Microsoft Visual Studio Pros and Cons

The feature I find most valuable is the fact that it's broad-spectrum, so it can be used for a wide variety of technologies.

It's a universal solution. I like that I can easily find software developers for it. I can easily find staff on Microsoft forums. Also, we have other components that are running on top of Visual Studio. I like that it is open to other platforms. Finally, there are many many resources for Microsoft Visual Studio and I can easily find support. There is a large knowledge base for it as well.

I like it that I don't need any special software to run this program.

The most valuable feature is the integration with different databases.

I would like to see support for rapid application development. For example, if I am developing a new project, I am repeating many similar steps again and again and again. But the platform could do this easily, instead of me. It would save me time. This is something I would like to have in Microsoft Visual Studio, to have it take over repetitive tasks from me.

In the next version I would like to see a better development tool.

The reporting services are quite limited in terms of features and need to be improved.