A New Setup Experience
The Visual Studio 2015 setup experience has been componentized so that you only have to install the parts that you need. This makes installation faster for many common scenarios involving .NET or Web development. If you do other types of development, such as cross-platform mobile development, or you work in C++ or F#, choose Custom installation and then choose the components and optional third-party SDKs that you require. You can also install any of the custom components later. For example, if you choose Basic installation, and then attempt to create a new C++ project, you will be prompted to download the C++ development tools.
Choose your Target Platform
  • Cross Platform mobile apps in HTML/Javascript with Apache cordova
  • Cross Platform mobile games in C# with Unity
  • Universal Windows apps for any windows 10 device
  • Web
  • Classic desktop and windows store
  • C++
  • Cross Platform mobile apps in C# with Xamarin for visual studio
Device Preview Menu Bar
In Universal Windows Platform, the device preview menu bar enables you to see how your XAML-based Design will render on various screen sizes.
Connect to Services
Visual Studio 2015 makes it easier than ever to connect your app to services. The new Add Connected Service wizard configures your project, adds the necessary authentication support, and downloads the necessary NuGet packages to get you started coding against your service quickly and painlessly. The Add Connected Service wizard also integrates with the new Account Manager to make it easy to work with multiple user accounts and subscriptions.
  • Azure Mobile Services
  • Azure Storage
  • Office 365 (mail, contacts, calendars, files, users & groups)
  • Salesforce
Design Your UI
The Blend experience for designing XAML user interfaces has been significantly enhanced. Blend has been completely redesigned to provide a more intuitive UI, more powerful XAML editing capabilities including IntelliSense, and better integration with Visual Studio.
Live code Analysis
The new Roslyn compiler for C# and Visual Basic not only provides faster compile times—it also enables completely new scenarios such as live code analysis, which provide rich and customizable feedback and suggestions directly inside the code editor as you type. In Visual Studio 2015, light bulbs display in the left margin (when using the keyboard) or a tool tip (when hovering over an error with the mouse). The light bulb tells in real time that the compiler (possibly using a custom rule set) has detected an issue in your code