Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026

Professional developer tools and services for individual developers or small teams.

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Prices from: $ 1,581.72 Version: 2026 4.50 Star Average Review4.50 Star Average Review4.50 Star Average Review4.50 Star Average Review4.50 Star Average Review (8)

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On December 31, 2021 Microsoft discontinued their 2-Year Open Business licensing plans for Visual Studio/MSDN for new licenses and renewals. After 30-Dec-2021, New Visual Studio licenses are 3 Year Open Licenses. For renewals of existing 2 year subscription licenses, Microsoft is allowing customers that haven’t expired to renew their subscriptions to the 3-year Open Value license plan, as they...

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On December 31, 2021 Microsoft discontinued their 2-Year Open Business licensing plans for Visual Studio/MSDN for new licenses and renewals. After 30-Dec-2021, New Visual Studio licenses are 3 Year Open Licenses. For renewals of existing 2 year subscription licenses, Microsoft is allowing customers that haven’t expired to renew their subscriptions to the 3-year Open Value license plan, as they near expiration.

Microsoft Visual Studio Subscriptions are available in the following editions:

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026

Visual Studio 2026 Professional with MSDN subscription delivers a full-featured, enterprise-class IDE that pairs the latest tools for .NET, C++, cloud, mobile and cross-platform development with cloud services, testing tools, support, and ongoing updates. It combines a perpetual (or subscription-renewable) license for the IDE with access to a broad catalog of Microsoft software, Azure credits, DevOps and collaboration services, training resources, and support, ensuring developers and teams stay productive, up-to-date and well-equipped for modern software projects.

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026

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Visual Studio Professional is the core component of the subscription: a robust IDE designed for building applications across Windows, web, mobile, and cloud platforms using .NET, C#, C++, and more. With the 2026 release, developers get full support for .NET 10, C# 14, and updated C++ standards, so you can leverage the latest language features and platform enhancements. The IDE supports large solutions, complex builds, cross-platform development (including mobile and cloud-native workloads), and...

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  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
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