OT: Visual Studio 2005 Professional & Vista

cash_pat posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Hi all,

I have purchased a Ms Visual Studio 2005 Pro License. The Box contains 3 CDs of MSDN. Am I entitled to download the free vista & Office 2007.

regards

cash pat

PS: I couldnt find it anywhere on google.

JZuerlein replied on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

I believe that depends on what version of VS2005 Pro you got.

If you got the copy with MSDN premium I'm pretty sure it contains Vista and Office

If you got the copy with MSDN professional, I don't think you get Office. 

Follow the link for the version comparison chart.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa718657.aspx

jlazanowski replied on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

No.

MSDN subscription holders are entitled to these items however only for development and testing not for general use, Microsoft's lic. agreements are very specific about this.

Sorry for the bad news

cash_pat replied on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

jlazanowski:

No.

MSDN subscription holders are entitled to these items however only for development and testing not for general use, Microsoft's lic. agreements are very specific about this.

Sorry for the bad news

So, Am I entitled to download Vista for Development & Testing

ajj3085 replied on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

If you have an MSDN subscription yes.

cash_pat replied on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

ajj3085:

If you have an MSDN subscription yes.

How do I know if I paid for MSDN Subsription. I never bought that from Microsoft. I Just bougth MS Visual Studio 2005 Pro and got a Box containing 2 CDs of VS1 & VS2,, 3 CDs of MSDN from 1 - 3 and 1 DVD of SQL Developer edition.

And I paid $ 799.99 for that!


So do i have a MSDN Subscription..

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I am still confused?

ajj3085 replied on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Doesn't sound like you bought the subscription.  You'd have gotten a subscriber id and instructions on how to use the MSDN subscriptions site.

cash_pat replied on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

I am more & more confused.

I anyone has more info, then please post.

regards

cash pat

jlazanowski replied on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

To help claify a bit further. Here are some general links

 

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/specs.aspx?EDC=880293

Shows Visual Studio + MSDN subscription cost

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=877114

Shows Visual Studion w/o MSDN.

The MSDN disks you got in the Visual Studio package are Documentation/White Papers etc that are available from Microsoft without cost by going to http://msdn.microsoft.com

 

HTH,

Justin

cash_pat replied on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Thanks for the bad news. At least that clarified things up

regards

cash

Mark replied on Wednesday, February 14, 2007

No, you don't have a MSDN subscription.  The 3 CDs of MSDN that you have are the help content for Visual Studio and related products (basically the free information that's available online at msdn.microsoft.com).

 

jlazanowski replied on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

From your description it doesn’t sound like you've purchased an MSDN subscription. Therefore you're not entitled to these items.

$799 sounds like the standard price for Visual Studio. MSDN subscriptions run into the thousands per year depending on your license level.