It can and does refer to the IDE first. I'll prove it to your by showing that it's the first result of a search.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=MSVC&t=ffab&ia=web

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/features/cplusplus/

It’s OK to say you were wrong. You don’t have to be angry online. I promise!

Seems like projection. Since it's ok to be wrong I guess you'll reply with an apology.