Visual Studio Professional with MSDN

Visual Studio Professional is an integrated development environment (IDE) for individual developers and small teams. It supports development of applications for Windows, SharePoint, the cloud, or web and mobile-device platforms.

This donation provides one license and a subscription to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). The MSDN subscription includes a server license for Azure DevOps Server (formerly Visual Studio Team Foundation Server) and one CAL. See a summary of Volume Licensing Product Terms for specific licensing details.

Need More Than 50 Licenses?

Eligible organizations can request additional licenses of Microsoft software at a nonprofit discount through TechSoup Canada. We strongly recommend maximizing your allotment of donated licences (up to 50 licences) before requesting additional Microsoft licences at a discount.

Which Versions of This Software Are Available?

You can choose to download the current or previous version of the software in any language that's available through the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center if you request this product.

Benefits for Organizations

If you have software development experience, you can use Visual Studio to:

• Develop custom applications for use in your organization
• Develop mobile and web applications for use by your constituents and donors

Major Capabilities

• Use major programming languages:
  • Visual Basic, C, C++, C#, JavaScript, and F#
• Develop for Windows 10:
  • Use default project templates that provide the files, resources, and structure for various kinds of Windows Store apps
  • Use various tools to debug, optimize, and publish apps
• Develop for the web:
  • Edit HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in their own editors
  • Test the same page, application, or site in a variety of browsers
  • Develop web applications against a server identical to Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Develop for the cloud:
  • Develop, deploy, and test applications and services for Windows Azure
  • Use profiling tools to identify the possible causes of poor performance
  • Use Visual Studio LightSwitch templates to implement common application logic
• Develop for SharePoint:
  • Accelerate project development with project templates and design tools
  • Ensure that sites function correctly with testing and optimization facilities
  • Use a deployment wizard to package a SharePoint site and upload it to a web server

Free Editions

For organizations that do not need the full functionality of Visual Studio, Microsoft offers free, downloadable editions.

Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Subscription

This version of Visual Studio includes a two-year subscription to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). Visit the Microsoft site to learn which MSDN benefits this product includes.

To activate the MSDN subscription, you must perform an additional step while retrieving your license keys from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Centre website: click Subscriptions in the VLSC menu bar and follow the MSDN link to enter information about the subscribing user. When the process is complete, the user will receive an email with a subscriber ID and directions to the MSDN website.

Obtaining This Product

Microsoft will send licensing information to the organizational email address on your account. You must verify that the organizational email is correct on the MY ORGANIZATION tab on your My Account page. If this email address is incorrect, please email us to update it BEFORE completing your donation request.

Installing this product requires you to download the software from the Volume Licensing Service Centre and enter a license key. You can download any available version or language for your product.

The license key allows you to install the product on as many computers as you have received licenses for. This quantity is specified in the email you receive from TechSoup Canada after requesting this product.

Expect two emails:

1. When your donation request has been approved, TechSoup Canada will send a message to your organization email address. This email will confirm the number of licenses you have requested and provide information about how to use the VLSC.
2. Microsoft will send an email welcoming your organization to the VLSC. This email will indicate that Microsoft has accepted your license agreement. After you receive this email, you'll be able to follow the steps in the first email you received from TechSoup Canada to obtain your donation through the VLSC.

Software Assurance

Under the Software Assurance program, you have the right to install any new release of products covered in the agreement during the term of your coverage.