Hot Off The Press! Team System Pricing & Licensing
[From Rob Caron]
Today, Rob and the VSTS team announced the pricing & licensing approach for MSDN, Visual Studio 2005, and Team System
In Summary (From Microsoft's Press Release)
- Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition: $799 (upgrade: $549)
- Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System: $799 (upgrade: $549)
- Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition: $299 (upgrade: $199)
- Visual Studio 2005 Express editions will be $49.
Subscription and renewal estimated retail pricing for Visual Studio 2005 Team System offers tremendous value relative to the traditionally costly life-cycle products in this segment; prices for volume licenses start at $3,191 including Software Assurance. More information about the estimated retail pricing for Visual Studio 2005 Team System can be found at http://www.msdn.microsoft.com.
Most Visual Studio users receive Visual Studio through an MSDN subscription, and MSDN provides Software Assurance for Visual Studio. Customers choose an MSDN subscription level and receive development and test licenses for Microsoft servers and applications along with an accompanying Visual Studio product. With Visual Studio Team System, customers will continue to receive these MSDN subscription benefits with the new line of subscriptions that complement the Visual Studio 2005 product line.
New Team System Product Names (From Rob)
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite (includes all 3 role-based products below)
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Load Agent (not mentioned, but FYI)