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Microsoft Visual Studio including Azure App Service, Xamarin, and Visual Studio App Center

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in Application Development
4.4

Overview

Product Information on Microsoft Visual Studio including Azure App Service, Xamarin, and Visual Studio App Center

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Microsoft Visual Studio including Azure App Service, Xamarin, and Visual Studio App Center?

Microsoft Visual Studio is a software that enables developers to build, debug, and deploy applications for various platforms including web, desktop, and mobile. The software provides integrated development environments with features such as code editing, testing, and collaboration tools. Azure App Service is included as a software component that allows users to host web applications and APIs, offering capabilities for automated scaling and deployment. Xamarin, incorporated in Visual Studio, supports cross-platform mobile application development using shared codebase across Android and iOS. Visual Studio App Center is a software suite that facilitates continuous integration and delivery for mobile and desktop applications, enabling automated build, test, and distribution workflows. The software addresses business requirements for streamlining application development, improving productivity, and automating deployment processes.

Microsoft Visual Studio including Azure App Service, Xamarin, and Visual Studio App Center Pricing

Microsoft Visual Studio software offers a range of pricing models including free community editions and various paid tiers for professional and enterprise users, with licensing options available as individual subscriptions or volume licensing for organizations. Azure App Service is priced based on tier, resources, and usage, while Xamarin is included with certain Visual Studio subscriptions. Visual Studio App Center service uses a usage-based pricing model based on selected features and tiered monthly plans.

Overall experience with Microsoft Visual Studio including Azure App Service, Xamarin, and Visual Studio App Center

Statistical Research Officer
30B + USD, Insurance (except health)
FAVORABLE

“Multi-Format Support and AI-Assisted Code Review in Microsoft Visual Studio”

5.0
Feb 14, 2026
Microsoft Visual Studio is the best IDE / code editor ! It is a complete development environment that I use daily to write code, read text, review code with AI .. It supports many technologies and helps structure code efficiently.
iOS Developer
250M - 500M USD, Software
CRITICAL

“AI Integration Stands Out While Framework Issues Hinder Visual Studio Experience”

3.0
Jul 15, 2025
Overall, my experience with Visual Studio has been mixed - the AI features and customization options are great, but frequent issues with framework support and unreliable extensions have made it a bit frustrating to use for more complex development.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 11th August 2023

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Updated 25th March 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1975
Head office location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Number of employees
10000+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
https://microsoft.com

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Microsoft Visual Studio including Azure App Service, Xamarin, and Visual Studio App Center Likes & Dislikes

Like

A strong ecosystem of extensions which allows me to adapt the IDE to my exact needs. Support for multiple code formats (with text color) such as JSOn, SQL, XML .. There is built in formatting, validation and syntax highlighting.

Like

All the AI integrations tools into it, and the convenient terminal tools.

Like

It is easy to use, and extendable to meet our ever-changing needs. GitHub integration and the extension manager streamline support for legacy code.

Dislike

Maybe the start up time : a little bit slow

Dislike

1. unreliable extensions 2. lack of framework support 3. the fact its basically a text editor with some additions aside, linter needs to be downloaded separately

Dislike

Some issues with angular syntax checking slows the process at times.

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Microsoft Visual Studio including Azure App Service, Xamarin, and Visual Studio App Center Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(332 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

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4 Star
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3 Star
6%
2 Star
1%
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0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.3

Integration & Deployment

4.5

Service & Support

4.4

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • Statistical Research Officer
    10B+ USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Multi-Format Support and AI-Assisted Code Review in Microsoft Visual Studio

    5.0
    Feb 14, 2026
    Microsoft Visual Studio is the best IDE / code editor ! It is a complete development environment that I use daily to write code, read text, review code with AI .. It supports many technologies and helps structure code efficiently.
  • Database Developer
    1B-10B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Visual Studio Simplifies Code Research and Collaboration for Development Teams

    4.0
    Jul 29, 2025
    I use Visual Studio weekly in my current role. It makes it easy to research our code base, and allows me to contribute and collaborate with the development team.
  • iOS Developer
    50M-1B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    AI Integration Stands Out While Framework Issues Hinder Visual Studio Experience

    3.0
    Jul 15, 2025
    Overall, my experience with Visual Studio has been mixed - the AI features and customization options are great, but frequent issues with framework support and unreliable extensions have made it a bit frustrating to use for more complex development.
  • IT Associate
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Web Service Deployments Made Simple, Repository Navigation Still Presents Difficulties

    4.0
    Jul 7, 2025
    Good software with great implementation for Azure that makes deployments for web services easy.
  • Software Developer
    10B+ USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Visual Studio Simplifies Debugging but Project Configuration Remains Complex on Windows

    5.0
    Jun 16, 2025
    Visual Studio is good for developing on Windows as it offers multiple compilers and helpful extensions. Debugging capabilities are also good, along with memory profiling. But the project settings are complicated with need for MFC and many windows specific tools which is a downside.
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