Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Visual Studio 2022 Licensing Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Users .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
The Azure DevOps Server Environment ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Azure DevOps ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
How to Buy .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Visual Studio 2022 Offerings and Purchasing Channels ....................................................................................................... 7
Visual Studio Community .................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Who can use the Software ................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Visual Studio Build Tools.................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Visual Studio Subscription Renewals and Upgrades .............................................................................................................. 9
Standard Subscriptions ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Standard Subscription Upgrade Options .................................................................................................................................. 10
Renewing Down .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Cloud Subscriptions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Azure DevOps Purchasing ............................................................................................................................................................... 11
Other Channels .................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
User Licensing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 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 .................................................................................. 14
Microsoft 365 E5 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Production Use of Azure DevOps Server ................................................................................................................................... 14
Monthly Azure Credits for Visual Studio Subscribers ........................................................................................................... 14
Azure DevOps Benefits for Visual Studio Subscribers .......................................................................................................... 14
Cloud Use Rights: Running the Subscriber Software on Azure VMs .............................................................................. 15
Cloud Use Rights: Running the Subscriber Software on Dedicated Hosted Cloud Services ................................. 16
Lab Management ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
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
C# Dev Kit .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
Windows Embedded ......................................................................................................................................................................... 18