Value of MSDN Subscriptions (Leslie Sia)

19th January 2011 /*Life Runs on Code*/

Agenda

What is MSDN subscriptions ?

• What does MSDN stands for and why is there a need for a subscription

• How MSDN subscription can be acquired

VS2010 Product line Changes and how does this impact your MSDN subscriptions ?

MSDN Benefits and its value

Open for Questions & Answers

What is MSDN Subscriptions

MSDN stands for Microsoft Developer Network MSDN subscriptions is a premier software service subscription program providing Developers and development organizations priority access to the latest Microsoft products and technologies for designing, development and testing software purposes (usage rights) - using Microsoft technologies or for the Microsoft platform The program provides information and technical support resources (both online and offline) required by Developers to design, build, and test applications.

24/7 priority access to Microsoft software online

Periodic media shipments on software updates (except for Test Professional and MSDN Embedded subscriptions)

Technical support incidents

SDKs/DDKs

Online and managed forums

Design, development, test, and demonstration use rights to Microsoft software

Microsoft E-learning

Microsoft Azure

MSDN Subscriptions Offerings

• Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN

• Visual Studio 2010 Premium with MSDN

• Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN

• Visual Studio 2010 Test Elements with MSDN

• Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN Embedded

• MSDN Operating Systems*

* MSDN subscriptions can only be acquired together with Visual Studio Developer Tools

except for MSDN Operating Systems

Visual Studio 2010 with MSDN Product Options

Visual Studio 2010 transition for Active MSDN Subscriber (Apr ‘09)

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite with MSDN Premium

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Editions with MSDN Premium

Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Premium

Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional

- Upgrade transition for VS2008 Team System to and Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Premium

- Use right on the higher level till coverage (subscription expires) - Renewal pricing to stay on the upgraded level

MSDN Benefits and its Value

Microsoft Confidential

24 x 7 Chat support on non technical questions

Post question and get answer to your question from Microsoft

Professional Technical Phone Support

Access to online download for latest software and product key

Free Microsoft E-learning courses to upgrade your skills

Windows Azure Platform to embrace the cloud experience

MSDN Subscriptions make your development experience better ! • One license per user covers all dev & test

• Easy access to 12,489 downloads (9.53TB!)

• Previous, current, and future version use rights

• Team Foundation Server and CAL (for Visual Studio Professional with MSDN and above)

• Office and Expression production use rights for Premium and Ultimate subscriptions

24 x 7 Chat support on non technical questions

Post question and get answer to your question from Microsoft

Professional Technical Phone Support

Access to online download for latest software and product key

Free Microsoft E-learning courses to upgrade your skills

Windows Azure Platform to embrace the cloud experience

Services by Subscription Level (no extra charge) * Premium, Ultimate

Windows Azure

Small compute instance 750 hours / month

Storage 10 GB

Transactions 1,000,000 / month

AppFabric

Service Bus Connections 5 / month

Access Control Transactions

1,000,000 / month

SQL Azure Web Edition databases (1GB)

3

Data Transfers Asia Pacific 2.5 GB in / month 5 GB out / month

• Cloud services that provides operating system and a set of developer services

• Flexible and interoperable platform to build new applications that run from the cloud or enhance existing applications with cloud-based capabilities.

24 x 7 Chat support on non technical questions

Post question and get answer to your question from Microsoft

Professional Technical Phone Support

Access to online download for latest software and product key

Free Microsoft E-learning courses to upgrade your skills

Windows Azure Platform to embrace the cloud experience

Visual Studio Premium, Ultimate with MSDN will receive:

2 “collections” per year

All other MSDN levels (OS, Pro, Embedded):

1 “collection” per year

- Maximum retail value: $698 (MSDN Premium)

- Collections are a set of courses on a particular technology area, such as WCF or ASP.NET fundamentals

- Collections typically include 10 courses covering about 20 hours of instruction

24 x 7 Chat support on non technical questions

Post question and get answer to your question from Microsoft

Professional Technical Phone Support

Access to online download for latest software and product key

Free Microsoft E-learning courses to upgrade your skills

Windows Azure Platform to embrace the cloud experience

Priority Support in MSDN Forums If you don't get an answer from the community in select MSDN Forums, our Microsoft engineers will answer it within two business days.

Technical Support You can turn to dedicated Microsoft support engineers for assistance. Your subscription includes 2 – 4 incidents of professional-level technical support.

Other Benefits available under MSDN Branding

MSDN Library

Product and API references

MSDN Flash

Stay up on what’s new with MSDN Flash communications. You'll receive the MSDN Flash e-mail newsletter every other week, with news and information personalized to your interests and areas of focus.

MSDN online Magazine

You can now access to some of the most compelling information on development from Microsoft's top developers by downloading MSDN magazine in PDF format online.

Thank You

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