Should I buy Visual Studio 2013 alone, or with MSDN subscription ?
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I have developed at a client a number of Access apps which I now have to re-develop using ASP.Net and C# (user apps), or Windows Forms based C# apps for "server" side apps. I don't need any other MS products. Office is installed, and I'm the only MS-based developer.
I have the choice therefore of buying VS 2013 alone, or with an MSDN subscription.
What should I choose ? What are the benefits in my situation to buy the MSDN subscription ?
Thanks for help.
Bernard
I have developed at a client a number of Access apps which I now have to re-develop using ASP.Net and C# (user apps), or Windows Forms based C# apps for "server" side apps. I don't need any other MS products. Office is installed, and I'm the only MS-based developer.
I have the choice therefore of buying VS 2013 alone, or with an MSDN subscription.
What should I choose ? What are the benefits in my situation to buy the MSDN subscription ?
Thanks for help.
Bernard
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@Carl:
As mentioned, I don't need anything beyond the IDE. My client has SQL Servers, Exchange, Office. SharePoint is not used, and Azure is absolutely out of question, the client is a Swiss bank, so everything must stay in-house...
But you mention "single developer", I forgot that aspect. What if a second or third developer is/are hired to help / deputize me ? What is to be done then if I have bought one VS 2013 license, but the other guy(s) need(s) to develop as well ?
@Kalpesh:
Thankfully I don't need to look for free software, as my client his ready to pay for the proper licenses. I'm a contractor with my own one-man company, which is a MS partner, so I get software for my company anyway to good conditions, but here my client is in focus, not me.
Bernard
@Carl:
As mentioned, I don't need anything beyond the IDE. My client has SQL Servers, Exchange, Office. SharePoint is not used, and Azure is absolutely out of question, the client is a Swiss bank, so everything must stay in-house...
But you mention "single developer", I forgot that aspect. What if a second or third developer is/are hired to help / deputize me ? What is to be done then if I have bought one VS 2013 license, but the other guy(s) need(s) to develop as well ?
@Kalpesh:
Thankfully I don't need to look for free software, as my client his ready to pay for the proper licenses. I'm a contractor with my own one-man company, which is a MS partner, so I get software for my company anyway to good conditions, but here my client is in focus, not me.
Bernard
Each developer would need a separate Visual Studio licence - if you had MSDN they would also need their own separate MSDN subscription as well.
Visual Studio Prof. $499 (Approx. as per Microsoft Site)
MSDN With VS Prof. 2013 $1199 (Approx. as per Microsoft Site).
if you don't need extra softwares then you can save $700 (Approx.)
One More Option : Read Microsoft BizSpark Scheme. if you are qualified for it then you will get free software.
http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/