Microsoft MSDN Subscriptions for Visual Studio 2005

MSDN Premium Subscription
An MSDN Premium Subscription provides continuous, priority access to the development tools and technologies you need to build a broad range of applications and Web services. Premium Subscriptions are offered for the following five products:

* Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
* Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects
* Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers
* Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers
* Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition

Transition Paths for existing MSDN Subscribers
With the launch of Visual Studio 2005, existing MSDN subscribers will transition to a new subscription level, including no cost upgrades to Visual Studio Team System for qualified MSDN Universal and Enterprise subscribers. Contact us for more information.

External Links
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With the release of Visual Studio 2005, six new MSDN Premium subscriptions have been 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, Testers, and Database Professionals and one for Visual Studio 2005 Professional. Each of these new MSDN Premium subscriptions for Visual Studio 2005 includes the latest development tools and technologies and continuous, priority access to product updates and new releases.

MSDN Universal and MSDN Enterprise are no longer available. The MSDN Professional subscription will continue to be offered but is renamed 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. You can also purchase Visual Studio 2005 Professional without an MSDN subscription, as well as Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition, and Visual Studio Tools for Office.

What You Get
Includes the benefits of Professional, Operating Systems, and Library Subscriptions.

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. Including: Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows XP SP2 Professional 32 and 64-bit Editions, Home Edition, Media Center Edition 2005 and Tablet PC Edition, plus pre-releases version of Windows Vista. Usage rights are limited to development and testing only.

Broad range of the latest Microsoft Windows Server System products. Including: SQL Server 2005, 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. Including editions of: Office Professional 2003, Visio 2003, Project 2003 (including Project Server), InfoPath 2003, OneNote 2003 and MapPoint 2004. Usage rights are limited to development and testing. In addition to development and testing use rights, one installation of Office Professional 2003 may be used for general business use. Visio Standard and Project Standard may also be used for general business use related to development and test.

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.

The new Visual Studio 2005 Team System for Software Architects, Developers and Testers provide development teams with tightly integrated and extensible lifecycle tools to increase the predictability of their software development process.

Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Edition with Team Foundation Server combines all of the role based products to offer effective collaboration and communication capabilities. Each of the role based products includes an MSDN Premium subscription.

Microsoft offers two options for professional developers working alone or in small teams, Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, and Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System. Each edition expands on the Standard Edition feature set to include tools for remote server development and debugging, SQL Server 2005 development, and a full, unconstrained development environment. Visual Studio 2005 Professional is offered individually or as part of a MSDN Professional or Premium subscription.

Visual Studio Standard Edition is an entry point professional development tool that maintains the simplicity of the Express line but delivers access to the powerful development tools necessary to construct data-focused client applications using Web services, and rich Web applications.

An MSDN operating systems subscription includes MSDN library and entitles you to receive continuous priority access to the latest Microsoft operating systems, including Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and betas of Windows Vista, through regular CD or DVD shipments.

An MSDN library subscription entitles you to receive the latest Microsoft programming information and resources available online through regular CD or DVD shipments, including over 1,800 royalty-free code samples, and the Microsoft Developer Knowledge Base with over 40,000 articles on bug fixes and code work-arounds on Microsoft development products.

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) 6.0 Software Development Kit (SDK)
The Microsoft VBA 6.0 SDK International Release 6.3 is now available for MSDN (Universal) Subscribers to download via the MSDN download site.

End-User Retail Pricing Comparison

Notes
*Check your eligibility for upgrade or renewal pricing.
**Only available at Retail with MSDN Subscriptions. Available as License Only (without Software Assurance) through Volume Licensing agreements.

MSDN Licensing
All MSDN Licensing is User based, not Machine based, so legally you must have one MSDN license for every developer that uses MSDN products for design, development, test and/or demonstration purposes. You may not split the components to separate users, but the single developer can install the software on multiple machines for his/her own use. MSDN products are not generally licensed for use in a live production/deployment environment.

Please contact us to discuss your Visual Studio licensing requirements, and we will take you through all the options available to you.

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