Updated: November 5, 2026 (January 28, 2024)
Analyst ReportLicensing Azure Services for Development and Test
- Customers with Visual Studio and MSDN Platforms subscriptions are eligible for pricing discounts and other benefits when hosting Dev/Test workloads on Azure.
- Organizations risk noncompliance if users aren’t licensed correctly or if workloads configured for Dev/Test are used for production purposes.
Organizations with Visual Studio (VS) or MSDN Platforms subscriptions qualify for Azure-related benefits collectively known as Azure Dev/Test. (These plans shouldn’t be confused with the Azure DevTest Labs service or Azure credits that are included with VS subscriptions.) Most notable are large discounts (over 50%) on several types of Azure services when used by technical teams exclusively for software development (dev) and testing (test) purposes. However, organizations may be at risk of noncompliance if users aren’t licensed correctly or if workloads configured for Dev/Test are used for production purposes.
Qualifying for Azure Dev/Test Benefits
Azure Dev/Test is available to customers under the following plans:
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