What features are missing from Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition?

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Microsoft has recently announced the release of Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition, which they claim is a full featured IDE.

Indeed, they mention features like add-on support (eg. ReSharper) that were major feature gaps in Express Edition.

They are less clear about what features Community Edition does not have. There is a comparison of VS editions, but it does not appear to include Community Edition.

What features does Community Edition not have, that at least one other Visual Studio 2013 edition does?

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2 Answers

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Microsoft notes in the Community Edition FAQ:

Visual Studio Community 2013 includes all the great functionality of Visual Studio Professional 2013, designed and optimized for individual developers, students, open source contributors, and small teams.

VS Professional is mentioned on the comparison. Compared to Ultimate, the following features are missing from Professional:

  • Debugging
    • IntelliTrace in Production
    • IntelliTrace (Historical Debugging)
    • IntelliTrace Performance Indicators
    • .NET Memory Dump Analysis
    • Code Map Debugger Integration
    • Performance and Diagnostics Hub does not include Tier Interaction Profiling
  • Testing Tools
    • Web Load & Performance Testing
    • Microsoft Fakes
    • Code Coverage
    • Coded UI Testing
    • Manual Testing
    • Exploratory testing
    • Test Case Management
    • Fast-forward for Manual Testing
  • Integrated Development Environment
    • CodeLens
    • Code Clone
    • Blend does not include SketchFlow
  • Architecture and Modeling
    • Architecture Explorer
    • Architecture and Layer Diagrams
    • Architecture validation
    • UML 2.0 Compliant Diagrams
    • Code dependency graphs and code maps are read only
  • Team Foundation Server
    • Web-based Test Case Management
    • Agile Portfolio Management
    • Team Room
    • Work Item Charting is read-only
    • Request and Manage Feedback
    • Release Management
  • Visual Studio Online services
    • Cloud-based Web Load and Performance Testing
    • Web-based Test Case Management
    • Agile Portfolio Management
    • Team Room
    • Work Item Charting is read only
    • Request and Manage Feedback
  • Collaboration tools
    • PowerPoint Storyboarding
    • Code Review
    • Task Suspend/Resume
  • Various subscriptions for Microsoft services and products which probably are not relevant for Community Edition.

It's probably safe to assume this is a good description of features missing from Community Edition.

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This is the updated feature comparison info page for Visual Studio 2015.

https://www.visualstudio.com/products/compare-visual-studio-2015-products-vs

It is not totally on par with the Professional Edition, but there is still huge amount of value there!