When you install Unity, you have the option to install Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity as the default script editor. However, this is not a full version of Visual Studio.
Visual Studio is a powerful IDE for all kinds of projects. When we build for UWP from Unity, we will actually build a Visual Studio-ready project folder that you can then open in VS to complete the compile, build, and deploy process in order to run the app on your device.
At a minimum, you will need Visual Studio 2015, Update 3, with the following components (see https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/holographic/install_the_tools):
- Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10586)
- Tools 1.4
Visual Studio comes in three editions, namely Community, Professional ...
