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Visual Studio 2019 contains many new and exciting features and IDE productivity enhancements tosupport Windows app development, cross-platform mobile development, Azure development, web and cloud development,and more. To try out Visual Studio 2019, see Visual Studio 2019 Downloads.For more information about everything that's new in this release, see theVisual Studio 2019 release notes andWhat's New in Visual Studio 2019.

For Visual Studio Code, see Visual Studio Code FAQ.
For Visual Studio 2019 for Mac, see Visual Studio for Mac Platform Targeting and Compatibility.
For Visual Studio 2019 for Mac release notes.

Installation

You can install and use Visual Studio 2019 alongsideprevious versions of Visual Studio, including Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio 2015, Visual Studio 2013, and Visual Studio 2012.

Download

Click a button to download the latest version of Visual Studio 2019. For instructions on installing and updating Visual Studio 2019, see theUpdate Visual Studio 2019 to the most recent release.Also, see instructions on how to install offline.

Note: Installation package size will vary depending on your current Visual Studio configuration.

System Requirements

For information on the system requirements for installing and running the Visual Studio 2019 family of products,including Team Foundation Server 2019, see the Visual Studio 2019 System Requirement page andVisual Studio for Mac Product Family System Requirements.

Feedback and Support

For support, or to submit feedback on Visual Studio, see:

Upgrade Projects to Visual Studio 2019

When following the supported upgrade paths, your Visual Studio source, solutions, and project files will continueto work; however, you should expect to make some changes to sources. While we cannot guarantee binary compatibilitybetween releases, we will do our best to document significant changes to assist you with updates.

Note

For details on how to migrate your projects to Visual Studio 2019, see Porting, Migrating, and Upgrading Visual Studio Projects.

Platform Targeting

Visual Studio provides cutting-edge tools and technologies to create apps that take advantage of thelatest platform capabilities, whether Windows, Android, iOS, or Linux. Visual Studio 2019 also targetsearlier platforms so you can create new apps or modernize existing apps that execute on earlier versionsof Windows while leveraging the enhanced development tools, quality enablement, and team collaborationcapabilities in Visual Studio 2019. For more information, see Managing references in aproject and Visual Studio Multi-TargetingOverview.

Visual Studio 2019 Support for Windows Development

The following table explains the Microsoft Windows platforms for which you can build apps by using Visual Studio 2019.

Build Apps that Run on Windows Clients	Using Tools for Native and Managed Classic Windows Desktop Development	Using Tools for UWP App Development
Windows 10	Yes (see notes below)	Yes (see notes below)
Windows 10 Team Edition	Not applicable	Yes (see notes below)
HoloLens	No	Yes See the Windows Holographic Dev Center.
Xbox One	Not applicable	Yes See the Xbox Dev Center.
Windows 8.1 (Windows 8)	Yes	Windows Store app development is not available.
Windows 7	Yes	Not applicable
Windows Vista	Yes Remote debugging and profiling tools are not available.	Not applicable
Windows XP	Yes Managed development requires using Visual Studio .NET multi-targeting. Remote debugging and profiling tools are not available.	Not applicable
Build Apps that Run on Windows Phone	Using Tools for Native and Managed Classic Windows Desktop Development	Using Tools for UWP App Development
Windows 10 Mobile	No	Windows Store app development is not available.
Windows Phone 8.1 and earlier	No	Windows Store app development is not available.
Build Apps that Run on Windows Server	Using Tools for Native and Managed Classic Windows Desktop Development	Using Tools for UWP App Development
Windows Server 2016	Yes	Yes (see notes below)
Windows Server 2016, Nano Server Installation Option	Yes, for .NET Core and a subset of Win32 See the Nano Server Dev Center.	No
Windows Server 2012 R2	Yes	Windows Store app development is not available.
Windows Server 2012	Yes	Windows Store app development is not available.
Windows Server 2008 R2	Yes	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008	Yes Remote debugging and profiling tools are not available.	Not applicable
Windows Server 2003	Yes Remote debugging and profiling tools are not available. Managed development requires using Visual Studio .NET multi-targeting and requires side-by-side installation of Visual Studio 2010. For more information, see: A Look Ahead at the Visual Studio 2012 Product Lineup and Platform Support.	Not applicable
Build Apps that Run on Windows Embedded Devices	Using Tools for Native and Managed Classic Windows Desktop Development	Using Tools for UWP App Development
Windows 10 IoT Core	Yes, for a subset of Win32 APIs See the IoT Core API Porting Tool for information.	Yes See the Windows IoT Dev Center for additional tools and resources.
Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise	No	Yes See the Windows IoT Dev Center for additional tools and resources.
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise	Yes See the Windows IoT Dev Center for additional tools and resources.	Yes See the Windows IoT Dev Center for additional tools and resources.
Windows Embedded 8 Standard and 8.1 Industry	Yes	No
Windows Embedded Compact 2013	No	Not applicable
Windows Embedded 7 (Compact, Standard, and POSReady)	No	Not applicable
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and earlier	No	Not applicable
Windows XP Embedded (Including POSReady 2009, WES 2009, WEPOS)	No	Not applicable

Notes

For support information regarding Microsoft operating systems, see Microsoft Support Lifecycle and Windows 10 Release Information.
For support information on Microsoft .NET Framework, see .NET Framework Support Lifecycle FAQand .NET Framework System Requirements.
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC edition, Windows 10 S and Windows 10 Team Edition are not supported for development.You may use Visual Studio 2019 to build apps that r

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