Announcement for MSDN Subscribers with Visual Studio Team System Development Edition or Visual Studio Team System Database Edition
In the next release of Visual Studio Team System Microsoft will be merging the feature sets of the Development Edition and the Database Edition into a single product. The new product – part of Visual Studio Team System 2010 – will include all of the features in the Development Edition and the Database Edition as well as new capabilities delivering even more value in a single product. This will provide a more complete set of capabilities for building software in today’s data-driven environments. Bringing these two feature sets together enables you to take advantage of the core tools for application development as well as the necessary tools for database development, including performance profiling, code analysis, code metrics, code coverage, database refactoring, Schema Compare, Data Compare, and more.
As an MSDN subscriber we want you to realize the benefit of this merged feature set today. If you have either the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition with MSDN Premium subscription or the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition with MSDN Premium subscription, you now have access to both the Development Edition and Database Edition through MSDN Subscriber Downloads. This change also applies to customers who purchased Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers with MSDN Premium Subscription and Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals with MSDN Premium Subscription. This change will also apply to the licenses of VSTS Team Development Edition that Microsoft partners receive through the Microsoft Partner Program’s ISV and CDS competencies.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Microsoft Making this Change?
Microsoft recognizes that many developers write front end code in addition to working deeply with database code and database tables. Bringing the feature of Team Development Edition and Team Database Edition together sets together enables customers to take advantage of the core tools for application development as well as the necessary tools for database development, including performance profiling, code analysis, code metrics, code coverage, database refactoring, Schema Compare, Data Compare, and more.
Where can Team Dev + MSDN or Team Data + MSDN customers get the bits required to take advantage of this change?
The bits will be available to customers on the MSDN Subscriber download site (for customers in organizations with an MSDN administrator, please contact your administrator for access). Team Development customers will see Team Database bits in their download list. Team Database customers will see Team Development bits in their download list. The MSDN Subscriber site can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/default.aspx.
Will there be a single installation package available that includes both Team Dev and Team Data?
No, there will not be a single installation package. Customers will need to download the additional product they require. When the next version of Visual Studio ships both products will be combined into a single installation package.
Will MSDN administrators within an organization need to take any action to make these bits available to customers within their organizations?
No, MSDN administrators will not need to take any additional action.
Does this change apply to both Visual Studio Team System 2005 and both Visual Studio Team System 2008 customers?
Yes, this change applies to both VSTS 2005 and VSTS 2008 customers.
Will this change apply to the licenses of VSTS Team Development Edition that Microsoft partners receive through the Microsoft Partner Program’s ISV and CDS competencies?
Yes this change applies to those licenses as well.
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