[dba-Tech] Visual Studio Professional 2013 with MSDN

[Gustav Brock]

Hi Shamil

I'm not into the details of the different MSDN subscription plans - seems very aimed at enterprises to me.

Now, I don't know if you operate personally or run your activities as a small company. If so, I guess you could sign up for MAPS:

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/community/mpn/pages/microsoft_action_pack.aspx

We have for years used MAPS at a yearly cost of about €400. That provides 10 Windows desktop licenses, 2012 R2 server licenses, SQL Server 2014, current VS pro and - not to forget - five Office 365 E3 accounts and a limited monthly usage of Azure services enough for testing and development. You also get some hours for qualified support, but we've never used it so I can't tell how much that really is worth.

The major limitation was that the VS license is for internal use, excluding "professional" development, but this  is somewhat moot now with the community edition of VS.

You have to sign up as a partner (free) and pass a small test which someone like you can manage with both hands tied on your back.

/gustav

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Fra: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil
Sendt: 25. marts 2015 11:44
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Emne: [dba-Tech] Visual Studio Professional 2013 with MSDN


Hi All --

Does anybody of you uses Visual Studio Professional 2013 with MSDN -  http://tinyurl.com/pnmrqp2  ?

I have failed to find the following info quickly - do you know:

1. Does the nowadays' purchase of the subject MSDN include VS 2015 subscription when it will be released later this year?
2. Does the subject MSDN include subscription on MS Windows  8.1 and to be released MS Windows 10?
3. How many licenses the subject subscription provides - just one or more?

Thank you.


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Салахетдинов Шамиль