Application Lifecycle Management Features in Visual Studio 2010
You can use the following table to determine which features that relate to application lifecycle management (ALM) are available in the Professional, Premium, and Ultimate editions of Visual Studio 2010. For more information about supported features in Visual Studio products and MSDN subscriptions, see Visual Studio 2010 Comparison.
Features |
Professional |
Premium |
Ultimate |
|---|---|---|---|
Architecture and Modeling |
|
|
|
Diagrams that comply with Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.1.2: sequence, class, component, activity, and use case |
No |
Read-only |
Yes |
Layer diagrams |
No |
Read-only |
Yes |
Code-generated sequence diagrams and dependency graphs |
No |
Read-only |
Yes |
Architecture Explorer |
No |
No |
Yes |
Architectural validation |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Integration with work items in Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Extensibility for UML diagrams |
No |
Read-only |
Yes |
Diagnostic Tools |
|
|
|
IntelliTrace |
No |
No |
Yes |
Static code analysis |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Code metrics |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Performance profiling |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Schema comparison |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Database Development |
|
|
|
Database projects |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Generation of test data |
Yes: can run but not create plans for generating data |
Yes |
Yes |
Database change management |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Unit testing for database objects |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Testing Tools |
|
|
|
Web performance testing |
No |
No |
Yes |
Load testing |
No |
No |
Yes |
Unit testing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Coded UI testing |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Test Manager |
No |
No |
Yes |
Virtualization for ALM |
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Create and manage virtual environments |
No |
No |
Yes with MSDN |
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 |
Yes: available only for Visual Studio Professional with MSDN |
Yes |
Yes |
Version Control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Build |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Project Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Integrated Reporting and Dashboards |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Visual Studio Test Professional 2010 with Microsoft Test Manager
By using Microsoft Test Manager, you can perform the following tasks:
Create and manage test plans, test suites, test configurations, and test cases.
Run manual tests, and create action recordings.
Fast-forward manual tests by using action recordings.
Collect data for test impact analysis.
Run automated tests, such as coded user interface (UI) tests, by using physical or virtual environments: requires Microsoft Visual Studio Agents 2010.
Create and manage virtual environments: requires Microsoft Visual Studio Agents 2010.
Note
Visual Studio Test Professional 2010 does not include Visual Studio 2010.
See Also
Reference
Concepts
What's New in Visual Studio 2010
What's New for Application Lifecycle Management in Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio 2010 Product Highlights
Getting Started with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management
Installing and Configuring Visual Studio Agents and Test and Build Controllers
Change History
Date |
History |
Reason |
|---|---|---|
|
January 2012 |
Removed entry for Static Code Analysis and Visual Studio Professional, and added Coded UI testing for Premium and Ultimate. Added link to the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Comparison. |
Content bug fix. |