Best way to buy visual studio

Question

I have just started today at a new company. They are a wensure that used to outsource all of their development. I am the only dev for now and need visual studio 2008. What is they best way to licence it?

It is a website and they won't be creating an application. Is isv possible and is it the way to go?

Answer 1

if you google "cheap visual studio professional" there seem to be licenses for as little as $100.

Answer 2

Visual Studio Express edition is free http://www.microsoft.com/exPress/

I thnk though that the licence that you use really depends on what you are doing with it. I would try to consult your companies legal department just in case. You can buy Standard or Pro directly from Microsoft.

Answer 3

Hey, Visual Studio 2010 is set to release on March 22nd. That's less than 90 days away.

If I were you, I'd either make do with the beta of Visual Studio 2010 which is freely available - or download Visual Studio 2008 Trial that lasts approximately 90 days. then buy 2010 when it comes out.

Answer 4

Check out the Microsoft WebSpark program. It provides free licenses for small shops (fewer than 10 employees) including MS SQL Server for up to 3 years.

Microsoft® WebsiteSpark™ is designed to ignite the success of professional Web developers and designers. The program enables you to get software, support and business opportunities from Microsoft at no upfront costs for 3 years or exit from the program.

Program Benefits

WebSiteSpark provides access to a technology offering for development and production hosting of websites. Once enrolled, you can download the following software from Microsoft:

For design, development, testing and demonstration of new websites – for a total of up to three users per Web design and development company:
o Visual Studio Professional
o Expression Studio 3 (1 user) and Expression Web 3 (up to 2 users) o Windows Web Server 2008 R2
o SQL Server 2008 Web Edition

For production use – that is, to deploy and host new websites developed using Program software – using a total of up to four processors per Web design and development company, of the following (physical or virtual) dedicated servers:
o Windows Web Server 2008 R2
o SQL Server 2008 Web Edition

Answer 5

Have you thought of looking at Websitespark or bizspark?

Hope this helps, Best regards, Tom.