Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Offerings, Licensing and Pricing
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MSDNsubscriptions
Stand-alone tool
Team collaboration
Team Foundation Server Device CAL
Team Foundation Server User CAL
• Active Ultimate and Premium subscribers will be transitioned to Enterprise subscription at RTM(July 2015)
• MSDN OS will be retired from September. Renewing customers after August can purchase Visual Studio Professional with MSDN SA subscription
• Team Foundation Server Additive CAL is available by purchasing Visual Studio Test Professional with MSDN, MSDN Platforms or Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN offering
Team Foundation Server Additive
CAL
• Visual Studio Community is a full-featured IDE that is free for students, open source contributors, and small teams.
• All free offerings can be downloaded from http://www.visualstudio.com/
Enterprisewith MSDN
Professionalwith MSDN
MSDN Platforms
Test Professional with MSDN
Team FoundationServer 2015
Visual Studio Professional 2015
Microsoft Volume
Licensing
Enterprise, Enterprise Subscription
Select, Select Plus, MPSA*
Open Value, Open Value Subscription
Open
Campus, Enrollment for Education Solutions
Retail Channel
Microsoft Store (online only)
MSDN.com/buynow (direct)
• * Starting July 2015, MSDN offerings will be available in MPSA
• MSDN.com/buynow(direct) transaction experience will be migrated to Microsoft Store
• Step up SKUs are only available in EA, Select Plus, Select and Open Value
• Transitioning to a lower edition(stepping down) is allowed in VL channels by simply purchasing the SA sku. For e.g. a VS Enterprise with MSDN subscriber can transition to VS Professional with MSDN by simply purchasing the VS Professional with MSDN SA sku on renewal.
Step-Up SKUs
Pick the right offering for each team member based on needs.
One license per user, but user can run the software on any number of devices.
Use is limited to development and testing on non-production environment.
MSDNsubscriptions
Stand-alone tool
Server CALs
One server license and one user CAL are included with Enterprise, MSDN Platforms, Test Professional, and Professional level MSDN subscriptions.
Additive CAL is included with Enterprise, MSDN Platforms, and Test Professional level MSDN subscriptions.
Production use, so the underlying OS (Windows Server) must be licensed separately.
Includes SQL Server Standard for use as the TFS database.
Team Foundation Server Device CAL
Team Foundation Server User CAL
Team Foundation Server Additive
CAL
Features now available with a TFS CALAgile portfolio management
Team Rooms
Test Case Execution
Work item chart authoring
These capabilities were previously through additive CAL which was exclusive to certain MSDN subscription levels
Team Foundation Server 2015 Features reserved for certain MSDN subscriptions:Request & manage feedback
Test Case Management
Release Management Client
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
User CAL
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
Device CAL
Visual Studio Professional with MSDN
Visual Studio Enterprise
with MSDN
Visual Studio Test
Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms
Enterprise
Agreement
Windows, Office
CAL Suites
Enterprise
Enrollment
SQL Server, WinServer
& SysCtr, Developer
Tools, Windows Azure
SCE
Visual Studio Products offered
Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN
Visual Studio Test Professional with MSDN
MSDN Platforms
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server CAL
Minimum Order Requirements
20 licenses of any combination of:
Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN and/or
MSDN Platforms
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Starting July 2015, all MSDN offerings in Select Plus are also available (at the same price) in MPSA!
BackgroundVisual Studio 2015 Launch – Consolidation of Premium and Ultimate into a single Enterprise
offering
Business
Objectives Ensure that Visual Studio Premium customers do not see a price increase in CY 2015
Desi
gn
Customers &
Segments EPG , SMS&P , Government and Academic
Products Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN
Programs Server and Cloud Enrollment, EA, EAS, MPSA, Select Plus, Select, Open, Open value, OVS, Campus(i.e.
all VL programs)
Eligibility All new, mid-term and renewals
Step-up eligibility – Visual Studio Professional must have been purchased before Sept 1
Purchase Renewals, New Agreement, Renewal agreement add-on, Mid agreement add-on
Timing September 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015
Discount Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN discounted by 20%
Execution Plan On price list promotion SKUs worldwide
Integrated into core Dev Tools “Standardization”