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Comparing MSDN and TechNet Licensing

Both MSDN and TechNet subscriptions are licensed per user. The software provided with MSDN subscriptions is for design, development, testing, and demonstration of your programs. The software provided with TechNet subscriptions is for evaluation purposes only.  Please refer to MSDN Licensing for more details on using the software in MSDN subscriptions.

Software Usage Scenarios Allowed with a TechNet subscription? Allowed with an MSDN subscription?
Use Microsoft software in production. No No
Evaluate Microsoft software to make purchasing decisions. Yes Yes
Install Microsoft software for use as a development or test environment for applications you or others are building. No Yes
Use Microsoft software for designing, developing, testing, and demonstrating your applications. No Yes
Use Microsoft software for acceptance testing of your applications (no debugging, no code modification) No Yes—end users can use the software to perform acceptance tests if the software was otherwise licensed under MSDN subscriptions.


For more information, see TechNet Subscriptions information.