Samwise are the first Microsoft Partner in the country to offer organisations a conclusive review of their developer tool and MSDN Subscription usage. We are working with customers to ensure they are receiving all the potential benefits from their MSDN subscriptions, check they are on the most cost effective licensing scheme and correctly licensing the software they are using.
Visual Studio and MSDN Licensing Basics
The MSDN End User License Agreement (EULA) allows each employee with an MSDN license to use all of the software that is included in the subscription for development, test, and demonstration purposes only.
MSDN subscriptions are single-user licensed; each employee using the products within an MSDN subscription must have an MSDN Subscriptions license. In other words, one license must be purchased for each user.
Employees with an MSDN premium subscription, can use Office Professional for general business use, unrelated to development and testing, therefore negating the need to purchase separate Office licences for these developers.
Customers do not have to purchase media for each licensed user. MSDN subscription media can be shared with all individuals who have an MSDN Subscriptions license of the same level or higher.
MSDN subscriptions have a perpetual license, so subscribers can still use the products received with their MSDN subscription after their subscription has expired.
In General, you are licensed to install MSDN software on any number of computers. However:
- Only persons with MSDN Subscription licenses can use the software on any of the machines.
- If you are using Office for business purposes, you may only install on one computer.
- Many product keys are only effective for 10 activations.
