Here is what is included: Visual Studio Professional - latest version only Windows Enterprise - latest version only, to use for development and testing only Windows Server - latest version only, to use for development and testing only Visual Studio Professional MPN subscribers can also download and use software for their development, including the SQL Server Developer Edition. Subscriptions for partners with an MPN competency When a partner earns a competency-either at the silver or gold level-partners earn a core number of Visual Studio Enterprise subscriptions. You may also leave feedback directly on GitHub. While working online, Visual Studio silently refreshes the user's license status periodically to ensure the subscription is still valid. The Visual Studio subscriber can operate offline for up to 30 days before Visual Studio stops working. Product keys are not offered to unlock the product signing in is the only option for running Visual Studio. This internal use-only restriction essentially means that partners cannot use the software as part of work that they do for parties outside their own organization.īuilding an app that will be used by partner employees only is fine, but building an app that is part of a client project is not allowed. This applies to the software offered for the individual Visual Studio subscribers' use, and the overall MPN software license benefits. MPN rules stipulate that all software offered as a program benefit can only be used internally. The Visual Studio Professional MPN subscription does not include Azure DevOps Services benefits, Azure DevTest individual credit, technical support, training, or other subscriber benefits that are available with Visual Studio subscriptions that are offered commercially. Visual Studio Professional MPN is a custom offering without a commercially-available equivalent in the market. Only one Action Pack can be purchased per partner. Partners with a competency are eligible to purchase the Action Pack. Regardless of how many competencies a partner earns, the number of Visual Studio subscriptions is limited as follows. The Visual Studio Enterprise subscription is a custom offering that is roughly equivalent to the Visual Studio Enterprise Standard subscriptionbut with certain benefits removed many of which are offered separately to partners as general MPN benefits rather than as part of the Visual Studio Enterprise subscriptions offered through MPN. This core benefit changes if the partner earns at least one gold competency. When a partner earns a competency-either at the silver or gold level-partners earn a core number of Visual Studio Enterprise subscriptions. These subscriptions are licensed per user, and are only valid when assigned to a specific named user who works for the partner company.

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