Features in the Visual Studio Premier Partner Edition
The Premier Partner Edition (PPE) provides a version of Visual Studio that includes the Visual Studio IDE, the debugger, and source code control integration. No programming languages are included. Although PPE does not include programming languages, PPE does provide a framework that lets you add programming languages.
Table of Features
The following table lists Visual Studio features that are supported in PPE.
| Feature Area | Feature |
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| Language Support |
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| Core IDE (Visual Studio shell) |
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| Project System/Types |
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| Build |
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| Editor |
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| Data |
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| Debugger |
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| 64-bit Support |
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| Source Code Control |
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| Extensibility |
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Notes
1. Data Tools
PPE includes database development tools comparable to those available in the Standard version of Visual Studio. These tools include the simplified Solution Explorer and data extensibility support. However, SQL Server Express, SQL Reporting, and Crystal Reports are not included in PPE.
2. Debugging Support
PPE includes the same debugging engine that is included in the Standard version of Visual Studio. The debugging engine provides standard debugging support that includes the common debugger for managed code, and related features, such as Run, Attach, Set Breakpoint, Edit and Continue, and others. However, the debugging engine does not support SQL Server database debugging.
Although support for native debugging is included in the basic debugger package, you cannot extend it to support additional languages.
3. Source-Code Control Integration
PPE provides APIs for implementing source-code control (SCC) and for providing the MSSCCI-based common source control integration components.
Although SCC integration is not a regular feature of the Standard edition of Visual Studio, SCC integration is provided in PPE to enhance the extensibility of Visual Studio.
4. Build Support
PPE includes the Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild). Documentation in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Development Environment SDK provide extensive documentation of MSBuild. For more information, see Supplementary Information Sources. For full MSDN reference documentation, see MSBuild Reference.
Features Not shipping with PPE
Following is a list of features that do not ship in PPE.
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Class Designer
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Pre-Emptive DotFuscator
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Language Features
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Visual Web Developer
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VSHost
By definition, no Visual Studio languages (Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++), nor their associated project templates, nor project item templates, are included in PPE. Additionally, no language-specific implementations of other features are included, such as Visual Basic Code Snippets.