Visual Studio 2019 Professional – Development environment licence

Visual Studio 2019 Professional is Microsoft's integrated development environment in its professional edition. It is aimed at independent developers and small teams building .NET, C++, ASP.NET applications, web services, Windows desktop applications or cross-platform mobile projects. This edition goes well beyond the Community version: it lifts its commercial-use restrictions and adds professional collaboration and diagnostic tools.

Key features

• Editor and IntelliSense — contextual completion, refactorings, code navigation, quick fixes for C#, VB.NET, C++, F#, TypeScript, Python.
• Full debugger — conditional breakpoints, step-by-step execution, remote debugging, step-back with IntelliTrace on supported scenarios.
• Live Share — a real-time shared code session with a colleague, each on their own machine, without screen sharing.
• Diagnostic tools — analysis of memory and processor usage, execution-time measurement, leak detection.
• Integrated unit testing — MSTest, NUnit, xUnit.
• Integrated Git and Azure DevOps — branches, code reviews and work-item tracking from the IDE.
• Cross-platform design — Xamarin for iOS and Android, ASP.NET Core web, Docker containers.

Professional or Enterprise?

The Enterprise edition adds tools reserved for large teams: load testing and automated interface testing, IntelliTest, Code Map and architecture analysis, advanced profiling and full code coverage. For an independent developer or a small team, Professional covers almost all real needs.

Installation and activation

The key arrives by email within 24 hours at most. Download the Visual Studio 2019 Professional installer from Microsoft, select the workloads you are interested in, then enter the key in Help › Register Product › Unlock with a product key.

System requirements

Windows 10 version 1703 or later (or Windows Server 2016+), a 64-bit multicore 1.8 GHz processor, 4 GB of RAM minimum (16 GB for large solutions), from 800 MB to 210 GB of disk space, SSD recommended.

Buy Visual Studio 2019 Professional in Switzerland

CHKEY is a Swiss company based in Lausanne. Prices in Swiss francs, official invoice, support in French by email and live chat. Key sent by email within 24h.