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Visual C++ Tools and Templates in Visual Studio Editions
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The following tables show Visual C++ features that are available in Visual Studio. An X in a cell indicates that the feature is available; an empty cell indicates that the feature is not available. Notes in parentheses indicate that a feature is available, but restricted.
Platform Visual Studio Express for Windows 10 Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Community/Professional Visual Studio Enterprise Windows Desktop X X X Universal Windows Platform ((phone, tablet, PC, Xbox, IoT, and HoloLens)) X X X Windows Store 8.1 X X Windows Phone 8.0 X X Android X X iOS X X
Compiler Visual Studio Express for Windows Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Professional / Community Visual Studio Enterprise 32-bit X86 compiler X X X X X86_arm cross-compiler X X X 64-bit x64 compiler X X X86_ x64 cross-compiler X X X X
Library or Header Visual Studio Express for Windows Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Professional / Community Visual Studio Enterprise Windows headers and libraries and CRT library (X) X X X STL X X X X ATL X X MFC X X .NET Framework class library X X X C++ Support Library for .NET X X X OpenMP X X X X
Template Visual Studio Express for Windows Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Professional / Community Visual Studio Enterprise XAML Templates for UWP, Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.0 X X X Direct3D App X X X DLL (Windows Store apps) X X X Static Library (Windows Store apps) X X X Windows Runtime Component X X X Unit Test Library (Windows Store apps) X X X ATL Project X X Class Library (CLR) X X X CLR Console Application X X X CLR Empty Project X X X Custom Wizard X X Empty Project X X X Makefile Project X X X MFC ActiveX Control X X MFC Application X X MFC DLL X X Test Project X X X X Win32 Console Application X X X Win32 Project X X X
Tool Visual Studio Express for Windows Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Professional / Community Visual Studio Enterprise Incremental Linker (Link.exe) X X X X Program Maintenance Utility (Nmake.exe) X X X Lib Generator (Lib.exe) X X X X Windows Resource Compiler (Rc.exe) X X X X Windows Resource to Object Converter (CvtRes.exe) X X X Browse Information Maintenance Utility (BscMake.exe) X X X X C++ Name Undecorator (Undname.exe) X X X X COFF/PE Dumper (Dumpbin.exe) X X X X COFF/PE Editor (Editbin.exe) X X X X MASM (Ml.exe) X X Spy++ X X ErrLook X X AtlTrace X X Devenv.com X X Inference Rules X X Upgrade VCBuild .vcproj projects to MSBuild (VCUpgrade.exe) X X X X Profile Guided Optimizations X X
Debugging Feature Visual Studio Express for Windows Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Professional / Community Visual Studio Enterprise Native Debugging X X X X natvis (native type visualization) X X X X Graphics Debugging X X X Managed Debugging X X X GPU usage X X X Memory usage X X X Remote Debugging X X X X SQL Debugging X X Static Code Analysis Limited Limited X X
Designer or Editor Visual Studio Express for Windows Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Professional / Community Visual Studio Enterprise XAML Designer X X X CSS Style Designer/Editor X X X X HTML Designer/Editor X X X X XML Editor X X X X Source Code Editor X X X X Productivity Features: Refactoring, IntelliSense, C++ Code Formatting X X X X Windows Forms Designer X X X Data Designer X X Native Resource Editor (.rc files) X X Resource Editors X X X X Model editor X X X Shader designer X X X
Data Feature Visual Studio Express for Windows Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Professional / Community Visual Studio Premium Visual Studio Enterprise Data Designer X X X Data Objects X X X Web Services X X X Server Explorer X X X
Build or Project Feature Visual Studio Express for Windows Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Professional / Community Visual Studio Enterprise Command line builds (msbuild.exe) X X X X Native Multi-targeting X X X Managed Multi-targeting X X X Parallel Builds X X X X Build Customizations X X X X Property Pages Extensibility X X X X
Automation and Extensibility Visual Studio Express for Windows Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Professional / Community Visual Studio Enterprise Extensibility Object Models X X Code Model X X Project Model X X Resource Editor Model X X Wizard Model X X Debugger Object Model X X
Tool Visual Studio Express for Windows Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop Visual Studio Professional / Community Visual Studio Enterprise Unit Testing (native framework) X X X X Unit Testing (managed framework) X X X Code coverage X Manual testing X Exploratory testing X Test case management X Code map and dependency graphs read-only X Code map debugging X
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