
Visual Studio Community is free for individuals and has a very specific set of license terms for organization usage. Where standard will follow the typical commitment structure as many Enterprises are familiar with. The could subscriptions allow for a dynamic pay-as-you-go model in terms of purchasing. There are two ways to purchase Visual Studio Subscriptions Cloud & Standard. Looking for the product terms? You can find them here To get a full feature comparison between Community, Professional & Enterprise, do check out this page Where we will go into the detail of those in more detail individually. Where Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Community are free, they do differ quite from the others.

In terms of Visual Studio, there are currently four editions used

These range from license specific exceptions, towards benefits and ending up in full range license optimization exercises. In my role as a Specialist in the field, I have gotten a wide range of questions on the subject. The objective behind today’s post, is to serve as an overview for all those who want to learn more on Visual Studio Licensing.
