MSDN Subscriptions: the Ultimate Development Resource

10.9 Terabytes and access to 12,000+ downloads. Priority responses to your burning questions. The Windows Azure cloud for your blue-sky projects. E-learning to keep you in front of the curve. The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 edition you purchase comes with a subscription to MSDN (see chart below; subscription benefits vary by level), granting you access to virtually all of the Microsoft products you need to develop and test your next app.

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Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN Essentials is a one-year trial subscription that provides access to the latest core Microsoft platforms—Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2—in addition to providing enhanced support from a professional community. Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN Essentials may be upgraded to Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN at the end of the trial period.

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Resources

12,000+ downloads including nearly all products, languages, tools, development kits, and other resources
Early previews of beta products
Simplified per-user licensing with unlimited use
Regular software updates (online or DVD) along with tools to help you manage this continually growing software library
The latest versions of other Microsoft products and technologies including Windows 7, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Office 2010 and more, the day they are released

Support

Professional technical support for up to four incidents, depending on your subscription level
Priority support in our MSDN Forums where you can post questions and have them answered by a Microsoft engineer and/or the community
24 x 7, 1:1 chat access to the Online Concierge, who can help you navigate the extensive array of valuable MSDN subscription benefits

MSDN Magazine

The latest information on all Microsoft tools, development environments, and technologies for Microsoft Windows and the Web
Solutions to real-world development issues
A print version of MSDN Magazine is available free of charge to MSDN Subscribers (excluding MSDN Essentials trial subscription) in the USA; low "postage only" rates are available for MSDN subscribers worldwide.

Compare Subscription Benefits

Product Features	Professional with MSDN Essentials	Professional with MSDN	Premium with MSDN	Ultimate with MSDN	Test Professional with MSDN
MSDN Subscription – Software and Services for Production Use
Windows Azure Platform	20 hrs/mo ^†	50 hrs/mo ^†	100 hrs/mo ^†	250 hrs/mo ^†	n/a
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 CAL		1	1	1	1
Microsoft Expression Studio 3
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, Project Professional 2010, Visio Premium 2010 (following Office 2010 launch)
MSDN Subscription – Software for Development and Testing ^*
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008
Toolkits, Software Development Kits, Driver Development Kits
Previous versions of Windows (client and server operation systems)
Previous versions of Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Dynamics
All other Servers
Windows Embedded operating systems
Teamprise
MSDN Subscription – Other Benefits
Technical support incidents	0	2	4	4	2
Priority support in MSDN Forums
Microsoft e-learning collections (typically 10 courses or 20 hours)	0	1	2	2	1
MSDN Flash newsletter
MSDN Online Concierge
MSDN Magazine
System Requirements	View	View	View	View	View
Buy from (MSRP)	$799	$1,199	$5,469	$11,899	$2,169
Renew from (MSRP)	$549 (upgrade)	$799	$2,299	$3,799	$899

† Availability varies by country and subscription level. Details available on the MSDN site

* Per-user license allows unlimited installations and use for designing, developing, testing, and demonstrating applications.

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