they aren't necessarily free. It's a good selling point: you get all this stuff for free, it's standard, and lots of people use it. Once you've learned it, it's quite useful.

I use the Visual Studio Team System for programming. 

My company works with outsourced programmers. The solution helps us to test, integrate and foresee the code quality. We can trace the development stages. 

I like Azure DevOps integration and the nativeness of the C#. 

Visual Studio Team System needs to improve documentation. 

I have been using the solution for ten years. 

I rate the solution's stability a nine out of ten. 

I rate the product's scalability a nine out of ten. 

Visual Studio Team System is expensive, but it is worth the money. 

You can start using the community edition first. I rate the tool an eight out of ten. 

It's up to the client or the software we are using. I use VB .NET or C# sometimes.

You can get two tables, child and parents tables, and you can handle tasks such as invoicing, receipts, et cetera. I like to have the results on hand fast. It's making my life easy. 

Many firms can use it. It's pretty prevalent. 

I like the copy-paste all capabilities.

The stability is okay.

You can expand usage if you would like to. 

I had to use VB .NET in place of using C# immediately with the child and parent table.

Generally, the solution works well and I haven't really had issues with it. 

We'd like the solution to be more secure. 

The installation can take a long time. 

We'd like the solution to be more stable. 

Technical support does not respond quickly.

The ability to scale can be difficult.

I've been using the solution for 15 years. 

The solution is mostly stable. It's rate it six or seven out of ten. It could be better.

The solution can scale, however, it's not straightforward. Sometimes it's very confusing in terms of what you need to do to make it happen. 

We have three users on the solution right now. 

We do plan to increase usage in the future. 

We are in Lebanon and we had to wait for Microsoft to reply to us. We used it two years ago, however, and they were responding fairly well. 

They could be faster. 

I started with VB Access and Visual FoxPro. 

The initial setup is pretty hard to set up. 

It took too long to install it. We also needed the new hard discs. It's very big. It's not a light application. It's about 25GBs. 

The deployment took about two hours. 

We handled the installation ourselves without ht need of integrators or consultants. 

I can't speak to the exact cost of the solution. It's not an aspect that I deal with. 

I'd recommend the solution to others. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. 

One of the most valuable features is its support. It's easy for me to get support even though I never use it. If there's a bug or a performance issue, Microsoft also provides quick updates, and this is another valuable feature of the program.

A room for improvement in Microsoft Visual Studio is its performance. Currently, some of our devices are not that capable, so performance still needs to be improved.

An additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of Microsoft Visual Studio to make it better is a more centralized education system, e.g. for Microsoft to put the tutorial for the program under Microsoft Learn.

I've been working with Microsoft Visual Studio for two years, and I'm still using it.

The stability of Microsoft Visual Studio is okay, but it could be more stable.

Microsoft Visual Studio is a scalable program. It's enough for me, and I'm utilizing it a lot, and that's one of the most important things for me.

I'm using my company's equipment, so Microsoft Visual Studio is already set up on it. The program's easy to set up.

I'm using the latest version of Microsoft Visual Studio, e.g. the 2022 version if I remember correctly. It depends on what my company is using.

The most valuable thing about Microsoft Visual Studio is that it's already deployed in my company and used by my company, so I can just use it. That's the reason I'm using the program.

I haven't contacted technical support for Microsoft Visual Studio.

I'm giving Microsoft Visual Studio a rating of eight out of ten.

Currently, in my daily work, I am using Visual Studio to develop different tools. Also, I am trying to use DevOps to manage code and different work items.

It's an excellent tool in general. There are a lot of features that are very, very nice in Visual Studio. 

We can publish directly to the premise's servers. I was testing how to publish in a cloud using Azure and it was very easy. There are a lot of good features in Visual Studio and I'm sure we can add different add-ins or add-ons to make it a little more functional as well.

We can manage our code directly via the repository. We are trying to manage the code in DevOps. With Visual Studio, we can connect to DevOps and manage the different versions that we have using the repository.

You do need to do some training in order to really take advantage of the solution.

Currently, we have issues when Visual Studio has updates. When Visual Studio has updates, right now we have issues in terms of updating our repositories. That was the current issue that we have. We need to update Visual Studio, however, we also need to update continuously the Visual Studio version due to the fact that if we don't update the Visual Studio, we have different problems that follow us.

The initial setup can be a bit complex. 

The thing that is very important is to manage your requirements and the features that you need to develop using Visual Studio. DevOps has that feature available. When we connect Visual Studio or a project with DevOps, we can manage different work items. They could improve that feature, to manage the work items requirements and different things a bit better.

I've used the solution since about 2012, across two different companies. 

It's a stable solution We don't really deal with bugs or glitches. I don't find that it crashes or freeze. It's reliable. 

We've found the product to be scalable. If a company needs to expand it out they can do so. 

We have about 15 people using it regularly right now. 

I'm not sure if we intend to expand usage just yet. We are already, this year, planning to migrate some tools to the cloud. That said, we don't know if we are going to need a little more support or people to do that.

Currently, we use different documentation that exists on the internet to assist us with troubleshooting. We currently use the Microsoft or Visual Studio page to research different functionalities or different features that we need to implement or we need to add to our project. So far, that's been quite helpful.

Initially, it was a little complex to set up. We needed to learn the different features that we could manage in Visual Studio. Right now, as we have had some time to pick things up, it's very straightforward to use.

In terms of deployment, for example, yesterday, I implemented a new version for one of the plants that we have. The tech was immediately published as we are able to use an option to publish the code. We only select the new version and automatically the code is published. It's very fast to publish a new version for the different tools that we have. In that sense, it doesn't take long to deploy.

Each developer is responsible for publishing his own tools and doesn't require another special group or another special people to deploy the tools that we are managing.

Regarding the licensing, I don't manage that. The license is updated each time that it's required to be as the company where I am working, requires that. I don't know if the license is updated monthly or annually, however. It may be annually. 

We're customers and end-users.

While this solution is currently on-premises, the plan is this year try to migrate some tools to the cloud using Azure.

I'd advise new users that it's important initially to do some training to implement Visual Studio. If there are people trying to implement Visual Studio in the company, it's very important to consider the training that will be involved and not just the licensing costs. 

I'd rate the product at a nine out of ten. It's a good solution.

We use the solution to develop applications. 

Microsoft Visual Studio needs to improve integration. 

I have been using the product for five years. 

I rate Microsoft Visual Studio's stability a nine out of ten. 

The tool's deployment is straightforward. It takes less than an hour to complete. 

I can install the solution by myself. 

Microsoft Visual Studio is a free product. 

I rate Microsoft Visual Studio a nine out of ten. 

We use the solution for Windows applications and different .NET features. We also use the BI tools.

I like the design tools. Nowadays, it is very advanced. We can use different .NET features.

We have different platforms available for web development. The solution must provide user-friendly features. We get updates frequently. Multiple versions are released within a short period. We need to keep updating the solution.

I have been using the solution for more than ten years.

I rate the tool’s stability an eight out of ten. We need to consider a lot of things while creating projects on Visual Studio. There are a lot of dependencies to add and maintain.

The tool is scalable. There are more than 1000 users in our organization.

We have used Microsoft’s support for SQL Server Reporting Services. Sometimes, we do not receive prompt responses. We have to work with different teams and need to wait for resolutions.

The setup is straightforward. We update the product when we get information from our teams.

The deployment can be done in-house.

The solution has benefited us. The users are really happy to use the product for reporting purposes. It has many features.

I recommend the solution to others. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

I think Microsoft Visual Studio is a good tool.

I think it is very successful and easy to use. I currently do not see any areas to develop. Microsoft Visual Studio is an excellent product.

The stability is fine.

We have a very scalable solution with Microsoft Visual Studio.

We have not had the need to use technical support, but the website has been good.

The initial setup could be more straightforward. After the initial setup, it is easy to use and develop codes in different languages.

A license is required. I think it is a good product, but the price is high. They could sell it at a better price point.

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