MSDN Subscriptions for Visual Studio 2005
The best way to get Visual Studio 2005.
With the release of Visual Studio 2005, five new MSDN Premium
subscriptions will be introduced for
Visual Studio 2005: one for the Visual Studio
2005 Team Suite, one for each of the Visual
Studio 2005 Team Editions for Software
Developers, Architects, and Testers, and one for
Visual Studio 2005 Professional. Each of these
new MSDN Premium subscriptions for Visual Studio
2005 includes the prior benefits of MSDN
Universal with the latest development tools and
technologies and continuous, priority access to
product updates and new releases.
Upon release of these new subscriptions, MSDN
Universal and MSDN Enterprise will no longer be offered
for sale and qualifying MSDN Universal and MSDN
Enterprise subscribers will be upgraded, at no
additional cost, to one of the higher value MSDN Premium
subscriptions for the Visual Studio Team System
role-based products.
The MSDN Professional subscription will continue to
be offered but will be renamed for sale as Visual
Studio Professional Edition with MSDN Professional.
Visual Studio Professional will now also be offered with
the MSDN Premium Subscription, offering all the
Microsoft Operating Systems, Servers, and Productivity
Applications formerly offered only through MSDN
Universal.
The MSDN Operating Systems and MSDN Library
subscriptions remain unchanged.
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Who needs it? |
Software
Development
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Architects |
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Developers |
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Testers |
Professional
Developers |
Professional
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Developers building on the Microsoft platform |
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Operating Systems |
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Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite |
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Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software
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Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software
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Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software
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Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition |
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Visual FoxPro |
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Support Incidents |
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MSDN Library |
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All Major Microsoft Operating Systems A, B |
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SQL Server & SQL Reporting Services (Developer
Editions) A |
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Broad Range of Windows Server Products A, C |
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Visual Source Safe 2005 |
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Productivity Apps (including Office, Project,
Visio) A, D |
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Microsoft Business Solutions E |
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- Product pricing and availability will vary by
Volume Licensing program and geography.
- Renewal pricing for the Visual Studio Team Suite
with MSDN Premium Subscriptions is only available to
customers with active or expiring MSDN Premium
subscriptions for any of the Visual Studio Team
Editions, including MSDN Universal or Enterprise
Subscribers transitioned into a new Visual Studio
role based subscription.
- Renewal pricing for Visual Studio Team Editions
for Software Developers, Architects, or Testers with
MSDN Premium Subscriptions is only available to
customers with active or expiring subscriptions of
the same edition, the Visual Studio Team Suite, or
MSDN Universal or Enterprise Subscribers
transitioned into the new Team Edition subscription
products.
- Renewal pricing is available to customers with
any type of active or expiring MSDN subscription,
excluding the MSDN Library subscription. The MSDN
Library Subscriptions renewal pricing is available
to customers with any type of active or expiring
MSDN Subscription.
- Software included in MSDN Subscriptions provides
limited usage rights for development, testing, and
demonstration purposes only. MSDN Subscriptions
provide the most recent version of these products
through regular shipments and many previous versions
are available from MSDN Subscriber Downloads.
- All major Microsoft Operating Systems
includes Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000
Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP
Home Edition, Windows XP Professional Edition,
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center 2005.
- Broad Range of Windows Server Products
includes Commerce Server 2002 (Developer Edition);
Exchange Server 2003; Host Integration Server 2004;
Application Center 2000 (Developer Edition);BizTalk
Server 2004 (Developer Edition); Content Management
Server 2002 (Developer Edition); Identity
Integration Server 2003 (Enterprise Edition); ISA
Server 2004; Microsoft Operations Manager 2005;
Office Live Communications Server 2005;SharePoint
Portal Server 2003;Speech Server 2004; Systems
Management Server 2003.
- One copy of Office Professional Enterprise
Edition 2003 can be used for general business use,
unrelated to development and testing. Only the
single user with the appropriate MSDN subscription
license can use the Microsoft Office product in this
manner.
- Microsoft Business Solutions includes
Axapta 3.0; CRM 1.2; Great Plains 7.5; Microsoft
Business Network 1.0 Professional; Navision 4.0;
Small Business Manager 7.5; Solomon 6.5.
MSDN Premium Subscriptions for Visual Studio 2005
include:
- Continuous access to new software and
technical resources. During the term of your
subscription, you are entitled to upgrades to your
subscription software and to select new releases and
product betas, in addition to resources such as
software and hardware development kits and service
packs.
- Latest Microsoft operating systems
includes the latest versions of Windows Server 2003,
Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Professional,
Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP
Professional Edition, Windows XP Home Edition, and
future Windows releases. Usage rights are limited to
development and testing only.
- Broad range of the latest Microsoft Windows
Server System products includes the latest
versions of SQL Server 2000, Exchange Server 2003,
BizTalk Server 2004, Commerce Server 2002, Host
Integration Server 2000, Application Center 2000,
Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004,
SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and Content
Management Server 2002. Usage rights are limited to
development and testing only.
- Latest Microsoft productivity applications
includes Microsoft Visio 2003, Microsoft Project
2003, Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003,
Infopath 2003, OneNote 2003, Visio Professional
2003, Project 2003, and MapPoint 2004. Usage
rights are limited to business use directly related
to development and testing only. In addition to
development and testing use rights, one copy of
Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003 can be
used by a single MSDN licensed user for general
business use.
- Technical support includes unlimited
usage of MSDN Managed Newsgroups for online support
with a guaranteed response time of two business
days, phone-based support incidents, and free access
to MSDN Online Concierge for non-technical questions
regarding navigation of the MSDN site, Knowledge
Base article searches, and MSDN Subscriber
Downloads.
- Continuously updated technical content is
available through the MSDN Library, which offers
comprehensive programming information, code samples,
sample applications, technical documentation and
articles, and the Microsoft Developer Knowledge
Base.
MSDN Professional Subscription for Visual Studio
2005 Professional includes:
- Continuous access to new software and
technical resources. During the term of your
subscription, you are entitled to upgrades to your
subscription software and to select new releases and
product betas, in addition to resources such as
software and hardware development kits and service
packs.
- Latest Microsoft operating systems
includes the latest versions of Windows Server 2003,
Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Professional,
Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP
Professional Edition, Windows XP Home Edition, and
future Windows releases. Usage rights are limited to
development and testing only.
- SQL Server & SQL Reporting Services
(Developer Editions). Usage rights are
limited to development and testing only.
- Technical Support includes unlimited
usage of MSDN Managed Newsgroups for online support
with a guaranteed response time of two business
days, phone-based support incidents, and free access
to MSDN Online Concierge for non-technical questions
regarding navigation of the MSDN site, Knowledge
Base article searches, and MSDN Subscriber Downloads.
- Continuously updated technical content is
available through the MSDN Library, which offers
comprehensive programming information, code samples,
sample applications, technical documentation and
articles, and the Microsoft Developer Knowledge Base.
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