Visual Studio .NET is available in four editions: Professional, Enterprise Developer, Enterprise Architect, and Academic. The core languages included with Visual Studio — Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual C#, and Visual J# — are each also offered in separate standard editions.
The following table lists the different features available with each edition of Visual Studio .NET.
| Feature | Professional | Enterprise Developer | Enterprise Architect | Academic |
| Visual Basic .NET | X | X | X | X |
| Visual C++ .NET | X | X | X | X |
| Visual C# .NET | X | X | X | X |
| Visual J# .NET | X | X | X | X |
| Create and use XML Web services | X | X | X | X |
| Build Web applications | X | X | X | X |
| Build Windows applications | X | X | X | X |
| Target handheld wireless devices | X | X | X | X |
| Target Pocket PC's and Windows CE .NET powered devices | X | X | X | X |
| Design tables and views on SQL Server Desktop Engine | X | X | X | X |
| Design tables, views, procedures, triggers, functions, and so forth, on SQL Server Desktop Engine, SQL Server, and Not Oracle | | X | X | |
| Windows 2000 Server Developer Edition | | X | X | |
| SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition | | X | X | |
| Commerce Server 2000 Developer Edition | | X | X | |
| Host Integration Server 2000 Developer Edition | | X | X | |
| Exchange Server 2000 Developer Edition | | X | X | |
| Visual SourceSafe | | X | X | |
| Test XML Web services and applications | | X | X | |
| .NET Reference Applications | | X | X | |
| Enterprise Templates execution | | X | X | |
| Enterprise Templates authoring | | | X | |
| BizTalk Server 2000 Developer Edition | | | X | |
| Visio-based software modeling | | | X | |
| Visio-based database modeling | | | X | |
| Tools for faculty, including assignment management and code extraction | | | | X |
| Tools for students, including application wizards and assignment management | | | | X |
| Academic-specific documentation and code samples for faculty and students | | | | X |
See Also
Installation and Setup | What's New in Visual Studio .NET | Visual Basic .NET Standard Edition| Visual C# .NET Standard Edition | Visual C++ .NET Standard Edition | Visual Database Tools Editions
