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Visual Studio ALM 2013 - Edition Comparison

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Steve Lange
Steve Lange

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.

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Microsoft ALM 2013: Edition Comparison
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
Recap: Microsoft ALM 2013 Comparing Visual Studio Editions Detailed Comparison
Visual Studio ALM 2013 - Edition Comparison
Comparison of Key Capabilities
Visual Studio ALM 2013 - Edition Comparison
Visual Studio ALM 2013 - Edition Comparison
Visual Studio ALM 2013 - Edition Comparison
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Visual Studio ALM 2013 - Edition Comparison
Visual Studio ALM 2013 - Edition Comparison
Visual Studio ALM 2013 - Edition Comparison
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Latest detailed comparison: http://www.visualstudio.com/products/comparevisual-studio-products-vs
Questions?
Steve Lange sr. developer technology specialist stevenl@microsoft.com @stevelange | http://slange.me
Appendix
• Product Comparison • Visual Studio and MSDN Licensing White Paper
Magic Quadrant for Application Lifecycle Management

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Visual Studio 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
  • 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
  • 26. Steve Lange sr. developer technology specialist stevenl@microsoft.com @stevelange | http://slange.me
  • 28. • Product Comparison • Visual Studio and MSDN Licensing White Paper

Editor's Notes

  1. Review ALM Features
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  13. This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Microsoft  *Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purposePresenter TODO : Key point here is that we take supporting organizations to be more productive and reduce waste in their development processes. Based on our ALM work Visual Studio is in the “leaders” quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Application Lifecycle Management”