Is it possible to have both VS 2012 Express and VS 2012 Premium installed? - visual-studio

I need both Visual Studio 2012 Express and Visual Studio 2012 Premium installed because of licensing reasons (I downloaded Visual Studio 2012 Premium from DreamSpark).
Is it possible to have them both installed on the same machine? Won't their installations clash with each other?

I have Visual Studio Express for Web 2012 and Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 installed on the same machine, with no problems that I know of.

It is possible like Alyce sad (+1). I know some colleagues which have 3 and more VS installed. I personally installed two generation (2008 and 2012). In some case installation sequence matters. There are also several Microsoft help-sites about this theme like this one.

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Install Visual Studio Express 2013 Windows Desktop and Web Application

I already installed the Visual Studio Express 2013 For Windows Desktop to my system and now I want to install the Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web Application.
Problems:
It is possible to install both Visual Studio versions on the same system?
If I installed both software on the same system than it may occur any issues?
Even if you install both version it neither affect your machine nor slower your machine .
You can indeed install both versions side-by-side. In fact, Visual Studio is designed such that you can install not only different editions within the same version (e.g., VS 2013 for Desktop alongside VS 2013 for Web), but also different versions (e.g., a VS 2013 edition alongside a VS 2015 edition).
Check out the Installing Visual Studio Versions Side-by-Side article on MSDN. The only stipulation that Microsoft makes is that versions should be installed in the order in which they were released (e.g., install VS 2013 before VS 2015 products).
On my personal development machine, I have VS 2012 Desktop, 2013 Desktop, and VS 2015 for Web installed without any issues whatsoever. I routinely run different versions at the same time as well.

BizTalk integration into Visual Studio 2012

I am trying to integrate the BizTalk 2013 R2 templates into Visual Studio 2012 for a work project.
I tried to repair the BizTalk installation, but I still cannot find the BizTalk templates in Visual Studio.
I am using the two programs on a Windows Server 2012 workstation.
Can anyone help me understand what I might be doing wrong?
For all those interested in an answer, BizTalk 2013 R2 only works with the 2013 edition of Visual Studio. Therfore you will need to install this edition for it to be integrated.

How to Open Visual Studio 2012 Professional on Machine with Visual Studio Ultimate

For testing, I need access to both Professional and Ultimate. I do not see how to open Professional after following these steps:
1. Ultimate previously installed
2. Professional was just installed with no errors
3. Visual Studio 2012 is in Windows 8 (by searching in Start screen) and selecting it brings up Ultimate
4. Professional not seen on the Start screen (just Visual Studio 2012 when searching)
5. Professional not seen in folders (missed it or ??)
I looked through stackoverflow posts as well as documentation but did not see the answer. How do I bring up Professional?
Thanks!
You can't have two different editions of the same VS version installed side-by-side. This requirement is typically best handled by installing Professional into a VM.
You can have two different versions, ie: VS 2012 Ultimate and VS 2013 Professional, however.

Installing TFS 2012 where some Visual Studio 2010 are still present?

Is it safe to install TFS 2012 where some Visual Studio 2010 dev machines are still present?
Thanks.
You can use VS 2010 with TFS 2012, but you need to install SP1 and a GDR. See the compatibility matrix for more information.
You won't be able to use the new features (like code review) nor create new team projects though.

Going from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010 Express Editions

I use C# and asp.net in visual studio 2008 standard. I just found out that there is no Visual studio 2010 standard.
I can't really afford Visual studio 2010 Pro.
So what am I going to lose when (if) I start using
C# 2010 express
web dev 2010 express
Have a look at this question, it has a complete list.
Prices were leaked here: Microsoft names Visual Studio 2010 dates. There is no Standard edition, Visual Studio 2010 Professional will be priced at $799, ooouuuuch!!!
I'm using the express editions of VS 2010 and here's what I've found to be missing compared to VS 2008 Pro:
No support for plugins at all (e.g. no Resharper or what not)
No windows Service template (this is really odd as this exists in VS 2008 C# express edition, so it must've been removed from 2008 express to 2010 express)
And that's pretty much it, there are probably other things missing too, however I haven't come across anything else.
I've used VS 2008 express editions at home for a long time (and now 2010 express), but run VS 2008 Pro at work.

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