Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 For Mac
Thanks to integration with Xamarin, a cross-platform software development company that Microsoft acquired last year, Visual Studio encourages macOS and iOS developers 'to use Microsoft’s development tools, since they will no longer need a Windows computer or virtual machine to do so.' Xamarin Studio is expected to eventually close for good following a full integration into Microsoft.
“Developers get a great IDE and a single environment to not only work on end-to-end solutions — from mobile and web apps to games — but also to integrate with and deploy to Azure,” Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of the Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise group, said in a statement. “Whether you use C#, F#, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, Xamarin or Unity, you’ll get a best-in-class development environment, natively designed for the Mac.”Visual Studio has been designed natively for macOS, according to Microsoft, letting developers manage their code hosted by any provider, including GitHub and Visual Studio Team Services. Developers can build, connect, and tune native mobile apps for iOS, macOS, and Android while also having the ability to create web applications thanks to support for ASP.NET Core. In terms of programming languages, the C# and F# languages are supported.
There are three different versions of Visual Studio for Mac that users can download, including Visual Studio Community, Visual Studio Professional, and Visual Studio Enterprise. Microsoft markets Community as its free, but 'fully-featured,' IDE for students and individual developers. Professional targets small teams with subscription benefits, while more 'demanding' users and projects with larger scale are suggested to look into Enterprise.
For its cloud subscriptions, there are yearly and monthly options available to users interested in the higher-tier Visual Studio plans. An annual subscription to Visual Studio Professional costs $539/year while a monthly subscription costs $45/month. For Visual Studio Enterprise, users will pay $2,999/year or $250/month. Subscribers will be able to earn small credits back each month for the yearly tiers, contingent on their use of different Azure services.
For a detailed breakdown of the differences between each Visual Studio subscription, including individual licenses, check out the app's new website.
Guides
To install Visual Studio 2017 for Mac, see Visual Studio 2017 Downloads. For information about everything that's new in this release, see the Visual Studio for Mac 2017 release notes. See also Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Platform Targeting and Compatibility. Visual Studio Enterprise offers seamless productivity for teams across PC and Mac, with the inclusion of Visual Studio for Mac. Build modern apps, games, and services for mobile, web, and cloud using enterprise-grade tools crafted for the operating system of your choice.
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Visual Studio for Mac provides you with three different subscription levels to choose from, all accessible from one download:
- Visual Studio Enterprise for Mac
- Visual Studio Professional for Mac
- Visual Studio Community for Mac
To start using a subscription, log in to Visual Studio for Mac by following the steps in the Signing in to Visual Studio for Mac guide. Signing in activates your subscription, which is displayed in the accounts dialog:
Update expired licenses
If your subscription has expired, you have two options:
Renew your subscription. You can renew your subscription by browsing to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing/.
If you have another account with an active subscription, you can add it to Visual Studio for Mac as detailed in the Adding multiple user accounts article. Visual Studio for Mac will detect the best available license from all accounts that you have added.
Product key usage
Currently, there is no way to utilize a product key to enable Professional or Enterprise entitlements for Visual Studio for Mac. To use Visual Studio Enterprise for Mac or Visual Studio Professional for Mac, you must have a relevant subscription and be signed in to the IDE.
Visual Studio Community 2017
Offline activation
Note
Offline activation is not available for Visual Studio for Mac.To activate your Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Professional or Enterprise subscription, you must be connected to the internet when signing in.
Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 Price
If you have purchased Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 for Mac for machines without an internet connection, you may continue to use Visual Studio for Mac without activation, but Xamarin Inspector, Xamarin Profiler, and embedded assemblies features will not be available.