Microsoft offers Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition for professional developers working alone or in small teams who build mission-critical, multi-tier applications. The Professional Edition expands on the Standard Edition feature set to include tools for remote server development and debugging, SQL Server 2005 development, and a full, unconstrained development environment.
Professional developers will enjoy unfettered access to the .NET Framework 2.0, a robust, fully functional development environment, support for creating tools that extend the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment, and tools for creating multi-tier Windows and Web applications.
With Visual Studio 2005, professional developers can:
- Enjoy a complete development environment with comprehensive application development features
- Develop and debug multi-tier server applications from within the unified development environment
- Build solutions for SQL Server 2005 using integrated project types, deployment tools, and debugging features
- Build tools that extend the Visual Studio IDE using the Visual Studio SDK
System requirements
Requirements vary for different combinations of components within Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Professional Edition. To install Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, we recommend:
- Computer with a 600 mhz or faster processor
- Visual Studio® 2005 Professional Edition can be installed on the following operating systems:
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4,
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition (WOW)
Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 with Service Pack 1
Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, x64 Editions (WOW)
Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2
Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 R2, x64 Editions (WOW)
Microsoft® Windows Vista™
- 192 MB of RAM or more
- 2 GB of available hard-disk space
- DVD-ROM drive
- 1024x768 or higher-resolution display with 256 colors
- Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device