The best way to get Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 is by purchasing or renewing an MSDN Subscription today.

The best way to get Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 is by purchasing or renewing an MSDN Subscription today.

Why Visual Studio 2005 represents one of the most significant developer tools releases since the introduction of Visual Studio nearly a decade ago. When you upgrade to the latest Microsoft.NET development tools, you ll immediately gain a wider spectrum of development possibilities and a greatly advanced design experience. Web Development in Create dynamic Web applications. Integrated Development Environment comprises a complete set of development tools for building ASP.NET Web applications, XML Web services, Microsoft Windows -based applications, and mobile applications. Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual C#, and Visual J# all use the same integrated development environment (IDE), which allows them to share tools and facilitates the creation of mixedlanguage solutions. In addition, these languages leverage the functionality of the.net Framework, which is a Windows component for building, deploying, and running applications. It includes the common language runtime (CLR) and ASP.NET (for building and running Web applications) and Windows Forms (for building and running Windows-based applications). The.NET Framework is designed to improve productivity and increase application reliability and security by providing a fully managed application environment. What s more, if you re a Visual Basic developer, enables you to easily address the common development challenges associated with creating, installing, and maintaining modern Windows-based applications while enabling popular new scenarios, including Web, Microsoft Officebased, and mobile applications. Easily create dynamic Web applications that run up to three times faster and handle twice as many users than comparable Visual Basic 6 applications. Take advantage of more than 100 new reusable controls for quickly building fast, powerful Web applications. Reusable components simplify virtually every aspect of Web application development, including user interface design, data access, site navigation, user membership, Web site security, and more. Easily maintain consistent page design by using Master Pages with their built-in templating system. Simplify the publishing and updating of Web applications with a built-in, publish to the Web tool. Get started quickly using fully functional sample Web applications with documentation and learning guides. Create powerful Windows-based applications. Create applications more easily with a series of new Windows controls with easy-to-use interfaces, including the same look and feel as Microsoft Office toolbars and menus. Wizards and SmartTags simplify the customization of these controls. Use improved design tools for fast, drag and drop creation of powerful and scalable data user interfaces without writing any code. Easily package and publish Windows-based applications to the Web, a file share, or CDs using ClickOnce deployment. Create and debug Windows-based applications in record time using the most powerful version of Visual Basic ever created. Quickly take advantage of hundreds of easy-to-find, pre-written classes to solve common programming tasks. Common tasks include networking, working with user interfaces, and data access. Enjoy simplified access to the.net Framework and common resources with language enhancements such as the My namespace. Access the full power of the platform with additional enhancements in Visual Basic 2005, including full Generics support. Automatically fix common syntax errors using Autocorrect. Rapidly find and fix bugs without having to restart your applications using enhanced Edit and Continue.

offers you an unprecedented set of development tools. This new release provides a comprehensive set of tools to support application development from modeling through development, deployment, and management on Windows and the Microsoft.NET Framework. also introduces the Team System, a new range of enterprise lifecycle tools that increase the predictability of software development processes, shorten the development lifecycle, and enable IT departments to deliver greater business value. Now is the time to make sure you have continuous priority access to the richest set of tools Microsoft has ever assembled. Introducing. With, Microsoft builds on its proven leadership in delivering productive and integrated developer tools by offering a complete product for constructing dynamic Windows, Web, and mobile applications. provides everyone from the novice developer to the experienced enterprise development team a number of new and improved features, including: Reduced development complexity that enables you to more easily deliver a broad range of.net Framework-based solutions, including Windows, Web, and mobile applications A comprehensive tools platform that offers productive developer tools, whether you re a novice programmer or part of an experienced enterprise development team A vibrant third-party ecosystem that allows you to take advantage of products from Visual Studio Industry Partners program participants and enjoy a comprehensive array of third-party solutions that augment Improved team communication that offers you productive and integrated lifecycle tools that increase communication and collaboration among participants in the IT lifecycle, through the use of Team System

Overview offers products for all levels of developer from novice to enterprise architect, developer, and test roles. Team System expands the Visual Studio product line to include productive, integrated lifecycle tools that help teams communicate and collaborate more effectively as they deliver modern, service-oriented solutions on the.net Framework. Professional Edition is the professional developer tool for individual programmers, consultants, or those working in small teams who are building missioncritical, multi-tier smart client, Web, and mobile applications. Standard Edition is the entry-point developer tool for professionals looking for a streamlined development experience and ability to create robust client/ server applications using the.net Framework. Express Editions offer new, lightweight, easy-to-use, easy-to-learn development tools for novices, enthusiasts, students, and hobbyists who want to learn how to program or evaluate the.net Framework. For more information on, visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/ Architects Enterprise Developers Testers Consultants Professionals Visual Basic 6 Developers Part-Timers Hobbyists Students Enthusiasts Novices

Team System Overview A new, better way to work: Team System. The new Team System offers tightly integrated and extensible lifecycle tools. These tools enable software development teams to reduce the complexity of development and facilitate better communication and collaboration throughout the development process. With Team System, you can: Reduce the complexity of delivering modern service-oriented solutions that are designed for operations Facilitate collaboration among all members of a software team, speeding development time and ensuring the predictability and reliability of the development process Customize and extend the Team System with your own internal tools and process frameworks, or choose from a number of supplemental products from Microsoft Certified Partners Team System also includes proven process guidance, prescriptive architectural guidance, and solution accelerators that assist organizations in improving the predictability and reliability of delivering mission-critical solutions. It also includes a vibrant partner ecosystem through a set of Web service-based APIs for ISVs and businesses to plug into. Team Editions Team Edition for Software Architects Team Edition for Software Developers Team Edition for Software Testers Process and Architecture Guidance Application Designer Logical Infrastructure Designer Deployment Designer Dynamic Code Analyzer Static Code Analyzer Code Profiler Load Testing Manual Testing Test Case Management Unit Testing Code Coverage Class Designer Visio and UML Modeling Team Foundation Client (includes CAL) Professional Edition Visual Studio Industry Partners Team Foundation Change Management Reporting Integration Services Big Build Work Item Tracking Project Site Project Management

Team System Products Team System: Products designed around development roles. Team System comprises four client products and one server product. Team Edition for Software Architects provides visual designers that enable architects, operations managers, and developers to design service-oriented solutions that can be validated against their operational environments. Team Edition for Software Developers provides advanced development tools that enable teams to build reliable, mission-critical services and applications. Team for Software Testers provides advanced load testing tools that enable teams to verify the performance of applications prior to deployment. Team Suite combines each of these products into a comprehensive lifecycle management tool that addresses the needs of multifunctional roles in an organization. All these products are supported by Team Foundation Server, an extensible team collaboration server that enables all members of the extended IT team to effortlessly manage and track the progress and health of projects.

and MSDN Subscriptions Introducing new MSDN Subscriptions. The upcoming release of Microsoft means exciting new changes to the Visual Studio and MSDN Subscription product lines. These changes are designed to ensure that customers continue to get great value from our products and have the best choice of Microsoft tools for their requirements. With the release of, new MSDN Premium Subscriptions will be introduced for : One for the Team Suite One for each of the Team Editions for Software Architects, Developers, and Testers One for Professional Edition The benefits of MSDN Universal will be included in MSDN Premium Subscriptions. MSDN Subscriptions are changing with the release of. Upon release of these new subscriptions, MSDN Universal and MSDN Enterprise Subscriptions will no longer be offered for sale and qualifying MSDN Universal and MSDN Enterprise subscribers will be upgraded, at no additional cost, to one of the higher-value Team System role-based products Premium Subscriptions. MSDN Professional will be available as Professional Edition Professional Subscription. Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition is also available with an MSDN Premium Subscription, offering all the Microsoft Operating Systems, Servers, and Productivity applications previously offered only through MSDN Universal. The MSDN Operating Systems and MSDN Library Subscriptions remain unchanged. Compare MSDN Subscriptions for. Buying MSDN today ensures priority access to. Team Suite Premium Team Edition for Architects Premium Team Edition for Developers Premium Team Edition for Testers Premium Professional Edition Premium Professional Edition Professional MSDN Operating Systems MSDN Library Visual Studio Team Suite Visual Studio Team Edition for Architects Visual Studio Team Edition for Developers Visual Studio Team Edition for Testers Professional Edition Support Incidents 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 MSDN Online Concierge and Newsgroups MSDN Library All Major Microsoft Operating Systems 1, 2 SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services (Developer Editions) 1 Broad Range of Windows Server Products 1, 3 Productivity Applications (including Office/Project/Visio) 1, 4 Microsoft Business Solutions 5 1. Software included in MSDN Subscriptions provides limited usage rights for development, testing, and demonstration purposes only. MSDN Subscriptions provide the most recent version of these products through regular shipments and many previous versions are available from MSDN Subscriber Downloads. 2. All major Microsoft Operating Systems includes Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center 2005. 3. Broad Range of Windows Server Products includes Commerce Server 2002 (Developer Edition); Exchange Server 2003; Host Integration Server 2004; Application Center 2000 (Developer Edition); BizTalk Server 2004 (Developer Edition); Content Management Server 2002 (Developer Edition); Identity Integration Server 2003 (Enterprise Edition); ISA Server 2004; Microsoft Operations Manager 2005; Office Live Communications Server 2005; SharePoint Portal Server 2003 ; Speech Server 2004; Systems Management Server 2003. 4. One copy of Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003 can be used for general business use, unrelated to development and testing. Only the single user with the appropriate MSDN subscription license can use the Microsoft Office product in this manner. 5. Microsoft Business Solutions includes Axapta 3.0; CRM 1.2; Great Plains 7.5; Microsoft Business Network 1.0 Professional; Navision 4.0; Small Business Manager 7.5; Solomon 6.5. Available from MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Customers in North America can request a DVD from MSDN North American Subscription Services. Customers worldwide can contact MSDN customer service to request a DVD.

Pricing MSDN Subscriptions Pricing and Licensing Guide Estimated retail price (ERP) for Team Editions for Architects, Developers, or Testers and Corresponding MSDN Premium Subscriptions Quick Reference ERP in US dollars. Team Edition for Software Architects, Developers, or Testers Premium (License/ SA or SA SKU) Open NL Select A Select B Select C Select D License $4,040.00 $4,015.00 $3,737.00 $3,425.00 $3,171.00 SA - 1yr - $1,165.00 $1,084.00 $994.00 $920.00 SA - 2yr $2,343.00 $2,329.00 $2,168.00 $1,987.00 $1,839.00 SA - 3yr - $3,493.00 $3,252.00 $2,980.00 $2,759.00 L/SA 1yr - $5,179.00 $4,821.00 $4,419.00 $4,091.00 L/SA 2yr $6,382.00 $6,343.00 $5,904.00 $5,412.00 $5,010.00 L/SA 3yr - $7,507.00 $6,988.00 $6,405.00 $5,930.00 Listed and All-Language SKUs on Enterprise Agreements EA A EA B EA C EA D SA Added at Signing $1,165.00 $1,084.00 $994.00 $920.00 L/SA Added at Signing $2,503.00 $2,330.00 $2,135.00 $1,977.00 L/SA Added Yr 1 $6,925.00 $6,446.00 $5,909.00 $5,470.00 L/SA Added Yr 2 $5,761.00 $5,363.00 $4,915.00 $4,550.00 L/SA Added Yr 3 $4,597.00 $4,279.00 $3,922.00 $3,631.00 ERP for Team Suite and Corresponding MSDN Premium Subscriptions Quick Reference ERP in US dollars. Team Suite Premium (License/ SA or SA SKU) Open NL Select A Select B Select C Select D License $8,079.00 $8,029.00 $7,474.00 $6,851.00 $6,342.00 SA - 1yr - $2,329.00 $2,168.00 $1,987.00 $1,839.00 SA - 2yr $4,686.00 $4,657.00 $4,335.00 $3,974.00 $3,678.00 SA - 3yr - $6,985.00 $6,503.00 $5,960.00 $5,517.00 L/SA 1yr - $10,357.00 $9,642.00 $8,837.00 $8,181.00 L/SA 2yr $12,765.00 $12,686.00 $11,809.00 $10,824.00 $10,020.00 L/SA 3yr - $15,014.00 $13,976.00 $12,811.00 $11,859.00 Listed and All-Language SKUs on Enterprise Agreements EA A EA B EA C EA D SA Added at Signing $2,329.00 $2,168.00 $1,987.00 $1,839.00 L/SA Added at Signing $5,005.00 $4,659.00 $4,271.00 $3,953.00 L/SA Added Yr 1 $13,850.00 $12,893.00 $11,817.00 $10,939.00 L/SA Added Yr 2 $11,522.00 $10,725.00 $9,831.00 $9,100.00 L/SA Added Yr 3 $9,193.00 $8,558.00 $7,844.00 $7,261.00 Note: This data sheet does not cover pricing details for the Microsoft Express Edition products and other Visual Studio 2005 tools that will be released later in 2005: Standard Edition, Professional Edition, and the corresponding MSDN Subscription products that include Professional. Prices may be subject to change prior to release of. Please call your local Microsoft reseller for the latest pricing and availability information. Reseller prices may vary.

Moving to Transition path for existing customers. Upon the release of, qualifying MSDN Universal and MSDN Enterprise subscribers with active subscriptions will be upgraded, at no additional cost, to one of the highervalue MSDN Premium subscriptions for the Team System. Renew your MSDN Universal subscription and consider additional purchases prior to the release of in order to take advantage of this no-cost upgrade. MSDN Universal, Enterprise, and Professional subscribers with active subscriptions will also automatically receive trial versions of the Team System products. Existing MSDN subscribers have priority access to UPGRADE PATH Team Suite* with MSDN Premium Subscription includes: Team Edition for Software Architects Team Edition for Software Developers Team Edition for Software Testers * Requires Team Foundation Server, license purchased separately. Qualifying MSDN Universal subscribers may upgrade, at no additional cost, to one Team System role-based product Premium Subscription prior to the end of the existing retail subscription or Volume License agreement term. Qualifying MSDN Enterprise subscribers will be automatically upgraded, at no additional cost, to Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers Premium Subscription. MSDN Professional subscribers will automatically receive Professional Edition Professional Subscription. TRANSITION PATH TRANSITION PATH TRANSITION PATH TRANSITION PATH UPGRADE PATH TRANSITION PATH Team Edition for Software Architects Premium Subscription Team Edition for Software Developers Premium Subscription Team Edition for Software Testers Premium Subscription Team Edition for Software Developers Premium Subscription Professional Edition Premium Subscription Professional Edition Professional Subscription choose among MSDN Operating Systems Subscription remains unchanged. This subscription does not include. MSDN Operating Systems Subscription MSDN Library Subscription remains unchanged. This subscription does not include. MSDN Library Subscription

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