Visual Studio 2015 and MSDN Receive Edition Changes

Visual Studio 2015, a new version of Microsoft’s developer tools, should be generally available by Sept. 2015. The new version consolidates the number of editions, which may simplify the task of matching the appropriate edition to a development team member’s role. Pricing is consistent for the editions that remain, and the new highest edition is less expensive than the previous one. However, while volume licensing customers will be able to immediately apply the edition price cut to new users, they may have to wait until the end of existing subscription terms before benefiting from the new pricing.

Visual Studio and MSDN Overview

Organizations and individuals use Visual Studio to design, develop, and test commercial and in-house applications for Microsoft’s platforms, including Windows, Windows Phone, Office, Office 365, and Azure. Visual Studio supports a variety of APIs and frameworks, including Win32 and .NET, and a variety of languages, such as C++, C#, Visual Basic (VB), and JavaScript. The Visual Studio product line also includes tools, such as Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online for project management (using methodologies such as Agile and Scrum), source code control, and release management.