Updated: July 9, 2020 (June 12, 2006)

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Visual Studio Editions for Team System

Three specialized editions of the Visual Studio 2005 integrated development environment (IDE) will support group development in conjunction with Team Foundation Server. Shown here are the major development tasks that each edition supports. Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition will include the features of all three editions. Visual Studio Standard and Express Editions will not include any of the team development features shown here.

Development Role Feature Team Edition for Software Architects Team Edition for Software Developers Team Edition for Software Testers
Architect Application Modeling YES    
  Deployment Modeling YES    
  Class Modeling YES YES  
Developer Source-Code Analysis   YES  
  Source-Code Profiling   YES  
Tester Load Testing  

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