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Visual Studio 2010 SKUs & The Ultimate Offer

As you might have read from my previous post, Visual Studio 2010 will RTM on 22^nd March 2010 and there are changes to Visual Studio SKUs.

Here is a brief comparison of various Visual Studio 2010 SKUs.

On 22^nd March 2010, all customers with an active MSDN Premium subscription will be transitioned up to the next product up the stack.

• Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Editions and Team Suite with MSDN Premium will transition up to Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN.
• Visual Studio Professional 2008 with MSDN Premium will transition up to Visual Studio 2010 Premium with MSDN.
• Visual Studio Professional 2008 with MSDN Professional will transition to Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN.

Learn more about it from this document.

Here is 3 things you can do now to get the most out of Visual Studio 2010 launch.

1. Start thinking about Visual Studio 2010. Decide what level of Visual Studio 2010 you want, and plan for how The Ultimate Offer can get you there.

2. Download Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and start using it. The Go-Live license for beta 2 release is a great opportunity for you to begin using it for development projects in your organization.

3. If you really want to get the biggest bang-for-the-buck with The Ultimate Offer, you must step up to Visual Studio Team System 2008 with MSDN Premium subscription now!