A license model exclusive to Visual Studio and MSDN offerings that generally requires a license for each user who accesses the included software and online services.
Summary of SA (Software Assurance) benefits associated with Visual Studio and MSDN-related licenses, organized by high and low value benefits
Outlines major licensing, packaging, and pricing changes made to Visual Studio- and MSDN- branded offerings.
Illustration compares development and test tools, OSs, application software, online services, and other benefits included with editions of Visual Studio with MSDN.
Licenses testing tools along with non-production use of a broad array of Microsoft software and online services; targets personnel involved with software test planning, authoring, execution, and tracking. Renamed Apr. 2017; see Visual Studio Test Professional Subscription for in-depth entry.
Licenses non-production use of Microsoft products; targets developers who do not require the advanced debugging, diagnostics, testing, architecture and modeling, and lab management capabilities unique to the Visual Studio Enterprise IDE. Renamed Apr. 2017; see Visual Studio Professional Subscription for in-depth entry.
A discontinued MSDN offering targeting high-end development; replaced by Visual Studio Enterprise Subscription.
Licenses (mostly) non-production use of Microsoft products; targets developers requiring the most advanced debugging, diagnostics, testing, modeling, and lab management capabilities, and applications developers leveraging server-based software besides SQL Server. Renamed Apr. 2017; see Visual Studio Enterprise Subscription for in-depth entry.
Per-user license covering non-production use of a broad array of Microsoft products; targets operations personnel who support developers and test labs, developers who do not need a Visual Studio IDE, and IT professionals involved with evaluation and troubleshooting.
A discontinued MSDN offering targeting operations personnel managing test labs and Windows developers who did not need a Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE); replaced by MSDN Platforms.
The term Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is mostly phased out as a brand name but remains in common use as an informal way to describe Microsoft’s various developer and test related offerings and activities.
