Volume License
You may enjoy significant savings by purchasing Visual Studio .NET or MSDN Subscriptions licenses in volume. Use the table below to choose the volume licensing option that is right for the size and type of your organization, or, if licensing is new to you, start by reading the Volume Licensing Overview. Once you are familiar with basic volume licensing, see our new Guide to Licensing and Software Assurance license program.
| Volume Program Name | Developer Tools | Customer Size | Customer Types | Customer Profile |
| Open License 6.0 | MSDN Subscriptions
Visual Studio .NET | 5 or more licenses | Corporate, Academic, Charity, Government | Designed for customers who desire an easy, one-time transaction process with the flexibility of acquiring licenses from a broad reseller channel. |
Select License 6.0 | MSDN Subscriptions
Visual Studio .NET | 250 or more licenses | Corporate, Academic, Government | Designed for medium, large, and multinational organizations with mixed Microsoft license requirements, decentralized purchasing, and the ability to forecast purchases. |
Enterprise Agreement 6.0 | MSDN Subscriptions | 250 or more licenses | Corporate | Designed for medium, large, and multinational companies interested in standardizing their enterprise and who value the benefits of centralized purchasing. |
Campus Agreement 3.0 | Visual Studio .NET Academic | Based on a count of all the institution's faculty or staff Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees, the minimum requirement is 300 units. | Academic (higher education) | Designed for institutions of higher education interested in keeping software current and reducing the administrative requirements for managing software compliance, software support, and system downtime. |
School Agreement 3.0 | Visual Studio .NET Academic | Based on the number of personal computers (PCs) that will be licensed. Total units are calculated by multiplying the total eligible machines by the total number of products selected. The minimum requirement is 300 units. | Academic (K-12 institutions) | Designed for primary and secondary schools (K-12) interested in keeping software always current and reducing the administrative requirements for managing software compliance, software support, and system downtime. |
Is your organization an academic institution? You may qualify for one of the Microsoft educational license programs.
Get Help from a Microsoft Representative
A Microsoft representative can help you sign up for a licensing program. See the Microsoft Worldwide page to find a contact near you or call (800) 836-8282.