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Licensing Microsoft Developer Tools
MICROSOFT® VISUAL STUDIO® 2010 FAMILY
Visual Studio 2010 is the development environment (including the development languages Visual Basic, C#, Visual C++ and
Visual F#) for designing, developing, and testing Microsoft Windows, Web, Office, SharePoint and Cloud solutions.
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Visual Studio Client Applications FPP Licensing
Visual Studio® Professional: For basic development by individual developers to create solutions for a variety of platforms.
When purchased with MSDN, also includes a Visual Studio® Team Foundation Server (TFS) CAL.   
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Visual Studio Premium: A complete development toolset for individuals or teams to deliver scalable high-quality applications.
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When purchased with MSDN also includes TFS, Visual Studio Team Explorer and a TFS CAL.  
Visual Studio® Ultimate: Application lifecycle management tools for teams. When purchased with MSDN, also includes TFS, a TFS
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CAL, Team Explorer, Visual Studio Test Professional, Team Explorer Everywhere, IntelliTrace, Microsoft Test Manager 2010 and Visual  
Studio Lab Management.
Visual Studio® Test Professional: An integrated testing toolset for teams to test and debug, and collaborate with developers.
When purchased with MSDN, also includes TFS, a TFS CAL, Team Explorer, IntelliTrace, Microsoft Test Manager 2010 and Visual Studio Lab  
Management.
Visual Studio® Team Explorer Everywhere: Allows developers to access TFS from the Eclipse IDE. Users require a TFS CAL.  
included with Visual Studio
Visual Studio® Team Explorer: Client for accessing TFS and may be installed on as many devices as required. Users require a TFS CAL. client or free download
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Visual Studio Server Products FPP
Licensing
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Visual Studio Team Foundation Server: Integrates with the client editions and provides a centralized data repository, workflow  
automation and features to simplify how development teams communicate and collaborate.
Visual Studio® Team Foundation Server CAL (Device or User): For users or devices to access Team Foundation Server (TFS).
Note that a single TFS CAL is included if Visual Studio Professional, Premium, Ultimate or Test Professional is purchased with MSDN.  
Visual Studio® Team Foundation Server External Connector: For any number of external users to access TFS. 
Visual Studio® Load Test Virtual User Pack: Enables teams to test real-world load scenarios by simulating up to 1000 users. 
 Available as a license only  Available as a license with MSDN Embedded  Available as a license with MSDN Subscription
(designed for developers of embedded devices)
LICENSING MSDN SUBSCRIPTIONS with VISUAL STUDIO
For Open Value and Enterprise Agreements, Visual Studio MSDN® Subscriptions are the Software Assurance offering for Visual Studio products.
client applications can only be licensed with MSDN The table below lists some example benefits, and the full list is available at:
For Select, Select Plus and Open agreements Visual http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/support
Studio client applications can be licensed with or without Visual Studio Visual Studio Visual Studio
MSDN and count in the Applications pool. Server Professional Premium with Ultimate with
with MSDN MSDN MSDN
products (listed in table above) count in the server pool
For production use:
Visual Studio with MSDN Subscription: Windows Azure Platform 50 hrs/mo 100 hrs/mo 250 hrs/mo
Licensed for each named user Visual Studio Team Foundation Server   
With MSDN Subscription, rights include one copy of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server CAL 1 1 1
Microsoft Office products on one device for any use Office Professional Plus 2010, Project Professional
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Visual Studio Team Foundation Server: 2010, Visio Premium 2010
Licensed using the Server and CAL model For development and testing only:
Each licensed user of a Visual Studio 2010 client product Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2,
SQL Server 2008 R2   
receives a Team Foundation Server CAL
Previous versions of SQL, Office, Dynamics, all other
When purchased through FPP, up to 5 named users Servers, Windows Embedded operating systems  
may connect without CALs Technical support incidents 2 4 4
If a user indirectly writes data to Team Foundation MSDN Online Concierge   
Server through another software application or E-learning Collections 1 2 2
device, a Team Foundation Server CAL is required
CALs are tied the organization and cannot be used There are two editions of MSDN Subscription which are available without Visual
to access the server of another organization Studio – MSDN Embedded and MSDN Operating Systems
Team Foundation Server includes a restricted-use license When purchased through a Volume Licensing program, an MSDN subscription may
for SQL Server 2008 which must be deployed on the be assigned to another user every 90 days
same device as Team Foundation Server, can only be
used to support Team Foundation Server and is for SQL In virtual environments, the MSDN software can only be used to license the
operating system of a physical or virtual machine used for development and test
Server 2008 Standard only
MSDN software may be accessed by end users who do not have an MSDN
Visual Studio Lab Management: subscription for the purposes of User Acceptance Testing
Rights are included when Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate or Test
Professional are purchased with MSDN. It enables the Step-Up licenses are available as follows:
provision of virtual lab environments for test execution and - Visual Studio Professional with MSDN  Visual Studio Premium with MSDN
build automation, and includes a restricted-use license for - Visual Studio Premium with MSDN  Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 - Visual Studio Test Professional with MSDN  Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN
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