Can I install Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise and Pro side-by-side?

Question

I want to use the extra features of Enterprise. But some of my team is on Pro, I'd like to be able to check what features they have available before recommending best practises for the team.

A side-by-side installation of both variants would be perfect. Is it possible?

Answer 1

Actually you cannot have both Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise and Visual Studio 2015 Pro installed side-by-side on the same machine as this feature was introduced with Visual Studio 2017 where you can have any 2017 editions installed side-by-side with each other and any previous version of Visual Studio versions like 2015 (but again - only one edition of previous version of VS).

For example for single machine it is:

OK: 2017 Com + 2017 Pro + 2017 Ent + 2015 Pro

OK: 2017 Com + 2017 Ent + 2015 Ent

NOT OK: 2015 Pro + 2015 Ent

NOT OK: 2017 Com + 2015 Com + 2015 Ent

Answer 2

Just replying to make sure that others do not get turned away by the first visible answer/comment by @Ahmedilyas, that says it's not possible.

My scenario was different, I wanted to quickly use the extra 'Architecture' feature found in Enterprise, that I did not have in my VS 2017 Professional version.

To the point...YES you can. Just open the visual studio installer, and if you do have 2017, you should have an option readily available to install Enterprise version, and it will NOT overwrite your previous installation. You have a choice to add features, choose custom installation folders, etc...

Answer 3

Yes, it is possible to run different versions of Visual studio side by side. I have visual studio 2015 professional and enterprise edition running in the same machine.