# Visual Studio

PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio provides IntelliSense, syntax highlighting, debugging and more for PowerShell in Visual Studio. 

[PowerShell Pro Tools](https://docs.poshtools.com/powershell-pro-tools-documentation/visual-studio) includes additional features for Visual Studio including a Windows Forms Designer, PowerShell 7 support and PSScriptAnalyzer support. 

## Visual Studio Support

* [Visual Studio 2017](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AdamRDriscoll.PowerShellToolsforVisualStudio2017-18561)
* [Visual Studio 2019](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AdamRDriscoll.PowerShellToolsforVisualStudio2017-18561)
* [Visual Studio 2022](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AdamRDriscoll.PowerShellToolsVS2022)

## Supported PowerShell Versions

* Windows PowerShell 5.1
* PowerShell 7.0
* PowerShell 7.1
* PowerShell 7.2


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