Visual Studio licences any better offers than buying online from MS?

[Beachless]

We are looking for 3 visual studio professional 2015 licences does anyone know if there are any better offers around than simply just buying it online from MS?

 

[MrGray]

If you qualify for a MAPS subscription on the MS partner program this includes three VS 2015 Pro licences.

 

[Beachless]

If you qualify for a MAPS subscription on the MS partner program this includes three VS 2015 Pro licences.

I've gone through the requirements of most of the programs and the company wont qualify for any of them so the only thing left is to just buy the licences. I'm just wondering if there are any benefits to using a reseller instead of just buying online.

 

[Pho3nix]

I've gone through the requirements of most of the programs and the company wont qualify for any of them so the only thing left is to just buy the licences. I'm just wondering if there are any benefits to using a reseller instead of just buying online.

Depends.. you can try negotiate with the resellers promising ongoing relations. Online price is as is.

 

[JIMMYtheSKULL]

I downloaded the community version which is free. Does pro have something you specifically need? Total noob here btw.

 

[*SynergyX*]

buy msdn rather

 

[MrGray]

The community version will suffice for 99% of a small dev team's requirements BUT as I understand it you may only use it commercially for up to 5 users if you are not an enterprise (defined as an organisation with more than 250 users or more than $1 million in annual revenues). If you develop open source software, however, you are exempt from the enterprise restriction.

 

[Beachless]

I downloaded the community version which is free. Does pro have something you specifically need? Total noob here btw.

The community version has licencing requirements that the company does not meet unfortunately.

 

[Beachless]

buy msdn rather

That costs double the standalone product price and is only an annual subscription. It has a lot of benefits but I'm not sure we will really use it enough to justify the additional costs.

 

[MrGray]

The community version has licencing requirements that the company does not meet unfortunately.

The only reason you wouldn't qualify then is if you're categorized as an enterprise?

 

[Beachless]

The only reason you wouldn't qualify then is if you're categorized as an enterprise?

Yes, that and doing internal software applications. Its an established business that used to outsource most of the work but is bringing more development in house. So the IT team is still small but the business is not.

 

[[)roi(]]

Yes, that and doing internal software applications. Its an established business that used to outsource most of the work but is bringing more development in house. So the IT team is still small but the business is not.

Why not push it through as opex ($45/month); that way it's just seen as another monthly expense + plus adding & removing seats is simple.