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Sorry for the rather lengthy post here. I get asked this all the time so I decided to post it…Visual Studio 2010 editions will be available on April 12, 2010.

Product Features	Professional with MSDN Essentials	Professional with MSDN	Premium with MSDN	Ultimate with MSDN	Test Professional with MSDN
Debugging and Diagnostics
IntelliTrace (Historical Debugger)
Static Code Analysis
Code Metrics
Profiling
Debugger
Testing Tools
Unit Testing
Code Coverage
Test Impact Analysis
Coded UI Test
Web Performance Testing
Load Testing1
Microsoft Test Manager 2010
Test Case Management2
Manual Test Execution
Fast-Forward for Manual Testing
Lab Management Configuration3
Integrated Development Environment
Multiple Monitor Support
Multi-Targeting
One Click Web Deployment
JavaScript and jQuery Support
Extensible WPF-Based Environment
Database Development
Database Deployment
Database Change Management2
Database Unit Testing
Database Test Data Generation
Data Access
Development Platform Support
Windows Development
Web Development
Office and SharePoint Development
Cloud Development
Customizable Development Experience
Architecture and Modeling
Architecture Explorer
UML® 2.0 Compliant Diagrams (Activity, Use Case, Sequence, Class, Component)
Layer Diagram and Dependency Validation
Read-only diagrams (UML, Layer, DGML Graphs)
Lab Management
Virtual environment setup & tear down3
Provision environment from template3
Checkpoint environment3
Team Foundation Server
Version Control2
Work Item Tracking2
Build Automation2
Team Portal2
Reporting & Business Intelligence2
Agile Planning Workbook2
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010
Test Case Management2
MSDN Subscription – Software and Services for Production Use
Windows Azure Platform	20 hrs/mo †	50 hrs/mo †	100 hrs/mo †	250 hrs/mo †	n/a
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 CAL		1	1	1	1
Microsoft Expression Studio 3
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, Project Professional 2010, Visio Premium 2010 (following Office 2010 launch)
MSDN Subscription – Software for Development and Testing 4
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008
Toolkits, Software Development Kits, Driver Development Kits
Previous versions of Windows (client and server operation systems)
Previous versions of Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Dynamics
All other Servers
Windows Embedded operating systems
Teamprise
MSDN Subscription – Other Benefits
Technical support incidents	0	2	4	4	2
Priority support in MSDN Forums
Microsoft e-learning collections (typically 10 courses or 20 hours)	0	1	2	2	1
MSDN Flash newsletter
MSDN Online Concierge
MSDN Magazine
System Requirements	View	View	View	View	View
Buy from (MSRP)	$799	$1,199	$5,469	$11,899	$2,169
Renew from (MSRP)	$549 (upgrade)	$799	$2,299	$3,799	$899

† Availability varies by country and subscription level.  Details available on the MSDN site

1. May require one or more Microsoft Visual Studio Load Test Virtual User Pack 2010

2. Requires Team Foundation Server and a Team Foundation Server CAL

3. Requires Microsoft Visual Studio Lab Management 2010

4. Per-user license allows unlimited installations and use for designing, developing, testing, and demonstrating applications.

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