The new licensing schema is actually hotter topic than the new Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. So – good bye Visual Studio Team System – welcome Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. Visual Studio 2010 RTM will be released on 22nd of March.
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 will also include Go Live license for all customers.
In addition – clients using VS 2008 can connect to TFS 2010 using the newly released VS2008 GDR Pack.
Here is the new Visual Studio 2010 SKU list:
- Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Professional
- Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Professional with MSDN
- Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Premium with MSDN
- Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Ultimate with MSDN
- Microsoft® Visual Studio® Test Elements 2010 with MSDN
- Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team Foundation Server 2010
- Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team Lab Management 2010
- Microsoft® Visual Studio® Load Test Virtual User Pack 2010
Need to learn more about the licensing and pricing? Check out my blog as I will post information when and where you can learn more in our User Groups.
PS: Did I tell you that TFS is now available in all versions with MSDN? And for small teams you can use TFS Basic that is installed from the same installer as the full blown Team Foundation Server!