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Product Manager: CarstenFetterlein Hansen - Microsoft Denmark & IcelandJukka Wallasvaara - Microsoft FinlandOlive Cannon - Microsoft IrelandJon Jahren - Microsoft NorwayAndreas Nordenadler - Microsoft Sweden

Countries concerned: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, SwedenProduct division: Microsoft Developer ToolsPublication date: 2008-01-01

Name of product:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional EditionMicrosoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition

These products will replace the following products: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Professional Edition Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition - see part numbers at the end of the sheet

General information:Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 delivers on Microsoft’s vision of smart client applications by enabling developers to rapidly create connected applications that deliver the highest quality, rich user experiences. With Visual Studio 2008, organizations will find it easier than ever before to capture and analyze information to help them make effective business decisions. Visual Studio 2008 enables organizations of every size to rapidly create more secure, manageable, and reliable applications that take advantage of Windows Vista™ and the 2007 Office system.Visual Studio 2008 delivers key advances for developers in three primary pillars:

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Rapid application development Effective team collaboration Breakthrough user experiences

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Benefits Developing Smart Client Applications. Visual Studio 2008 delivers new and easy ways for

developers to build smart clients. It provides a comprehensive set of tools and classes that simplify integrating smart clients with new or existing Web applications, and it enables local data caching for disconnected scenarios.

Creating Microsoft Office Applications. Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) is fully integrated into Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition. Developers can now customize various Office applications, such as Outlook® and PowerPoint®, to improve user productivity and simplify deployment.

Building Windows Vista Applications. Developers can easily leverage new platform technologies, and deliver more compelling applications to their customers, by effortlessly incorporating new Windows Presentation Foundation features into both existing Windows Forms applications and new applications.

Handling Data More Productively. The introduction of Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and other data-access improvements enable developers to apply a consistent programmatic approach to data handling, perform data access with new data-design surfaces, and use built-in classes for the occasionally connected design pattern.

Enabling New Web Experiences. Developers can easily create efficient, interactive Web applications with Visual Studio 2008. Seamless integration of the familiar ASP.NET AJAX programming model enables more efficient client-side execution, giving end users a more responsive Web interface. JavaScript IntelliSense and debugging further improve the development experience.

Gaining an Improved Overall Developer Experience. Visual Studio 2008 delivers a better developer experience overall through the combination of significant product quality improvements, and changes to the way the most popular design surfaces return errors to the user. In addition, Visual Studio 2008 simplifies the user’s ability to adopt the toolset and framework separately by enabling developers to target different .NET Framework platforms.

Improving Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). ALM features in Visual Studio provide great support not only for managing the entire software-development life cycle, but also for critical interaction with an enterprise application’s final end-users and IT stakeholders.

Visual Studio 2008 Professional EditionVisual Studio 2008 Professional Edition is a comprehensive set of tools that accelerates the process of turning the developer’s vision into reality. Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition was engineered to support development projects that target the Web (including ASP.NET AJAX), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, The 2007 Microsoft Office system, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Mobile devices. The number of platforms that developers must target to meet business needs is increasing rapidly. Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition provides the integrated toolset for addressing all of these needs by providing a superset of the functionality available in Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition.

Today’s developers face the challenge of targeting a broad range of platforms and crafting applications that quickly deliver value to the business. Integrated designers and language features in Visual Studio allow developers to build the connected applications demanded by today’s businesses while taking advantage of the .NET Framework 3.5 to reduce development time.

New Features and benefits Work with data in a unified and integrated way

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o Be more productive by using a single approach to querying and manipulating data that’s integrated with the way you write code – in the programming language.

o Language-Integrated Query lets you use a single model to query and transform XML, SQL Server and object data, helping you focus on what you need the data to do rather than how you are going to access the data.

o Integrated support for XML in Visual Basic.Benefit: Programming against data sources has traditionally meant having to learn a new data access technology or paradigm for each data source. LINQ enables developers work with data of many types in the same consistent way, integrated within their programming language

Collaborate with user interface designerso Share user interface assets like design elements and controls with graphic designers that

use Microsoft Expression®o Both Microsoft Expression Web (ASP.NET) and Microsoft Expression Blend™

(Windows Presentation Foundation) are supportedBenefit: The ability to transfer user interface design elements between the developer and the designer means that edits to either the code or UI can be made simultaneously without impacting layout or code adversely. The developer and designer work on their respective tasks without any dependency on each other; their efforts are then integrated by simply sharing their source files.

Employ the latest web user interface techniqueso New support for web server standards-based communication techniques for AJAX/JSON

enabled web siteso Breakthrough JavaScript support within Visual Studio 2008 including IntelliSense and

debuggingo New ASP.NET controls allow for better page management through templates o RSS and REST natively supported by the Windows Communication FoundationBenefit: Modern rich interactive web applications are now easier to build

Build stunning applications for Windows Vistao Build powerful Windows-based applications that take advantage of Windows Forms and

Windows Presentation Foundation to make your applications really stand outo Smart Client application improvements improve deployment and disconnected scenariosBenefit: Harness the power of modern desktops to build rich Windows-based applications that engage your end user

Build higher quality applications with integrated unit testingo Powerful unit testing tools are now integrated directly into Visual Studio 2008

Professional EditionBenefit: The trend toward test driven development and the importance of quality and security in distributed applications means unit testing is now an integral part of a developer’s task

Great support for designing web applicationso Cascading Style sheet and HTML editors have been greatly enhanced for productivityBenefit: Visual Studio’s built in support for CSS and HTML means you won’t have to leave Visual Studio to work on the look and feel of your web site

Build applications that run on multiple versions of the .net frameworko With previous versions of Visual Studio, you could build applications that ran on only

one version of the .NET Framework

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o Now you can use one tool – Visual Studio 2008 and build applications that work with .NET Framework versions 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5

Benefit: Developers won’t need multiple versions of Visual Studio installed to build or support applications that target these 3 versions of the .NET Framework. The new editor, designer and debugger intelligently adapt to the version of the .NET Framework that you have specified. Developers can take advantage of these improvements immediately without the requirement of upgrading their projects.

Build Office based applicationso Visual Studio 2008 Professional now includes Tools for Office developmento Build and deploy your Office based applications just like a Windows application o Built in tools help making Office “look and feel” interfaces like the ‘fluent ribbon’

quickly and easilyo Click-Once deployment for applications that you build for Office using Visual Studio

2008Benefit: As Office applications increasingly become information workers mainstay tool, having the ability to bring corporate data and interactive applications within the familiar Office environment will ease deployment and end-user adoption of your application

Workflow & communication toolso Connected applications can take advantage of the Windows Communication Foundation

and participate in Service Oriented architectureso Human or machine based workflows can be designed and testedBenefit: Client applications (Web, Windows, Mobile or Office-based) can build on robust workflow and communications protocols to connect to distributed systems

Performance and stability across the boardo The highest quality Visual Studio release ever ensures that you are more productive

during developmentBenefit: Less time spent building plumbing, supporting code and debugging means higher productivity and more time to focus on the real challenges

Visual Studio 2008 Standard EditionVisual Studio 2008 Standard Edition provides a full-featured development environment for Windows and Web developers. It offers productivity enhancements for building data-driven client and Web applications. Individual developers looking to create connected applications with next-generation user experiences will find Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition a perfect fit.

Today’s developers face the challenge of targeting a broad range of platforms and crafting applications that quickly deliver value to the business. Integrated designers and language features in Visual Studio allow developers to build the connected applications demanded by today’s businesses while taking advantage of the .NET Framework 3.5 to reduce development time.

Design high-performance applicationsCreate and deploy compelling Windows and Web applications using new visual designers and more than 50 new controls.

Unleash the power of your dataConnect to the data you need, regardless of its location, and build datadriven applications using the Language Integrated Query (LINQ).

Deliver a great design experienceProvide a better user experience for graphic designers by employing new design surfaces and file formats that are compatible with Microsoft Expression.

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Product DifferencesVisual Studio 2008 Professional Edition and Standard Edition differ as follows:

Feature Standard Edition Professional EditionBuild applications for the Microsoft Office system

No Yes1

Build software for mobile devices

No Yes1

Software Assurance-Eligible No Yes2

User experience Simplified menus and defaults FullDocumentation Online3 Online and OfflineClass Designer and Object Test Bench

No Yes4

Crystal Reports No YesServer Explorer No YesUnit Testing No Yes5

Additional Tools Included SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition

Notes:1 Does not include support for C++ projects 2 Software Assurance provided through MSDN Subscription 3 Offline documentation available as a separate download4Limited support for native C++ code, intended to be used only for visualization and documentation 5Does not include Code Coverage; C++ support is limited

MSDN Subscriptions include a wide variety of software to help developers to design, develop, test, and demonstrate applications or solutions. Active subscribers have access to current, past, and pre-release future versions of virtually every Microsoft product or technology a development team could need. MSDN Professional Subscriptions can be purchased with Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition. MSDN Premium Subscriptions can be purchased with either Visual Studio Professional Edition or with Visual Studio Team System products.

Subscription LevelsVisual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite with MSDN Premium

Development Tools Servers Operating Systems 2007 Microsoft Office system

Visual Studio Team System 2008: Visual Studio Team System 2008: Team Suite Visual Studio Team System 2008: Development Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008: Architecture Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008: Test Edition Visual Studio Team

SQL Server Application Platform Servers BizTalk Server, Commerce Server, Host Integration Server, Connected Services Framework, Customer Care Framework Business Productivity Servers Content Management Server, Exchange Server, Office Live Communications

Windows Vista Ultimate/Enterprise/Business/Home Premium/Home Basic Windows XP Professional/Home/Media Center Edition/Tablet PC Edition Windows Server 2008 (BETA) Windows Server 2003 R2 Compute Cluster Windows SharePoint Services

Office Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional Plus/Professional 2007 [2] Office Word, Office Excel, Office PowerPoint, Office Outlook & Business Contact Manager, Office Access [2] Office Publisher, Office InfoPath, Office OneNote, Office Communicator, Office Groove, Office SharePoint Designer,

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System 2008: Database Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008: Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition [1]Visual Studio 2008 Professional Visual Studio Team System 2005: Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition [1] Visual Studio 2005 Professional Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office System Visual SourceSafe 2005 Previous versions of Visual Studio Visual Studio .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual J#, Visual FoxPro Expression Studio

Server, Office Forms Server, Office Groove Server, Office PerformancePoint Server, Speech Server, Sharepoint Server, Windows Sharepoint Services IT Operations Servers Identity Integration Server, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager, Systems Management Server, ISA Server

Office Visio, Office Project Standard [2] Office Accounting, Office Business Scorecard Manager, MapPoint, Office FrontPage Office Project Professional Office Project Server, Office Project Portfolio Server

Microsoft Dynamics Other Tools, SDKs & DDKs Additional Benefits

Dynamics AX, GP, NAV, SL, Microsoft Forecaster & Microsoft FRx Dynamics CRM, Point of Sale, Microsoft Small Business Accounting &

Access Developer Extensions Virtual PC, Virtual Server .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework, .NET

MSDN Library 4 Technical support incidents Managed Newsgroup support Online Concierge

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Financials Micro Framework Windows SDK, Platform SDK, DirectX SDK Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0, Application Compatibility Tool Kit 5.0 Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), Windows Installer Windows Driver Kit (WDK), Windows Hardware Compatibility Test Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition with MSDN Premium


Visual Studio Team System 2008: Visual Studio Team System 2008: Development Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008: Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition [1]Visual Studio 2008 Professional Visual Studio Team System 2005: Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition [1] Visual Studio 2005 Professional Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office System Visual SourceSafe 2005 Previous versions of

SQL Server Application Platform Servers BizTalk Server, Commerce Server, Host Integration Server, Connected Services Framework, Customer Care Framework Business Productivity Servers Content Management Server, Exchange Server, Office Live Communications Server, Office Forms Server, Office Groove Server, Office PerformancePoint Server, Speech Server, Sharepoint Server, Windows Sharepoint Services IT Operations Servers Identity Integration Server, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Operations


Office Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional Plus/Professional 2007 [2] Office Word, Office Excel, Office PowerPoint, Office Outlook & Business Contact Manager, Office Access [2] Office Publisher, Office InfoPath, Office OneNote®, Office Communicator, Office Groove, Office SharePoint Designer, Office Visio, Office Project Standard [2] Office Accounting, Office Business Scorecard Manager, MapPoint, Office FrontPage Office Project Professional Office Project Server, Office Project Portfolio Server

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Visual Studio Visual Studio .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual J#, Visual FoxPro Expression Web Expression Blend

Manager, Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager, Systems Management Server, ISA Server


Dynamics AX, GP, NAV, SL, Microsoft Forecaster & Microsoft FRx Dynamics CRM, Point of Sale, Microsoft Small Business Accounting & Financials

Access Developer Extensions Virtual PC, Virtual Server .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework, .NET Micro Framework Windows SDK, Platform SDK, DirectX SDK Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0, Application Compatibility Tool Kit 5.0 Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), Windows Installer Windows Driver Kit (WDK), Windows Hardware Compatibility Test Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0


Visual Studio Team System 2008 Architecture Edition with MSDN Premium


Visual Studio Team System 2008: Visual Studio Team System 2008: Architecture Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008: Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition [1]

SQL Server Application Platform Servers BizTalk Server, Commerce Server, Host Integration Server, Connected Services Framework, Customer Care Framework

Windows Vista Ultimate/Enterprise/Business/Home Premium/Home Basic Windows XP Professional/Home/Media Center Edition/Tablet PC Edition

Office Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional Plus/Professional 2007 [2] Office Word, Office Excel, Office PowerPoint, Office Outlook & Business Contact Manager, Office Access [2]

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Visual Studio 2008 Professional Visual Studio Team System 2005: Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition [1] Visual Studio 2005 Professional Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office System Visual SourceSafe 2005 Previous versions of Visual Studio Visual Studio .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual J#, Visual FoxPro Expression Web Expression Blend

Business Productivity Servers Content Management Server, Exchange Server, Office Live Communications Server, Office Forms Server, Office Groove Server, Office PerformancePoint Server, Speech Server, Sharepoint Server, Windows Sharepoint Services IT Operations Servers Identity Integration Server, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager, Systems Management Server, ISA Server

Windows Server 2008 (BETA) Windows Server 2003 R2 Compute Cluster Windows SharePoint Services

Office Publisher, Office InfoPath, Office OneNote®, Office Communicator, Office Groove, Office SharePoint Designer, Office Visio, Office Project Standard [2] Office Accounting, Office Business Scorecard Manager, MapPoint, Office FrontPage Office Project Profes-sional, Office Project Server, Office Project Portfolio Server



Access Developer Extensions Virtual PC, Virtual Server .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework, .NET Micro Framework Windows SDK, Platform SDK, DirectX SDK Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0, Application Compatibility Tool Kit 5.0 Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), Windows Installer Windows Driver Kit (WDK), Windows


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Hardware Compatibility Test Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition with MSDN Premium


Visual Studio Team System 2008: Visual Studio Team System 2008: Test Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008: Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition [1]Visual Studio 2008 Professional Visual Studio Team System 2005: Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition [1] Visual Studio 2005 Professional Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office System Visual SourceSafe 2005 Previous versions of Visual Studio Visual Studio .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual J#, Visual FoxPro Expression Web Expression Blend

SQL Server Application Platform Servers BizTalk Server, Commerce Server, Host Integration Server, Connected Services Framework, Customer Care Framework Business Productivity Servers Content Management Server, Exchange Server, Office Live Communications Server, Office Forms Server, Office Groove Server, Office PerformancePoint Server, Speech Server, Sharepoint Server, Windows Sharepoint Services IT Operations Servers Identity Integration Server, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager, Systems Management Server, ISA Server


Office Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional Plus/Professional 2007 [2] Office Word, Office Excel, Office PowerPoint, Office Outlook & Business Contact Manager, Office Access [2] Office Publisher, Office InfoPath, Office OneNote®, Office Communicator, Office Groove, Office SharePoint Designer, Office Visio, Office Project Standard [2] Office Accounting, Office Business Scorecard Manager, MapPoint, Office FrontPage Office Project Professional Office Project Server, Office Project Portfolio Server


Dynamics AX, GP, NAV, SL, Microsoft Forecaster & Microsoft FRx

Access Developer Extensions Virtual PC, Virtual Server

MSDN Library 4 Technical support incidents Managed Newsgroup

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Dynamics CRM, Point of Sale, Microsoft Small Business Accounting & Financials

.NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework, .NET Micro Framework Windows SDK, Platform SDK, DirectX SDK Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0, Application Compatibility Tool Kit 5.0 Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), Windows Installer Windows Driver Kit (WDK), Windows Hardware Compatibility Test Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0

support Online Concierge

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition with MSDN Premium


Visual Studio Team System 2008: Visual Studio Team System 2008: Database Edition Visual Studio Team System 2008: Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition [1]Visual Studio 2008 Professional Visual Studio Team System 2005: Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition [1] Visual Studio 2005 Professional Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft

SQL Server Application Platform Servers BizTalk Server, Commerce Server, Host Integration Server, Connected Services Framework, Customer Care Framework Business Productivity Servers Content Management Server, Exchange Server, Office Live Communications Server, Office Forms Server, Office Groove Server, Office PerformancePoint Server, Speech Server, Sharepoint Server, Windows Sharepoint Services IT Operations Servers


Office Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional Plus/ Professional 2007 [2] Office Word, Office Excel, Office PowerPoint, Office Outlook & Business Contact Manager, Office Access [2] Office Publisher, Office InfoPath, Office OneNote®, Office Communicator, Office Groove, Office SharePoint Designer, Office Visio, Office Project Standard [2] Office Accounting, Office Business Scorecard Manager, MapPoint, Office FrontPage Office Project

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Office System Visual SourceSafe 2005 Previous versions of Visual Studio Visual Studio .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual J#, Visual FoxPro Expression Web Expression Blend

Identity Integration Server, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager, Systems Management Server, ISA Server

Professional Office Project Server, Office Project Portfolio Server



Access Developer Extensions Virtual PC, Virtual Server .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework, .NET Micro Framework Windows SDK, Platform SDK, DirectX SDK Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0, Application Compatibility Tool Kit 5.0 Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), Windows Installer Windows Driver Kit (WDK), Windows Hardware Compatibility Test Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0


Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Premium

Development Tools Servers Operating Systems 2007 Microsoft Office System

Visual Studio 2008 Professional Visual Studio 2005 Professional Visual Studio 2005

SQL Server Application Platform Servers BizTalk Server, Commerce Server, Host

Windows Vista Ultimate/Enterprise/Business/Home Premium/Home Basic Windows XP

Office Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional Plus/Professional 2007 [2] Office Word, Office

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Tools for Microsoft Office System Visual SourceSafe 2005 Previous versions of Visual Studio Visual Studio .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual J#, Visual FoxPro Expression Web Expression Blend

Integration Server, Connected Services Framework, Customer Care Framework Business Productivity Servers Content Management Server, Exchange Server, Office Live Communications Server, Office Forms Server, Office Groove Server, Office PerformancePoint Server, Speech Server, Sharepoint Server, Windows Sharepoint Services IT Operations Servers Identity Integration Server, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager, Systems Management Server, ISA Server

Professional/Home/Media Center Edition/Tablet PC Edition Windows Server 2008 (BETA) Windows Server 2003 R2 Compute Cluster Windows SharePoint Services

Excel, Office PowerPoint, Office Outlook & Business Contact Manager, Office Access [2] Office Publisher, Office InfoPath, Office OneNote®, Office Communicator, Office Groove, Office SharePoint Designer, Office Visio, Office Project Standard [2] Office Accounting, Office Business Scorecard Manager, MapPoint, Office FrontPage Office Project Professional Office Project Server, Office Project Portfolio Server



Access Developer Extensions Virtual PC, Virtual Server .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework, .NET Micro Framework Windows SDK, Platform SDK, DirectX SDK Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0, Application Compatibility Tool Kit 5.0 Windows Automated Installation Kit


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(WAIK), Windows Installer Windows Driver Kit (WDK), Windows Hardware Compatibility Test Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0

Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional

Development Tools Operating Systems Additional Benefits

Visual Studio 2008 Professional Visual Studio 2005 Professional Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office System Visual SourceSafe 2005 Previous versions of Visual Studio Visual Studio .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual J#, Visual FoxPro



Servers Other Tools, SDKs & DDKs

SQL Server Access Developer Extensions Virtual PC, Virtual Server .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework, .NET Micro Framework Windows SDK, Platform SDK, DirectX SDK Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0, Application Compatibility Tool Kit 5.0 Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), Windows Installer Windows Driver Kit (WDK), Windows Hardware Compatibility Test Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0

MSDN Operating Systems

Featured software Additional Benefits

Windows Vista Ultimate/Enterprise/Business/Home Premium/Home Basic Windows XP


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Featured software Additional Benefits

Professional/Home/Media Center Edition/Tablet PC Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Windows Server 2008 (BETA) Compute Cluster Windows SharePoint Services System Center Capacity Planner Virtual PC, Virtual Server .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework, .NET Micro Framework Windows SDK, Platform SDK, DirectX SDK Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0, Application Compatibility Tool Kit 5.0 Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), Windows Installer Windows Driver Kit (WDK), Windows Hardware Compatibility Test Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0

NotesSoftware included in MSDN Subscriptions is provided with rights to design, develop, test and demonstrate your software applications.Licensed users may install included content on any number of devices for these purposes only. Only the licensed subscriber may use the included products. Please see the product use rights or license terms for MSDN for more details.MSDN Subscriptions offers current, pre-release and certain older versions of these products to download. Selected contents are also available on DVD media subscriptions.The information is representative and not comprehensive. Products, versions, and availability are subject to change.

[1] Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition is limited to five designated users. One Client Access License is provided for use of the full version of Team Foundation Server.[2] One copy of the indicated applications may be used on one device for any purpose.Microsoft Access, BizTalk, DirectX, Excel, FRx, Groove, InfoPath, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, OneNote, Outlook, PerformancePoint, PowerPoint, SharePoint, SQL Server, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual FoxPro, Visual J#, Visual SourceSafe, Visual Studio, Windows, Windows Server, Windows Vista and the .NET logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies

More InformationFor more information look on http://www.microsoft.com/vstudio and http://www.microsoft.com/teamsystem

ContentsVisual Studio 2008 Professional Qty 1 DVD9 (Visual Studio Professional 2008) Qty 1 DVD5 (SQL Server Developer Edition 2005 Win32/x64/IA64)

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http://www.microsoft.com/teamsystem

http://www.microsoft.com/vstudio

Visual Studio Professional 2008 Quick Start Guide Electronic License

Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Premium Qty 2 DVD9 Visual Studio Professional 2008 Quick Start Guide Card MSDN Electronic License

Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional Qty 2 DVD9 Visual Studio Professional 2008 Quick Start Guide Card MSDN Electronic License

Visual Studio 2008 Standard Qty 1 DVD5 Visual Studio 2008 Standard Quick Start Guide Electronic License

LicensingThere are no major licensing changes for any Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition product. Pricing will also be the same as Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition. Microsoft will discontinue distributing Visual Studio Tools for Office as a stand-alone product, as Visual Studio Tools for Office is included in Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition.

Note: As was the case with Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio Standard is not available for purchase in Volume Licensing.

Visual Studio 2008 Professional products are licensed according to the Microsoft Developer Tools licensing model, which licenses products on a per user basis. Each licensed user may install and use the software as many times as he/she wishes on his/her devices. However, a license for each product is required for each user who uses it on those devices. Through Microsoft Volume Licensing, you can license Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition as a standalone, License-only product, or with either MSDN Professional Subscription or MSDN Premium Subscription.

MSDN Subscriptions is the Software Assurance for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 products, offering comprehensive access to Microsoft tools and technologies, professional support services and expert information resources. MSDN Subscriptions are offered as the Software Assurance for Visual Studio in Microsoft Volume Licensing programs, through retail partners, and direct from Microsoft (varies by region). MSDN Subscriptions are available in three levels:

1. MSDN Premium is offered alongside Visual Studio 2008 Professional and Visual Studio Team System 2008 as the software assurance for client products;

2. MSDN Professional is available to purchase with Visual Studio 2008 Professional;3. MSDN Operating Systems is available as a standalone product; it is not offered to

purchase with Visual Studio.

NOTE: MSDN Library Subscriptions will be discontinued as of December 31, 2007.

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RequirementsVisual Studio 2008 Professional Edition System RequirementsRequirements vary for different combinations of components within Visual Studio 2008 Professional Editions. To install Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, you need: Computer with a 1.6 GHz or faster processor Visual Studio 2008 can be installed on the following operating systems: Windows Vista (x86 & x64) - all editions except Starter Edition Windows XP (x86 & x64) with Service Pack 2 or later - all editions except Starter Edition Windows Server 2003 (x86 & x64) with Service Pack 1 or later (all editions) Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86 and x64) or later (all editions) 384 MB of RAM or more (768 MB of RAM or more for Windows Vista) 2.2 GB of available hard-disk space 5400 RPM hard drive 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution display DVD-ROM Drive Additional features may require Internet access. Fees may apply.

Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition System RequirementsTBA

AvailabilityEstimated Channel Partner Availability – mid JanuaryEstimated Street Date Availability – end January

Product DetailsFull Packaged Product - Visual Studio 2008 ProfessionalLicense Offering

Part Number

Product Name Media License Pallet Quantity

Master-pack Quantity

Bar Code

License C5E-00245 Visual Studio Pro 2008 Win32 English DVD

DVD5 1 license 910 10 882224533904

License - Upgrade*

C5E-00247 Visual Studio Pro 2008 Win32 English UPG DVD

DVD5 1 renewal license

910 10 882224533928

License – Academic Edition

C5E-00289 Visual Studio Pro 2008 Win32 English AE DVD

DVD5 1 license (for Qualified Educational Users only)

910 10 882224534345

*Customers who qualify for the upgrade price include licensed users of the following Microsoft and competitor products:

Microsoft products MSDN Universal MSDN Enterprise

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MSDN Professional Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Special Edition Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect Visual Studio 97 Professional Edition Visual Studio 97 Enterprise Edition Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition Visual Basic 5.0 (or later) Professional Edition Visual Basic 5.0 (or later) Enterprise Edition Visual C++ 5.0 (or later) Professional Edition Visual C++ 5.0 (or later) Enterprise Edition Visual InterDev 1.0 (or later) Visual J++ Professional Edition 1.1 (or later) Visual FoxPro 5.0 (or later) Professional Edition Visual SourceSafe 5.0 (or later) Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition (or later)

Competitive products VisualAge, IBM WebSphere Studio, BEA WebLogic Workshop, Oracle Developer Suite, Oracle

JDeveloper, Borland C++Builder, Borland Enterprise Studio, Borland JBuilder, Borland Delphi, Borland Kylix, WebGain Studio, WebGain VisualCafe, TogetherSoft Together ControlCenter, Sun ONE Studio, Macromedia Studio

Open License - Visual Studio 2008 Professional (Single language)License Offering

Part Number Product Name Level Licensing Information

License C5E-00324 Visual Studio Pro 2008 Sngl OLP NL

No Level 1 license

License C5E-00310 Visual Studio Pro 2008 Sngl OLP C

C 1 license


C5E-00340 Visual Studio Pro 2008 Sngl OLP NL AE

No Level 1 license (for Qualified Educational Users only)


C5E-00334 Visual Studio Pro 2008 Sngl OLP B AE

B 1 license (for Qualified Educational Users only)

License & Software Assurance

N/A N/A No Level 1 license


N/A N/A C 1 license

License & Software Assurance – Academic Edition

N/A N/A No Level 1 license (for Qualified Educational Users only)

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N/A N/A B 1 license (for Qualified Educational Users only)

Software Assurance

N/A N/A No Level 1 license

Software Assurance

N/A N/A C 1 license

Software Assurance – Academic Edition




Doc Kit N/A Visual Studio Pro 2008 English DocKit

N/A Doc Kit

Disk Kit C5E-00224 Visual Studio Pro 2008 English Disk Kit MVL DVD

N/A Disk Kit only (for Volume Licensing only)

Select - Visual Studio 2008 Professional (Single language)

License Offering


License C5E-00376 Visual Studio Pro 2008 Sngl MVL

A/B/C/D 1 license


C5E-00376 Visual Studio Pro 2008 Sngl MVL

A 1 license (for Qualified Educational Users only)


N/A N/A A/B/C/D 1 license


N/A N/A A 1 license (for Qualified Educational Users only)

Software Assurance

N/A N/A A/B/C/D 1 license




N/A Doc Kit



Full Packaged Product - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Premium

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License Offering

Part Number

Product Name Media License Pallet Quantity


Bar Code

License UEJ-00010 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem 2008 Win32 English Not to Latam DVD

DVD5 1 license 910 10 882224534451

License - Renewal*

UEJ-00014 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem 2008 Win32 EN Programs NottoLatamDVDRenwl


910 10 882224534598

*Customers who qualify for the renewal price include current subscribers to:

Any Visual Studio Team edition with MSDN Premium Subscription Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Premium Subscription MSDN Universal MSDN Enterprise MSDN Professional / Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Professional Subscription MSDN Operating Systems

Open License - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Premium (All Languages)License Offering


License N/A N/A No Level 1 licenseLicense N/A N/A C 1 licenseLicense – Academic Edition





F1P-00118 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng Lic/SA Pack OLP NL Qualified

No Level 1 license


F1P-00116 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng Lic/SA Pack OLP C

C 1 license


F1P-00120 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng Lic/SA Pack OLP NL AE Qualified



F1P-00119 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng Lic/SA Pack OLP B AE EMEA Only


Software Assurance

F1P-00105 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng SA OLP NL Qualified

No Level 1 license

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Software Assurance

F1P-00103 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng SA OLP C

C 1 license


F1P-00107 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng SA OLP NL AE Qualified



F1P-00106 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng SA OLP B AE EMEA Only



N/A Doc Kit



Open Value - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Premium (All Languages)License Offering


License & Software Assurance – Acquired Yr 1

F1P-00137 VStudio Pro w/MSDNPrem AllLng Lic/SA OLVNL 1YRAcqY1 AddPrd Quali

Non-Specific

1 license



Non-Specific

1 license



Non-Specific

1 license

Software Assurance – Acquired Yr 1

F1P-00131 VStudio Pro w/MSDNPrem AllLng SA OLVNL 1YRAcqY1 AddPrd Qual

Non-Specific

1 license



Non-Specific

1 license



Non-Specific

1 license

Software Assurance Step Up* – Acquired Yr 1

F1P-00211 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem AllLngSAStepUpOLV NL1YRAcqY1 VSPro/MSDNProAddPrd

Non-Specific

1 license



Non-Specific

1 license



Non-Specific

1 license

* Step-up for customers with Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Professional subscription

May 18, 2023

Open Value Subscription - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Premium (European Languages)

License Offering


License & Software Assurance – Annual fee

F1P-00207 VStudio Pro w/MSDNPrem Euro Lng Lic/SA OLVNL 1YR AddPrd Qual

Non-Specific

1 license

Open Value Subscription - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Premium (All Languages)

License Offering



F1P-00136 VStudio Pro w/MSDNPrem AllLng Lic/SA OLVNL 1YR AddPrd Qual

Non-Specific

1 license

Select - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Premium (All Languages)

License Offering


License N/A N/A A/B/C/D 1 licenseLicense – Academic Edition



F1P-00101 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng Lic/SA Pack MVL

A/B/C/D 1 license


F1P-00101 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng Lic/SA Pack MVL


Software Assurance

F1P-00100 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng SA MVL

A/B/C/D 1 license


F1P-00100 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng SA MVL


Software Assurance Step Up*

F1P-00209 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng SA Step Up MVL VS Pro w/MSDN Pro

A/B/C/D 1 license

Software Assurance Step Up* –Academic Edition

F1P-00209 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem All Lng SA Step Up MVL VS Pro w/MSDN Pro



N/A Doc Kit

May 18, 2023



* Step-up for customers with Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Professional subscription

Full Packaged Product - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN ProfessionalLicense Offering

Part Number Product Name Media License Pallet Quantity


Bar Code

License UEH-00006 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro 2008 Win32 English Not to Latam DVD

DVD5 1 license 910 10 882224534697

License – Renewal**

UEH-00007 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro 2008 Win32 English Not to Latam DVD Renwl


910 10 882224534710

** Customers who qualify for the renewal price include current subscribers to:

Any Visual Studio Team edition with MSDN Premium Subscription Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Premium Subscription MSDN Universal MSDN Enterprise MSDN Professional / Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Professional Subscription MSDN Operating Systems

Open License - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional (All Languages)License Offering


License N/A N/A No Level 1 licenseLicense N/A N/A C 1 licenseLicense – Academic Edition





F1Q-00107 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng SA OLP NL Qualified

No Level 1 license


F1Q-00105 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng SA OLP C

C 1 license


F1Q-00109 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng SA OLP NL AE Qualified


May 18, 2023


F1Q-00108 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng SA OLP B AE EMEA Only


Software Assurance

F1Q-00120 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng Lic/SA Pack OLP NL Qualified

No Level 1 license

Software Assurance

F1Q-00118 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng Lic/SA Pack OLP C

C 1 license


F1Q-00122 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng Lic/SA Pack OLP NL AE Qualified



F1Q-00121 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng Lic/SA Pack OLP B AE EMEA Only



N/A Doc Kit



Open Value - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional (All Languages)License Offering



F1Q-00139 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro AllLng Lic/SA OLVNL 1YRAcqY1 AddPrd Qual

Non-Specific

1 license



Non-Specific

1 license



Non-Specific

1 license


F1Q-00133 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng SA OLV NL 1YR Acq Y1 Addtl Prod Qualified

Non-Specific

1 license



Non-Specific

1 license



Non-Specific

1 license

Open Value Subscription - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional (European Languages)

License Part Number Product Name Level Licensing Information

May 18, 2023

OfferingLicense & Software Assurance – Annual fee

F1Q-00212 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro Euro Lng Lic/SA OLVNL 1YR AddPrd Qual

Non-Specific

1 license

Open Value Subscription - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional (All Languages)

License Offering



F1Q-00138 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro AllLng Lic/SA OLVNL 1YR AddPrd Qual

Non-Specific

1 license

Select - Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional (All Languages) License Offering


License N/A N/A A/B/C/D 1 licenseLicense – Academic Edition



F1Q-00103 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng Lic/SA Pack MVL

A/B/C/D 1 license


F1Q-00103 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng Lic/SA Pack MVL


Software Assurance

F1Q-00102 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng SA MVL

A/B/C/D 1 license


F1Q-00102 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro All Lng SA MVL



N/A Doc Kit



Full Packaged Product - Visual Studio 2008 StandardLicense Offering

Part Number Product Name Media License Pallet Quantity


Bar Code

License 127-00166 Visual Studio Standard 2008 Win32 English DVD

DVD5 1 license 910 10 882224535151

May 18, 2023

License - Upgrade***

127-00147 Visual Studio Standard 2008 Win32 English UPG DVD


910 10 882224534963

*** Customers who qualify for the upgrade price include licensed users of the following Microsoft and competitor products:

Microsoft products: MSDN Universal MSDN Enterprise MSDN Professional Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Special Edition Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect Visual Studio 97 Professional Edition Visual Studio 97 Enterprise Edition Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard Visual Basic .NET 2002 Standard Visual Basic 5.0 (or later) Professional Edition Visual Basic 5.0 (or later) Enterprise Edition Visual C# .NET 2003 Standard Visual C# .NET 2002 Standard Visual C++ .NET 2003 Standard Visual C++ .NET 2002 Standard Visual C++ 5.0 (or later) Professional Edition Visual C++ 5.0 (or later) Enterprise Edition Visual InterDev 1.0 (or later) Visual J# .NET 2003 Standard Visual J++ Professional Edition 1.1 (or later) Visual FoxPro 5.0 (or later) Professional Edition Visual SourceSafe 5.0 (or later) Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition (or later)

Competitive products:

VisualAge, IBM WebSphere Studio, BEA WebLogic Workshop, Oracle Developer Suite, Oracle JDeveloper, Borland C++Builder, Borland Enterprise Studio, Borland JBuilder, Borland Delphi, Borland Kylix, WebGain Studio, WebGain VisualCafe, TogetherSoft Together ControlCenter, Sun ONE Studio, Macromedia Studio

Note: Visual Studio Standard is not available in Volume Licensing

For pricing information, please see the Microsoft Channel Partner Price List (Distributors and Retail Direct customers only).

Please note that the data above may be subject to change. Any change will be announced via the Microsoft Channel Partner web sites or the Microsoft Channel Partner Price List.

May 18, 2023

The following part numbers will not be offered when the new version is available:

Full Packaged Product – Visual Studio 2005 ProfessionalLicense Offering

Part Number

Product Name Level

License C5E-00001 Visual Studio Pro 2005 Win32 English CD/DVD

N/A

License – Upgrade

C5E-00010 Visual Studio Pro 2005 Win32 English UPG CD/DVD

N/A


C5E-00211 Visual Studio Pro 2005 Win32 English AE CD/DVD

N/A

Full Packaged Product – Visual Studio 2005 Professional with MSDN PremiumLicense Offering

Part Number

Product Name Level

License F1P-00288 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem 2005 English CD

N/A

License – Upgrade

F1P-00297 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Prem 2005 English Renewal CD

N/A

Full Packaged Product – Visual Studio 2005 Professional with MSDN ProfessionalLicense Offering

Part Number

Product Name Level

License F1Q-00293 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro 2005 English CD

N/A

License – Upgrade

F1Q-00302 VStudio Pro w/MSDN Pro 2005 English Renewal CD

N/A

Open License – Visual Studio 2005 Professional (Single language)

License Offering

Part Number

Product Name Level

License C5E-00114 Visual Studio Pro 2005 Sngl OLP NL NLLicense C5E-00100 Visual Studio Pro 2005 Sngl OLP C CLicense – Academic Edition

C5E-00130 Visual Studio Pro 2005 Sngl OLP NL AE

NL


C5E-00124 Visual Studio Pro 2005 Sngl OLP B AE EMEA Only

B

Select – Visual Studio 2005 Professional (Single language)

License Offering

Part Number

Product Name Level

License C5E-00169 Visual Studio Pro 2005 English MVL A/B/C/D

May 18, 2023


C5E-00169 Visual Studio Pro 2005 English MVL A

Full Packaged Product – Visual Studio 2005 Tools for OfficeLicense Offering

Part Number

Product Name Level

License U74-00171 VStudio Tools for Off 2005 Win32 English CD/DVD

N/A

License – Upgrade

U74-00180 VStudio Tools for Off 2005 Win32 English UPG CD/DVD

N/A

Open License – Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office (Single language)License Offering

Part Number

Product Name Level

License U74-00250 VStudio Tools for Off 2005 Sngl OLP NL

NL

License U74-00236 VStudio Tools for Off 2005 Sngl OLP C

C


U74-00266 VStudio Tools for Off 2005 Sngl OLP NL AE

NL


U74-00260 VStudio Tools for Off 2005 Sngl OLP B AE EMEA Only

B

Select – Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office (Single language)License Offering

Part Number

Product Name Level

License U74-00218 VStudio Tools for Off 2005 English MVL

A/B/C/D


U74-00218 VStudio Tools for Off 2005 English MVL

A

Full Packaged Product – Visual Studio 2005 StandardLicense Offering

Part Number

Product Name Level

License 127-00012 Visual Studio Standard 2005 Win32 English CD

N/A

License – Upgrade

127-00021 Visual Studio Standard 2005 Win32 English UPG CD

N/A


127-00030 Visual Studio Standard 2005 Win32 English AE CD

N/A

May 18, 2023

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