When Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2005 they are planning to role
out 5 new premium MSDN subscriptions types. At this time MSDN Universal
and MSDN Enterprise will no longer be on sale. Existing customers of
Universal and Enterprise subscriptions will be upgraded at no cost to one of the higher premium subscriptions with VS2005 and Team System role-based products.

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	Visual Studio 2005 + MSDN Subscription						MSDN Subscription
	Team Suite	Role-based Team Editions			Professional Editions
Who needs it?	Software Development Teams	Software Architects	Software Developers	Software Testers	Professional Developers	Professional Developers	Developers building on the Microsoft platform
MSDN Subscription Level	Premium	Premium	Premium	Premium	Premium	Professional	Operating Systems	Library
Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers
Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
Visual FoxPro
Support Incidents	4	4	4	4	4	2	2
MSDN Online Concierge & Newsgroups
MSDN Library
All Major Microsoft Operating Systems A, B
SQL Server & SQL Reporting Services (Developer Editions) A
Broad Range of Windows Server Products A, C
Visual Source Safe 2005
Productivity Apps (including Office, Project, Visio) A, D
Microsoft Business Solutions E
1 – 4 Licenses Estimated Retail Price (per license, 1 year) 1	$10,939	$5,469	$5,469	$5,469	$2,499	$1,199	$699	$199
1 – 4 Licenses Renewal Price (per license, 1 year)	$4,598 3	$2,299 4	$2,299 4	$2,299 4	$1,999 5	$799 5	$499 5	$99 5
5+ Licenses Microsoft Open License Volume Licensing Program 2 (per license, per year for 2 year term)	$6,382	$3,191	$3,191	$3,191	$1,285	$567	$532	N/A

1. All prices reflect pricing for purchases within the United
   States and are in U.S. dollars. Pricing and availability may vary. The
   prices listed are estimated retail prices; reseller pricing may vary.
2. Product
   pricing and availability will vary by Volume Licensing program and
   geography. For more information about which program is right for you,
   visit the Microsoft Volume Licensing site or contact your reseller.
3. Renewal
   pricing for the Visual Studio Team Suite with MSDN Premium
   Subscriptions is only available to customers with active or expiring
   MSDN Premium subscriptions for any of the Visual Studio Team Editions,
   including MSDN Universal or Enterprise Subscribers transitioned into a
   new Visual Studio role based subscription.
4. Renewal pricing
   for Visual Studio Team Editions for Software Developers, Architects, or
   Testers with MSDN Premium Subscriptions is only available to customers
   with active or expiring subscriptions of the same edition, the Visual
   Studio Team Suite, or MSDN Universal or Enterprise Subscribers
   transitioned into the new Team Edition subscription products.
5. Renewal
   pricing is available to customers with any type of active or expiring
   MSDN subscription, excluding the MSDN Library subscription. The MSDN
   Library Subscriptions renewal pricing is available to customers with
   any type of active or expiring MSDN Subscription.

1. Software included in MSDN Subscriptions provides limited usage rights
   for development, testing, and demonstration purposes only. MSDN
   Subscriptions provide the most recent version of these products through
   regular shipments and many previous versions are available from MSDN
   Subscriber Downloads.
2. All major Microsoft Operating Systems
   includes Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000
   Advanced Server, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional
   Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center 2005.
3. Broad Range of Windows Server Products
   includes Commerce Server 2002 (Developer Edition); Exchange Server
   2003; Host Integration Server 2004; Application Center 2000 (Developer
   Edition);BizTalk Server 2004 (Developer Edition); Content Management
   Server 2002 (Developer Edition); Identity Integration Server 2003
   (Enterprise Edition); ISA Server 2004; Microsoft Operations Manager
   2005; Office Live Communications Server 2005;SharePoint Portal Server
   2003;Speech Server 2004; Systems Management Server 2003.
4. One
   copy of Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003 can be used for
   general business use, unrelated to development and testing. Only the
   single user with the appropriate MSDN subscription license can use the
   Microsoft Office product in this manner.
5. Microsoft Business Solutions
   includes Axapta 3.0; CRM 1.2; Great Plains 7.5; Microsoft Business
   Network 1.0 Professional; Navision 4.0; Small Business Manager 7.5;
   Solomon 6.5. Available from MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Customers in North America can request a DVD from MSDN North American Subscription Services. Customers worldwide can contact MSDN customer service to request a DVD.