What is “missing” in the Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions?

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The major areas where Visual Studio Express lacks features compared to Visual Studio Professional:

  • No add-ins/macros
  • Some Win32 tools missing
  • No Team Explorer support
  • Limited refactoring support
  • Debugging is much more limited (particularly problematic for server development is no remote debugging)
  • Lack of support for setup projects
  • No report creation tools
  • No Office development support
  • No mobile platform support
  • Limited set of designers
  • Limited set of database tools
  • No code profiling or test framework support
  • No MFC/ATL support
  • No support for compiling C++ to 64-bit images (workaround is to install Windows SDK which is free)

NOTE: it is often said that the Express EULA does not permit commercial development – that is not true (Visual Studio Express FAQ Item 7)

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