How to get VSTS, VS and Expression at a discount (Canada)
Tough times? Here’s how to get some dev software at a discount in Canada:
65% VSTS Promo for ALL Certified and Gold Certified MSPP Partners!
The Visual Studio Team System Promotion for Partners is a limited time promotional offer for Certified and Gold Certified Partners. Eligible partners can get up to 150 copies of any combinations of the Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Editions or Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite with MSDN Premium Subscription at 65% off of ERP. This promotion is available in Open Value licensing agreements only so payments can be spread over 3 years making it even more affordable.
https://partner.microsoft.com/Canada/40082293
Visual Studio Upgrade Promotion: 30% discount on VSTS Upgrades
Visual Studio Team System an integrated Application Life-cycle Management (ALM) solution comprising tools, processes, and guidance to help everyone on the team improve their skills and work more effectively together. There has never been a better time for your development team to move to Visual Studio Team System. For a limited time, Microsoft is offering discounts of 30% for Visual Studio Professional Edition + MSDN Premium customers to step up to Team Suite. If you’re already a Visual Studio Team System role customer you can step up to Team Suite at a 30% discount. On top of this, Visual Studio Team Development Edition now includes Visual Studio Team Data Edition. Data Edition provides a great new set of functionality focused on database development. This offer is available at no added cost to both existing Team Developer customers and to new customers.
https://www.microsoft.com/canada/visualstudio/offers/
MSDN Promotion: up to 20-40% discount on an MSDN Subscription attach to VS Pro
Thousands of developers have chosen MSDN Subscriptions for the great product benefits and access to key technical resources of developing applications on the Microsoft platforms. Now is a great time to consider an MSDN subscription: Expression Web and Blend v2 are now included in MSDN Premium, and SQL Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 are included as well. On top of that, for a limited time Microsoft is inviting existing VS Pro customers purchase either an MSDN Professional or MSDN Premium Subscription at a significant discount.
https://www.microsoft.com/canada/visualstudio/offers/
Expression Professional Subscription: 25% Off
The Expression Professional Subscription provides a total solution to enable designers to create engaging user experiences on the Microsoft platforms of their choice by delivering up to date versions of all the tools they need, alongside virtualized testing resources, documentation and training. It is the perfect complement to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). As a limited time offer from March 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009, Open License, Open Value, Select, Select Plus and Enterprise Agreement customers are eligible to acquire Expression Studio Professional Subscription licenses with Software Assurance at 25% off.
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/volume-licensing/Default.aspx
