posted on Monday, March 21, 2005 11:35 PM by Saravana

Visual Studio Team System Pricing Announced.

Much awaited Visual Studio Team System Pricing is announced today...

Microsoft Details Pricing and Licensing for Visual Studio 2005 and Simplifies Microsoft Developer Network Subscriptions

Summary

Microsoft Corp. today detailed pricing and licensing terms for Visual Studio® 2005, its comprehensive application development tool set, as well as simplification of its Microsoft® Developer Network (MSDN®) subscriptions, the primary vehicle through which most developers obtain Visual Studio. Microsoft will reduce the estimated retail price of Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition while offering special pricing to existing MSDN subscribers for Visual Studio 2005 Team System, the expansion of the Visual Studio product line to include integrated software life-cycle tools. In addition, current Visual Studio users will be eligible for promotional pricing to acquire MSDN subscriptions now, in preparation for Visual Studio 2005, expected in the second half of calendar year 2005. This will enable more developers to take advantage of the productivity, security enhancements and improved deployment capabilities of the .NET Framework..

 

New subscription and renewal estimated retail pricing for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional and Standard editions follow:

  • Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition: $799 (upgrade: $549)
  • Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System: $799 (upgrade: $549)
  • Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition: $299 (upgrade: $199)
  • Visual Studio 2005 Express editions will be $49.

 

Microsoft will offer an MSDN subscription with Visual Studio Professional Edition products to afford small businesses the same subscription benefits as large enterprises:

  • Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition with MSDN Premium subscription: $2,499 (renewal: $1,999)
  • Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition with MSDN Professional subscription: $1,199 (renewal: $799)
  • MSDN Operating Systems subscription: $699 (renewal: $499)
  • MSDN Library subscription: $199 (renewal: $99)

Update on 22/3/05:

Frequently asked question regarding VSTS Pricing and MSDN Subscription.

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