Visual Studio 2005 Professional Editions

Build mission-critical, multi-tier smart client, Web, mobile, or Microsoft Office-based applications. With Visual Studio 2005, professional developers can: Enjoy a highly productive development environment with improved visual designers, programming languages, and code editors. Develop and debug multi-tier server applications from within the unified development environment. Build solutions for SQL Server 2005 using integrated visual database design and reporting tools Build tools that extend the Visual Studio IDE using the Visual Studio SDK

Microsoft offers Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition for professional developers working alone or in small teams who build mission-critical, multi-tier applications. The Professional Edition expands on the Standard Edition feature set to include tools for remote server development and debugging, SQL Server 2005 development, and a full, unconstrained development environment.

Professional developers will enjoy unfettered access to the .NET Framework 2.0, a robust, fully functional development environment, support for creating tools that extend the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment, and tools for creating multi-tier Windows and Web applications.

Visual Studio 2005 Professional Editions Features and Pricing
	Visual Studio 2005 Professional with MSDN Premium Subscription*	Visual Studio 2005 Professional with MSDN Professional Subscription	Visual Studio 2005 Professional	Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System
Language support	Visual Basic, C#, C++, J#	Visual Basic, C#, C++, J#	Visual Basic, C#, C++, J#	Visual Basic, C#
Windows Forms Projects
Web Projects
Mobile Projects
64 Bit support
Enterprise templates
Class Designer
Server Explorer	Full	Full	Full	Full
Excel, Word, InfoPath Projects
Visio-based modeling
Visual Source Safe
SQL Server Developer Edition
Operating Systems - Development and Test
Servers - Development and Test
Virtual PC
Access Developer Extensions
Office, InfoPath, OneNote, Visio, Project, MapPoint
1 - 4 Licenses Estimated Retail Price 1 and Renewal or Upgrade Price (per license)	$2,299 (per year) $1,999 (Renewal) 3	$1,199 (per year) $799 (Renewal) 3	$799 $549 (Upgrade)	$799 $549 (Upgrade)
5+ Licenses Microsoft Open License Program 2	$1,285 (per year for 2 year term)	$567 (per year for 2 year term)	$536	$536

*Includes Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System

1. All prices reflect pricing for purchases within the United States and are in U.S. dollars. Pricing and availability may vary. The prices listed are estimated retail prices; reseller pricing may vary.
2. Product pricing and availability will vary by Volume Licensing program and geography. For more information about which program is right for you, visit the Microsoft Volume Licensing site or contact your reseller.
3. Renewal pricing is available to customers with any type of active or expiring MSDN subscription, excluding the MSDN Library subscription. The MSDN Library Subscriptions renewal pricing is available to customers with any type of active or expiring MSDN Subscription.