Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Licensing

1 Microsoft Visual Studio Licensing Published August 2020 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This document is provided "as-is." Information and views expressed in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, may change without notice. You bear the risk of using it. 2 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This document does not provide you with any legal rights to any intellectual property in any Microsoft product. You may copy and use this document for your internal, reference purposes Table of Contents Introduction.

2 5 Visual Studio 2019 Licensing Overview .. 5 Users .. 5 The Azure DevOps Server Environment .. 6 Azure DevOps .. 6 How to Buy .. 7 Visual Studio 2019 Offerings and Purchasing Channels .. 7 Visual Studio Community 2019 .. 8 Who can use the Software .. 8 Visual Studio Subscription Renewals and Upgrades .. 9 Standard Subscriptions .. 9 Standard Subscription Upgrade Options .. 9 Renewing Down .. 10 Cloud Subscriptions .. 10 Azure DevOps Purchasing .. 10 Other Channels .. 10 User Licensing .. 12 Licensed for Design, Development, Testing, and Demonstrating Your Programs.

3 12 What Software is Included and Downgrade Rights .. 12 Different Licensed Users Can Run the Same Software .. 12 Where the Software can be Installed and Run .. 13 Additional Use Rights and Benefits for Visual Studio Subscribers .. 13 Office Professional Plus 2019 and Office 365 ProPlus .. 13 Production Use of Visual Studio Azure DevOps Server .. 13 Monthly Microsoft Azure Credits for Visual Studio Subscribers .. 14 Azure DevOps Benefits for Visual Studio Subscribers .. 14 Cloud Use Rights: Running the Subscriber Software on Microsoft Azure VMs.

4 14 Cloud Use Rights: Running the Subscriber Software on Dedicated Hosted Cloud Lab Management .. 15 Load Testing .. 16 SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse Developer .. 16 IntelliTrace .. 16 When the Software Included is Subject to its Own Terms .. 17 Prerelease and Trial Software .. 17 SDKs, DDKs, Feature Packs, and patterns & practices Releases .. 17 3 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Windows Embedded .. 17 IntelliTrace Collector and Microsoft Management Agent .. 17 Remote Tools .. 17 Scenarios in which Unlicensed Users can use the Software.

5 18 Demonstration Using Terminal Services .. 18 Acceptance Testing .. 18 Feedback .. 18 How Certain Software Can Be Distributed to Others within Your Applications .. 18 Other Guidance .. 19 When Windows on the Developer Desktop Requires a Separate License .. 19 When Virtual Environments Require a Separate License .. 19 Monitoring and Managing Development and Testing Environments Requires Management Licenses .. 19 Perpetual Use Rights .. 20 Reassignment of the License .. 20 Distribution of the Software as Part of an Installation Image.

6 20 Assigning Visual Studio Subscriptions to External Entities ( solution providers, independent contractors, offshore development centers) .. 21 Visual Studio Subscriptions through Microsoft Partner Network(MPN) .. 22 Product Keys and Installation Software .. 22 Using Software Sourced from Subscriber Downloads but Licensed Under a Production License .. 22 Software Activation .. 22 Visual Studio Azure DevOps Server Licensing .. 22 Obtaining Visual Studio Azure DevOps Server .. 23 General Guidance for Licensing Azure DevOps Server.

7 23 Server Licensing Requirements for Azure DevOps Server .. 24 Reassignment of the Server License .. 24 Using Visual Studio on the Build Server .. 24 Client Licensing Requirements for Azure DevOps Server .. 25 When a Client Access License is Not Required .. 25 Server Features Requiring More than a CAL .. 25 Choosing between User CALs and Device CALs .. 26 Multiplexing and Pooling Do Not Reduce the Need for CALs .. 26 Release Management .. 27 Downgrade Rights for Azure DevOps Server .. 27 Azure DevOps Server under Software Assurance.

8 27 Connecting Azure DevOps to a Local Build Server .. 28 Methods of Accessing Azure DevOps Server .. 28 Deployment Options .. 28 Multi-Server (Two-Tier) Deployment .. 28 Azure DevOps Build Services .. 29 Lab Management Licensing .. 29 Lab Management Components .. 29 Lab Management Licensing .. 30 4 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Appendix .. 31 For More Information .. 31 Evaluating Visual Studio .. 31 Licensing Training Environments .. 31 Historical Visual Studio Subscription Transitions .. 31 Visual Studio 2015.

9 31 Visual Studio 2013 .. 32 Visual Studio 2012 .. 32 Visual Studio 2010 .. 32 Visual Studio 2008 .. 33 Visual Studio 2005 .. 33 Licensing White Paper Change Log .. 34 5 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Introduction Visual Studio 2019 provides a rich, integrated development environment for creating stunning applications for Windows, Android, and iOS, as well as modern web applications and cloud services. Visual Studio 2019 also provides a comprehensive, highly flexible set of application lifecycle management (ALM) tools.

10 Visual Studio subscriptions offer customers high-value subscriber benefits such as 31 development/test use rights for Microsoft platform software like SQL Server/Windows/Windows Server, monthly Microsoft Azure credits, a developer account for publishing apps to the Windows Store and an Office 365 Developer subscription. The remainder of this paper provides an overview of the Visual Studio product line and the Licensing requirements for those products in common deployment scenarios. If you re a volume Licensing customer, the definitive guide to Licensing terms and conditions is the Microsoft Licensing Product Terms and your Licensing program agreement.