If I buy the Universal subscription today, I get upgraded to one of the $5,500 versions at no cost, so I guess I might as well. The Team System tools aren't worth it all split up like that, so they won't get my money for that. They're saying $2,500, but I suspect it will be less at retail. I do want Windows Vista and Office 12 when they come out, but the truth is that I can get that with the Pro-Premium version when it comes out.
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If you want all three versions, plus the Team System server product, that'll cost you more than $10k.
The next highest level includes one of the Team System skus, either for architects, developers or testers, because some moron at Microsoft seems to think that these are actually discreet roles in every organization. When the new version is out, there are essentially two higher levels above Universal (which will be called Visual Studio Professional Premium or some such nonsense). Right now you can get a Universal subscription for about $2,400 which more or less will get you everything that Microsoft currently makes. The forthcoming release of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 brings with it a change in the MSDN subscription program. Once you are of any size you have enterprise agreements and your labs are just covered.Yeah, that's quite the question. I figured MSDN platforms wasn't used because of, but perhaps truth was going to be stranger than fiction.
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I was just musing about the test VMs and such we need to spin up as IT, and I was curious how larger businesses or businesses with test labs license those test Windows VMs. I figured MSDN platforms wasn't used because of, but perhaps truth was going to be stranger than said in Who needs an MSDN said in Who needs an MSDN said in Who needs an MSDN said in Who needs an MSDN subscription?: It is not for production or internal use. However Bizspark MSDN does provide startup organizations with multiple user accounts all for internal use and testing. Or when you have a development team that it would make sense to purchase said in Who needs an MSDN said in Who needs an MSDN said in Who needs an MSDN subscription?: They really only make sense when a company buys them in bulk and just dishes them out to whoever.
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Generally, an MSDN subscription doesn't make sense and is far more expensive than simply buying a license of what you need, or you can probably get away with using a trial OS. It is not for production or internal said in Who needs an MSDN said in Who needs an MSDN subscription?:
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Any VM spun up under the MSDN subscription cannot be used in any way by another person.Īh, didnt read the full OP post and assumed it was for him. To stay in compliance, every person who wants to take advantage of an MSDN benefit, will need to have their own MSDN subscription.
Any VM spun up under the MSDN subscription cannot be used in any way by another said in Who needs an MSDN said in Who needs an MSDN subscription?: One benefit of the subscription is that you're allowed to spin up Windows servers, SQL servers, etc., for development and testing.įor organizations who have full-on lab environments or IT staff who need to spin up a VM Windows Server VM here and there to try something out, how do they stay in compliance? Do they also buy a MSDN subscription (perhaps MSDN platforms) for the IT staff member? Do they have their IT staff continually use Windows server 180-day evaluation licenses? Do they turn a blind eye as they give their IT staff activation keys from a dev's MSDN subscription and hope their organization is never audited? I know that developers who use Visual Studio probably get their Visual Studio license through an MSDN subscription.
This thread is inspired by the never-ending thread about licensing and replication in I Can't Even.
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