Visual Studio Professional 2026
Visual Studio Professional 2026 is a stand-alone integrated development environment software, with perpetual use rights included when purchased as a standalone single-year edition. It delivers a powerful suite of innovations to enhance the development experience for professional teams. Leading the way is the AI Profiler Agent, which brings expert-level performance diagnostics directly into the developer’s workflow. The new Copilot Agent Mode enables a deeply contextual AI experience across chat, debugging, reviews, and documentation. Developers also benefit from blazing-fast performance, a refreshed Fluent UI for streamlined navigation, and enterprise-grade policy controls that give organizations precise management over extension usage. These enhancements make Visual Studio Professional a smart, responsive, and secure environment for building complex applications.
Every license option, every segment.
| License option | Term | Segment | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Studio Professional 2026 | One-time purchase | Commercial | $499 |
| Visual Studio Professional 2026 | One-time purchase | Nonprofit | $199 |
| Visual Studio Professional 2026 | One-time purchase | Education | $74 |
Microsoft ERP list prices, US market, from the current CSP price list. Nonprofit and education prices require the matching Microsoft eligibility on your tenant — we verify it as part of the quote.
The licensing rules that actually matter here.
Licensing varies by product — per-core for BizTalk and System Center Datacenter/Standard, per-user for Visual Studio subscriptions.
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