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In addition, Volume Licensing programs offer significant cost savings for businesses that require licenses for five or more desktop PCs. For more information, see How to Buy Visual Studio 2008.
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Renewal Pricing Eligibility
To qualify for renewal pricing, you must be a current subscriber of one of the following subscriptions:
- Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition with MSDN Premium Subscription
- Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition with MSDN Professional Subscription
- Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite with MSDN Premium Subscription
- Visual Studio Team System 2008 Architecture Edition with MSDN Premium Subscription
- Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition with MSDN Premium Subscription
- Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition with MSDN Premium Subscription
- Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition with MSDN Premium Subscription
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- Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite with MSDN Premium Subscription
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- Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals with MSDN Premium Subscription
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Developers with MSDN Premium Subscription
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Testers with MSDN Premium Subscription
- MSDN Operating Systems Subscription
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Upgrade Pricing Eligibility
To qualify for upgrade pricing, you must be a licensed user of one of the following products:
- An earlier version of Microsoft Visual Studio
- Any other developer tool (including free developer tools, such as Visual Studio Express Editions or Eclipse)
Upgrade pricing eligibility does not apply for Volume Licensing programs.
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The Developer Academic Alliance Program is a program that offers discounts on developer products for universities in support of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics courses. The High School Academic Alliance Program is an annual membership for schools that makes Microsoft software available in labs, classrooms, and on students’ PCs. For more information, see MSDN Academic Alliance.