Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 -

Plan your migration to VS2022 before October 2025. In the meantime, keep that VS2015 installation pristine—it’s your safety net for the legacy code that still pays the bills.

The Community edition was revolutionary. For the first time, small teams building commercial apps (with fewer than 250 PCs or $1M in annual revenue) could use a full-featured IDE for free. microsoft visual studio 2015

: Microsoft bundled its own high-performance Android emulator, reducing the friction of mobile testing without needing a physical device. Smarter Coding with "Roslyn" Plan your migration to VS2022 before October 2025