VS.NET purchase questions???

[Guest]

Hi

I am interested in purchasing visual studio.Net for my company. i just have a few questions that i hope anyone could help me on

I will mainly be using it to develop web applications. What i wanted to know is what version i would require? I have seen there is a enterprise architecture, professional, standard etc. I dont really know the differences between these versions
I wanted to be able to get away with the minimum purchase. There is 5 people in my development team that are all new to this technology

Also, im confused on how the licences work. Do i need to purchase a multiple licences product
If i purchase the product from abroad, will the licence be valid in the UK

Can anyone plz point me to any useful articles or helplines
Or alternativly it would be great if any of you guys could answer any of thesee questions

thx in advanc

 

[Peter van der Goes]

Hi,

I am interested in purchasing visual studio.Net for my company. i just

have a few questions that i hope anyone could help me on.

I will mainly be using it to develop web applications. What i wanted to

know is what version i would require? I have seen there is a enterprise
architecture, professional, standard etc. I dont really know the differences
between these versions.

I wanted to be able to get away with the minimum purchase. There is 5

people in my development team that are all new to this technology.

Also, im confused on how the licences work. Do i need to purchase a multiple licences product?
If i purchase the product from abroad, will the licence be valid in the UK?

Can anyone plz point me to any useful articles or helplines?
Or alternativly it would be great if any of you guys could answer any of thesee questions.


thx in advance

Here's a feature matrix that may help:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...s/vsintro7/html/vxoriVisualStudioEditions.asp

As for licensing questions, I suggest you contact your UK Microsoft
representative.

http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/phone/contact.aspx?country=United Kingdom

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

Hi,

I am interested in purchasing visual studio.Net for my company. i just

have a few questions that i hope anyone could help me on.

I will mainly be using it to develop web applications. What i wanted to

know is what version i would require? I have seen there is a enterprise
architecture, professional, standard etc. I dont really know the differences
between these versions.

I wanted to be able to get away with the minimum purchase. There is 5

people in my development team that are all new to this technology.

Enterprise Architect
--------------------
Best for fully OO shops who will use the Visio EA to model class for apps.
Also comes with a test product (Application Center Test), which is useful in
testing .NET apps. If you have, or plan to have, a software architect, it is
useful to get one copy of EA. MSDN Universal is a better option for this
copy, as you get a copy of Office and 10 licenses for each OS/Server to set
up your TEST environment.

Enterprise Developer
---------------------
Does not have Visio or the ACT, but has all of the tie ins to database
servers, etc. This version is best for the multi-tiered developer who does a
lot of database work. The primary advantage over Pro is the ability to do a
lot of DB work in the IDE.

Professional
------------
Lightest weight version of the serious IDE. Works well for most
applications, understanding that you will have to use other tools for some
of the bells and whistles. I would aim for ED, but this is one area you can
save costs without hamstringing yourself.

Standard
---------
No! No! No! Did I mention: NO! This should be, IMO, relabled "Learning
Edition". It is not a wise direction to head for the serious developer, as
it is EXTREMELY limited. Sorry for the CAPS, but I cannot state it strongly
enough that NO dev shop should buy this for anything other than learning.

Microsoft's matrix of features is here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/howtobuy/choosing.aspx

Also, im confused on how the licences work. Do i need to purchase a multiple licences product?
If i purchase the product from abroad, will the licence be valid in the

UK?

It should be, but I would look at
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/default.mspx first. Call if necessary.


--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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