I am given to do a project in .net 4.6.1

Hi Dyansmith,

You can even use Visual Studio 2013 as well and you are not limited to only Visual Studio 2015. However Visual Studio 2015 has more advanced features in various areas and greater language support of C# 6.0.

Hope this helps, Best Wishes.

You can go with Visual Studio 2015. If you are a student then you can go with "VS 2015 - Community Edition". It is free version, and equiped with needed features.

https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.aspx