[dba-VB] MAPS: Microsoft Action Pack Subscription Development and Design Benefits

Gustav Brock Gustav at cactus.dk
Tue May 18 08:36:06 CDT 2010


Hi all

As of May 24. the development tools - most importantly Visual Studio 2010 Professional - is now part of a separate package dedicated developers:

Microsoft Action Pack Development and Design Benefits
https://partner.microsoft.com/global/program/managemembership/40133000

Three MSDN for Microsoft Action Pack Development and Design subscriptions (licensed per user):
  Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional
  Microsoft Expression Web
  The latest version of the Windows and Windows Server operating systems, and Microsoft SQL Server for development and testing 

You still have to pass some "test" every second year:
https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40132997

/gustav


>>> Gustav at cactus.dk 18-01-2008 09:10 >>>
Hi all

Well, this is on schedule. Today an envelope arrived including these cd-roms:

  Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition
  Microsoft Expression Studio

and a DVD:

  Custom Web Development Jumpstart
  and Windows Live Partner Resources Kit

Also, I received 2 GB of ram for my laptop. Do we have a match? 

/gustav

>>> Gustav at cactus.dk 04-12-2007 18:06:22 >>>
Hi all

Received this today:

Our records indicate .. that you are eligible to order the Microsoft Web Solutions Toolkit. 
You will automatically be shipped the Web Solutions Toolkit in January 2008. 

/gustav


>>> Gustav at cactus.dk 10-10-2007 10:09:07 >>>
Hi all

We (my employer and I) don't want to spend money on the "MS exam circus" as the ROI is zero. Thus, our official Small Business Specialist status will be lost (and our clients don't care as they hardly knew that anyway). No big deal. 

However, that status have the additional benefit that combined with the Action Pack Subscription (where the ROI is huge) you are offered Visual Studio Standard 2005 for free. So no SB partner => no free VS which is bad now that VS2008 is close.

But a new free add-on to the Action Pack is now announced which could be of interest for those of you not having Visual Studio yet or have felt the limitations of the free Express editions, a "special edition toolkit" for Web Solution Providers:

https://partner.microsoft.com/webresourcekit 

It includes Microsoft Visual Studio Standard 2008 and Expression Studio.
The estimated ship date for the kit is January 2008.

One of the steps to obtain the kit is to:

  Successfully complete one of three free online courses and the 
  associated assessment with a score of 70 percent or higher ..

These seems to have a duration from 0,5 to 1,5 hours, so you have to pay by spending some of your valuable time!

/gustav





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