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Microsoft Visual Studio Express
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<p>Microsoft Visual Studio Express was a set of <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">integrated development environments</a> (IDEs) that <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> developed and <a href="/facts/Freeware/c8oGA9ju">released free of charge</a>. They are function-limited version of the non-free <a href="/facts/Visual_Studio/omNe6Lej">Visual Studio</a> and require mandatory registration. Express editions started with Visual Studio 2005. </p><p>In 2013, Microsoft began supplanting Visual Studio Express with the more feature-rich Community edition of Visual Studio, which is available free of charge with a different license that disallow some scenarios in enterprise settings. The last version of the Express edition is the desktop-only 2017. </p>