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This white paper provides an overview of the Visual Studio product line, including MSDN subscriptions, and the licensing requirements for those products in common deployment scenarios.

• This white paper provides an overview of the Visual Studio product line and the licensing requirements for those products in common deployment scenarios. For a definitive guide to licensing terms and conditions for products licensed through Microsoft Volume Licensing, see the Microsoft Licensing Product Use Rights (PUR) document and applicable licensing agreements. For retail customers the license terms are specified in the End User Licensing Agreement (EULA) included with your product or with your MSDN subscription.

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Visual Studio 2015 Licensing Whitepaper - November-2016.docx SHA1: c235b2273c09481450c164831c868631b02ce338	391 KB
Visual Studio 2015 Licensing Whitepaper - November-2016.pdf SHA1: 0530234a621e29b5a1e83588f112906357a1d9c6	884 KB

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