I use the reporting portion of Microsoft Visual Studio.
Deputy Manager at Arya Omnitalk Wireless Solutions Private Limited
Standard scalability, helpful reporting, with good technical support
Pros and Cons
- "I have found that it is scalable."
- "I would like to have more integration with other platforms and technologies."
What is our primary use case?
What needs improvement?
I would like to have more integration with other platforms and technologies.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for about two years now.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have found that it is scalable. We have some old products and we have a standard expansion platform. As far as scalability goes, I have done a lot of work with access and reporting, finding ways to upgrade the old systems and old platforms, with some newer versions, or migrate to other systems.
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How are customer service and support?
I use technical support for database questions.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Microsoft Visual Studio an eight out of ten.
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CEO at Kapstone Technological Services LLP
High availability and helpful program designing
Pros and Cons
- "Microsoft Visual Studio is stable and the performance was good. However, if you do not have decent hardware you will not have the same experience."
- "Microsoft Visual Studio could improve by being compatible with more operating systems. However, we understand the solution is proprietary to Microsoft."
What is our primary use case?
I use Visual Studio for one of my projects. I was designing programs and it helped me out making programs.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft Visual Studio could improve by being compatible with more operating systems. However, we understand the solution is proprietary to Microsoft.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio for approximately three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Visual Studio is stable and the performance was good. However, if you do not have decent hardware you will not have the same experience.
How are customer service and support?
I have not used the support from Microsoft.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate Microsoft Visual Studio an eight out of ten.
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Modern Data Center and Cloud Engineer II at IE Network Solutions PLC
Smooth running tool for mobile app development
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is how smoothly it runs."
- "Microsoft should add more visualization for analytical studies or research."
What is our primary use case?
I mainly use Visual Studio for mobile app development and searching libraries or different kinds of programming language.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is how smoothly it runs.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft should add more visualization for analytical studies or research.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Visual Studio for one to two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Visual Studio is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I've not found Visual Studio to be scalable.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is a little complex - after installing Visual Studio, you may need to download the particular libraries you want to work with from their repository. Installation took around two to three hours.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
You may have to purchase more hardware utilities like processors or RAM.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Visual Studio to other users and would rate it nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Head of .NET Department at Evozon
It covers everything you need for custom software development, including architecture for automation testing
Pros and Cons
- "Visual Studio is a tool used for custom software development. It covers everything under this umbrella, including architecture for automation testing."
- "There have been some issues but not very often."
What is our primary use case?
Visual Studio is a tool used for custom software development. It covers everything under this umbrella, including architecture for automation testing. We have between 60 and 70 users working with Visual Studio.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Microsoft Visual Studio for 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Visual Studio is stable enough. There have been some issues but not very often.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Visual Studio is a development environment. It only runs on one computer. Everyone has their own installation. If we talk about the cloud version, it's scalable. It has served our needs. We plan to increase usage by 5 to 10 percent as our departments grow.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have been using Microsoft Visual Studio since .NET first came out. Prior to that, I used tools with other software development languages like Eclipse. Eclipse was an IDE-independent software vendor.
How was the initial setup?
Installing Visual Studio is easy on average. Sometimes you need to install various libraries, so it depends on your setup. I would say it's medium difficulty.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Microsoft Visual Studio nine out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Software Designer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It's helpful when coding, but I would like to see more detailed error and failure reports
Pros and Cons
- "Visual Studio makes it easier to compile the code and shows me the errors upfront when coding. For example, it will tell me when a reference is incorrect or if there's a mistake within the function calls. I like how it highlights with a red underline so that I know there's an error at that point."
- "I would like to see Visual Studio improve reporting to give us more details on failures. When there are failures, it's difficult to debug. It would be helpful to have more error information to help us to identify the issue and resolve it. I want to know more about software failures and exceptions in the system."
What is most valuable?
Visual Studio makes it easier to compile the code and shows me the errors upfront when coding. For example, it will tell me when a reference is incorrect or if there's a mistake within the function calls. I like how it highlights with a red underline so that I know there's an error at that point.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see Visual Studio improve reporting to give us more details on failures. When there are failures, it's difficult to debug. It would be helpful to have more error information to help us to identify the issue and resolve it. I want to know more about software failures and exceptions in the system.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working with Microsoft Visual Studio for around six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Visual Studio is quite stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Visual Studio is scalable. I can install the latest modules and run my software through them.
How are customer service and support?
Microsoft support is good enough, though sometimes it could be more responsive.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I've been using CLion IDE on Linux. It's good, but Visual Studio is more intuitive, and Microsoft offers better support.
How was the initial setup?
Visual Studio is straightforward. It was easy to set up and use.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Microsoft Visual Studio seven out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Information Technology Analyst at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
It supports multiple languages but the UI could be more user-friendly
Pros and Cons
- "We like Visual Studio because you can choose the different types of languages, like JavaScript. I think it's better than the other solutions I used."
- "The interface could be more user friendly"
What is most valuable?
We like Visual Studio because you can choose the different types of languages, like JavaScript. I think it's better than the other solutions I used.
What needs improvement?
The interface could be more user friendly.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working with Visual Studio for about two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Yeah. Stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I think it's good.
How are customer service and support?
Microsoft support is quite responsive to our questions.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used Sublime before.
How was the initial setup?
Straightforward
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Chief Information Technology Officer at BMC Solutions
A free solution with good technical support, stability, performance and ease of use
Pros and Cons
- "I like the performance, stability and ease of use."
- "I would like to see more tools in the next release."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for development purposes.
What is most valuable?
The solution is a very good tool. I like the performance, stability and ease of use.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see more tools in the next release.
For how long have I used the solution?
Since Microsoft Visual Studio comprises the core of Microsoft development, we have been making use of it for 15 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I like the solution's stability.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is fine.
What about the implementation team?
We have no need for deployment, as this can be handled by the individual user.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is a free tool.
What other advice do I have?
The solution is deployed both on-premises and in the cloud.
I cannot think of features which should be included in the next release, as they already upgrade the solution on their own.
The solution is a very good product. There is no need for better integration.
All of our customers use the solution. It is on a desktop application. We have around 40 developers.
I would definitely recommend the solution to others.
I rate Microsoft Visual Studio as a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Tech Lead at Abtran
A stable and complete package for .NET software development
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is that it is a complete package, with an IDE and everything that you need for software development."
- "There are some features that I have yet to explore and it would be helpful to have more information about what is available and how it works."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Visual Studio for .NET software development.
One application that we are developing is for the service industry in Ireland. We are trying some PoCs for developing APIs and Web Interfaces using ASP.NET CORE. Once we demonstrate it, we will be developing a full-fledged solution.
Other teams in our organization are currently developing other projects, some of which are going into production in about a month.
How has it helped my organization?
This is an IDE for software development using .NET, and there are not many tools like it available. Anything we need to do, development-wise, we use this tool.
What is most valuable?
Its hard to point the most valuable feature as I see this IDE as a complete package for developers to build software solutions. Live Share, code refactoring, IntelliCode, the debug and diagnosis tooling are all valuable.
What needs improvement?
There are some features that I have yet to explore and it would be helpful to have more information about what is available and how it works.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Visual Studio for eight years and still using it.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We use this product on a daily basis and the stability is great. It does depend on the environment and how it is set up, but that is for the developers to learn. We have not had any downtime.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution. At this time, we have five or six developers who are using it.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have been in contact with Microsoft's technical support, but not much. When I have issues, I use the community forum. I have found that they respond quickly and I can resolve the problem.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I started learning .NET using Visual Studio and still using. As far as developing .NET solutions are concerned, Visual Studio is all that is needed. I did use Eclipse and Netbeans long back to develop Java solutions.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
The Azure deployment is very quick, although we are still following the old method. It is still quick to publish and deploy, taking about five minutes for the on-premises version.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I am not the right person to advise on the pricing and the cost aspect as I just develop solutions using the tool. Although I am not directly involved in pricing, I have heard positive comments about the licensing fees. When our subscription expires, the finance department takes care of it.
The most basic edition of Visual Studio, the Community edition, is available free of charge which is oriented towards students, individual developers and small teams.
What other advice do I have?
This tool is widely used in the software industry. The most recent version, 2019, has a lot of new functionality, some of which I still have to explore. Visual Studio is a developer friendly tool.
My advice for anybody who is considering using Visual Studio is that it is a complete package that contains everything you need for .NET code development.
I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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