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Cloud architect at Freebyte
Easy to configure and stable solution
Pros and Cons
- "The initial setup is easy. It's easy to configure."
- "The price could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
What needs improvement?
The price could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy. It's easy to configure.
What about the implementation team?
The deployment can be done in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We pay for the license. The licensing model is per year. So, yearly-based license.
I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten, where ten is the most expensive and one is the cheapest.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate the solution a ten out of ten. I would definitely recommend using the solution.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

Junior Engineer at Mauritius Telecom
Is easy to use, stable and scalable, but needs a more appealing interface
Pros and Cons
- "The interface is easy to use."
- "The interface should be made attractive."
What is most valuable?
The interface is easy to use.
What needs improvement?
The designs are not really very appealing. When you make the design, it's quite basic which includes the icons. The tool needs to include brighter colors and be more user-friendly. The interface should be made attractive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. There are five to ten users presently.
How are customer service and support?
I think the technical staff are well-versed because they usually have to make designs for the customers.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy. For me to start the design from scratch, it actually took less than 15-30 minutes.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Head of .NET Department at Evozon
It's a highly powerful tool for custom software development
Pros and Cons
- "Visual Studio is highly powerful. It's probably the best software development tool on the market."
- "Sometimes Visual Studio is slow. It uses a lot of resources like memory and processing power. You should optimize the performance by only installing what you need on your machine. Don't install unnecessary things that will slow your machine."
What is our primary use case?
Visual Studio is for custom software development.
What is most valuable?
Visual Studio is highly powerful. It's probably the best software development tool on the market.
Some of the features appreciated by our teams that work with VS are:
IntelliSense, rename functions (classes, methods, variables), move definition to file, error navigation, search in files (match case, regex), NuGet package manager, GIT experience (especially at solving merge conflicts and view history on a specific file, compare with the previous file to see changes in time), watch list and the fact it can be pinned for the variable you are monitoring, conditional breakpoints, moving execution line up when debugging, shortcuts to arrange elements in the page and remove unused namespaces, possibility to chose the Thread you want to monitor when you have multiple threads, code snippets, easy navigation to the definition and to other classes/methods/properties that refer them, and configuration of code cleanup on multiple profiles and with a lot of options.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been selling Visual Studio for more than 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Sometimes Visual Studio is slow. It uses a lot of resources like memory and processing power. You should optimize the performance by only installing what you need on your machine. Don't install unnecessary things that will slow your machine.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It depends on what you mean by scalability. Only one person uses Visual Studio at a time, but it's scalable in terms of project size. We have
70 users. We will grow usage as we grow the department and the company. We're expecting between 5 and 10 percent growth in usage next year.
How are customer service and support?
Microsoft support could be faster. It took a while to get to a knowledgeable person in some cases, but we got the answer that we were looking for in the end.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up Visual Studio is straightforward. Each developer configures their own environment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We have both options. Some licenses are paid yearly. Others are monthly subscriptions.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Visual Studio Test Professional nine out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Sr. Network Administrator at ACMC
A secure solution with an easy deployment
Pros and Cons
- "It's great for the development of .NET."
- "The solution should be cheaper."
What is our primary use case?
It's great for the development of .NET.
What needs improvement?
The solution should be cheaper. But unfortunately, Microsoft products are usually expensive.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using this solution for several years and have used Visual Studio 10, 12 and 13. We use it both as a cloud solution and on-premises.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. It is secure because most of our applications are in .NET.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment was not complicated, and our developers completed the deployment. Only those two developers use the solution, and we don't plan to increase usage at this time.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Visual Studio Test Professional has an annual license.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution a ten out of ten. I recommend Visual Studio Test Professional, primarily if you work with .NET. If we are developing something in .NET or C++, we use Visual Studio. But if we are developing something in Java, we have to use Java.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Digital Transformation Architect at Comdata
Quick component creation, easy to install, and reliable
Pros and Cons
- "The ability to quickly make your own components has been valuable."
- "One of the problems with this solution is you need to be highly technically skilled to operate it, it is not for everyone."
What is our primary use case?
I am using this solution to automate the sequencing of processes and to manage them. For example, using remote access services to see the interactions between applications. It has taken us two years to build the tool we are working on.
What is most valuable?
The ability to quickly make your own components has been valuable. The documentation is simple but you will need to explore the solution and put in the effort for success.
What needs improvement?
One of the problems with this solution is you need to be highly technically skilled to operate it, it is not for everyone. Additionally, I would like to see an orchestrator added to the solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for approximately 15 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is great, I trust in the solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have 20 people in my organization using the solution.
How was the initial setup?
The installation of the solution is easy. However, if you want some additional components such as Workflow which is not including in the original packaging of the solution, it will take more time to install.
What other advice do I have?
The solution is very powerful but you have to know how to use it.
I rate Visual Studio Test Professional an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Software Test Automation Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
A commonly-used and strong product with lots of support, but it needs more modern features and better integration for monitoring
Pros and Cons
- "It is a very common and strong product. A lot of support is available for this product."
- "It needs more integration with other tools for monitoring. Microsoft also needs to make it more modern to make it work with microservices and the cloud. It is a bit outdated currently."
What is our primary use case?
I use it just for coding our applications and features. We are using version 4.5, which is an old version. We haven't tried its latest version.
It probably is deployed in a private cloud. It is a part of our firm architecture or infrastructure.
What is most valuable?
It is a very common and strong product. A lot of support is available for this product.
What needs improvement?
It needs more integration with other tools for monitoring. Microsoft also needs to make it more modern to make it work with microservices and the cloud. It is a bit outdated currently.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable. We didn't find any issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I don't know much about scalability. It is more related to the infrastructure side.
We have around 2,015 people in our organization who use this solution.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have never really used Microsoft technical support. I just find the information on the internet.
How was the initial setup?
It is easy to set up. The deployment duration depends on the projects. We are working with different projects and persons. For one of our projects, we need one week to deploy. We usually test when all the teams have integrated changes in an environment. It takes some time to test. After that, the changes are deployed to another pre-production environment, where we again test. After that, when we are sure, we deploy to the production environment.
What other advice do I have?
It is an old technology, and I would like to try using a new technology. However, it is necessary for us to stay with this technology because we have a legacy product, but we are thinking of updating to newer versions or migrating to another technology. We didn't do that in the past because of the fear of losing some of the features and having any kind of breakage because of incompatibility. We are looking for microservices for the database. I would advise not to keep a lot of gap between upgrades. The risks are more when you upgrade after a long gap, such as four years. It also takes more time to test all the functionalities.
I would rate Visual Studio Test Professional a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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A valuable tool for ensuring the quality and reliability of my applications
Pros and Cons
- "Visual Studio Test Pro is super helpful for my Microsoft app work."
- "I would appreciate some enhancements in the interface, maybe adding more color options."
What is our primary use case?
As a software developer working on the Microsoft platform, I find Visual Studio Test Professional to be a valuable tool for ensuring the quality and reliability of my applications.
What is most valuable?
Visual Studio Test Pro is super helpful for my Microsoft app work. It easily works with Visual Studio, helping me find and fix bugs fast. It does both manual and automated testing, making sure my app works well.
What needs improvement?
In terms of improvement, I would appreciate some enhancements in the interface, maybe adding more color options.
For how long have I used the solution?
.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Visual Studio Test Pro is quite stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is fairly scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The support is good, but it could be a bit faster.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is fairly simple.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is a bit pricey.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate Visual Studio Test Pro as an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
High availability, useful template publishing, but intergration could be better
Pros and Cons
- "What I like most about Visual Studio Test Professional is the way people publish templates and publish integration."
- "Visual Studio Test Professional could improve by having better integration with external databases."
What is our primary use case?
I am using Visual Studio Test Professional for developing architectural designs and diagnostics in the cloud.
What is most valuable?
What I like most about Visual Studio Test Professional is the way people publish templates and publish integration.
What needs improvement?
Visual Studio Test Professional could improve by having better integration with external databases.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Visual Studio Test Professional for approximately four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Visual Studio Test Professional is stable. It has high availability.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted support.
How was the initial setup?
The installation was straightforward for Visual Studio Test Professional.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We pay for the solution annually and the price could be reduced.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Visual Studio Test Professional a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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