| Feature |
Visual Studio Professional Edition |
Visual Studio Tools For Office |
|
| IntelliSense |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Code editor |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Code snippets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Programming languages included |
All |
VB and VC# |
All |
| Office development support |
No |
Support for Excel 2003, Word 2003, InfoPath 2003 and Outlook 2003 |
Support for Excel 2003, Word 2003, InfoPath 2003 and Outlook 2003 |
| User experience |
Full |
Full |
Full |
| Windows Forms designer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Web Forms designer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mobile Device Support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Database design tools (create/modify tables and stored procedures) |
Local and remote |
Local and remote |
Local and remote |
| Data Access Designers |
Local and remote |
Local and remote |
Local and remote |
| Documentation |
MSDN |
MSDN |
MSDN |
| Class Designer / Object Test Bench |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML Editor Support |
Full XML/XSLT |
Full XML/XSLT |
Full XML/XSLT |
| Deployment Tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Extensibility |
All |
All |
All |
| Reporting |
SQL Server Reporting Services / Crystal Reports |
SQL Server Reporting Services |
SQL Server Reporting Services / Crystal Reports |
| Source Code Control |
MSSCCI-compatible (Visual SourceSafe sold separately) |
MSSCCI-compatible (Visual SourceSafe sold separately) |
MSCCI-compatible (includes Visual SourceSafe, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server sold separately) |
| Debugging |
Local / remote |
Local |
Local / remote |
| 64-bit Compiler Support (Itanium) |
No |
No |
Yes |
| 64-bit Compiler Support (x64) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Server explorer “Servers” Node |
All |
All |
All |
| SQL Server 2005 Integration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Code Profiling |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Static Analysis |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Unit Testing |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Code Coverage |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Project Management |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Test Case Management |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Size |
Multiple CDs |
Multiple CDs |
Multiple CDs |
| Additional Tools Included |
SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition |
SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition; Microsoft Office Access 2003 Developer Extensions; Access 2003 Runtime license |
SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition (included with client products only) |
| Feature |
Visual Studio Professional Edition |
Visual Studio Tools For Office |
|
