Updated: July 9, 2020 (June 9, 2008)

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Visual Studio Editions for Team System

Specialized editions of the Visual Studio IDE support group development in conjunction with Team Foundation Server. Shown here are the major development tasks that each edition supports. Visual Studio Team Suite includes the features of all editions. The Standard and Express Editions do not include any of the team development features shown here.

Development Role Feature Architecture Edition Development Edition Test Edition Database Edition
Architect Application Modeling YES      
Deployment Modeling YES      
Class Modeling YES YES    
Developer Source-Code Analysis   YES    
Source-Code Profiling   YES    
Tester Load Testing     YES  
Test Case Management     YES

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