ALL features are available in the trial period.

A commercial license is required when you need to use more powerful features like the prerequisites, dialogs editor or custom actions. It includes a FREE version (unlimited time) for creating ( 'Advanced Installer 'Simple' project type.') and installers from Visual Studio with full Azure DevOPs integration.Microsoft Device Guard Signing Service v2 & Azure Key Vault Signing.Convert WiX Toolset projects directly from Visual Studio.Digital signature built-in support for an EV Code Signing Certificate (eToken).Read more about our Microsoft partnership. Suggest a feature, track product issues, and find answers in the Visual Studio Developer Community.MSIX Packaging.If you're an IT Administrator and don't have Visual Studio installed, you can submit IT Admin feedback here. Report product issues to us via the Report a Problem tool that appears both in the Visual Studio Installer and in the Visual Studio IDE.We also offer an installation chat (English only) support option for installation-related issues.

If your Visual Studio installation fails, see Troubleshoot Visual Studio installation and upgrade issues for step-by-step guidance. Visual Studio opens your new project, and you're ready to code!

You can filter by using the Platform list and the Project type list, too. You can also filter your search for a specific programming language by using the Language drop-down list. To see different templates, choose different workloads. The list of templates depends on the workloads that you chose during installation.

In the template search box, enter the type of app you want to create to see a list of available templates. On the start window, choose Create a new project. After your Visual Studio installation is complete, select the Launch button to get started developing with Visual Studio.

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