1. Value of MSDN Subscriptions
(Leslie Sia)
19th January 2011
/*Life Runs on Code*/

2. Agenda
What is MSDN subscriptions ?
• What does MSDN stands for and why is there a need for a subscription
VS2010MSDN subscription can be how does this impact your MSDN
• How Product line Changes and acquired
subscriptions ?
MSDN Benefits and its value
Open for Questions & Answers

3. 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.
MSDN Subscriptions Offerings
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

4. Visual Studio 2010 with MSDN Product Options
• 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

5. 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

6. MSDN Benefits and its Value
Microsoft Confidential

7. Access to online download for latest software and product key
Windows Azure Platform to embrace the cloud experience
Free Microsoft E-learning courses to upgrade your skills
Post question and get answer to your question from Microsoft
Professional Technical Phone Support
24 x 7 Chat support on non technical questions
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

8. Access to online download for latest software and product key
Windows Azure Platform to embrace the cloud experience
Free Microsoft E-learning courses to upgrade your skills
Post question and get answer to your question from Microsoft
Professional Technical Phone Support
24 x 7 Chat support on non technical questions
Services by Subscription Level (no extra charge) * Premium, Ultimate • Cloud services that
Small compute instance 750 hours / month
provides operating system
Windows Azure Storage 10 GB
and a set of developer
Transactions 1,000,000 / month
services
Service Bus Connections 5 / month
AppFabric Access Control Transacti 1,000,000 / month
• Flexible and interoperable
ons platform to build new
Web Edition databases applications that run from
SQL Azure 3
(1GB) the cloud or enhance
Data Transfers Asia Pacific
2.5 GB in / month existing applications with
5 GB out / month cloud-based capabilities.

9. Access to online download for latest software and product key
Windows Azure Platform to embrace the cloud experience
Free Microsoft E-learning courses to upgrade your skills
Post question and get answer to your question from Microsoft
Professional Technical Phone Support
24 x 7 Chat support on non technical questions
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

10. Access to online download for latest software and product key
Windows Azure Platform to embrace the cloud experience
Free Microsoft E-learning courses to upgrade your skills
Post question and get answer to your question from Microsoft
Professional Technical Phone Support
24 x 7 Chat support on non technical questions
Priority Support in MSDN Forums
If you don't get an answer from the
community in select MSDN Forums,
our Microsoft engineers will answer Technical Support
it within two business days. You can turn to dedicated Microsoft
support engineers for
assistance. Your subscription
includes 2 – 4 incidents of
professional-level technical support.

11. 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.

12. Visit our website at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa718661.aspx for
more details
Thank You