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Visual Studio Professional – No Software Assurance (Computer Labs Only)

Visual Studio Professional is an integrated development environment (IDE) for individual developers and small teams. It supports development of applications for Windows, SharePoint, the cloud, or web and mobile-device platforms.more

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Description

Features

Eligibility & Restrictions

Features

Description

This donation provides one license for installing the software on a single device. See a summary of Volume Licensing Product Terms for specific licensing details.

Benefits for Organisations

If you have software development experience, you can use Visual Studio to

Develop custom applications for use in your organisation
Develop mobile and web applications for use by your constituents and donors

No Software Assurance

This license does not include Software Assurance. Without Software Assurance, you will not have the right to install new releases of this product. You will not be able to add Software Assurance to this type of license.

Computer Labs Only

This product is available only to organisations that operate a computer lab. It can be used only on computers that are available to an organisation’s beneficiaries or the general public. It can’t be used on computers that are assigned to staff members or volunteers.

Obtaining This Product

To install this product, you’ll need to access the Microsoft 365 admin center. When your request has been approved, Charity Digital Exchange will send a message to your organisation email address with further instructions.

If you need help obtaining this product, find out how to download it.

Features

Use major programming languages: Visual Studio supports all popular languages like Visual Basic, C, C++, C#, Python, HTML, JavaScript, F#, and more.
Develop for any platform: Create applications for Windows, Android, iOS, and the web with cross-platform technologies.
Understand your code: Stay focused on your work with tools that highlight code references and changes to your code, show who last modified a method, and allow you to check whether test methods have passed or failed.

Eligibility & Restrictions

Free Editions

For organisations that do not need the full functionality of Visual Studio, Microsoft offers free, downloadable editions.

Which Version of This Software Is Available?

You can find out which version of this software is available on the Current Versions of Microsoft Products page. In addition, you can download the software in any language that’s available.

Restrictions

Quantity: Organizations receive an allotment of Microsoft software donations that is reset every two years. An organisation’s two-year cycle begins with its first donation request after April 5, 2022. After two years, a new cycle begins, and a new allotment is available.
During its two-year cycle, an eligible organization can request:

Up to 50 of each donated desktop product or CAL
Up to 25 donated Windows Server Standard

For further details, see Quantity and Frequency of Microsoft Requests on the Microsoft Eligibility, Allotments, and Returns page.

Budget: Organizations with annual operating budgets of any size are eligible for products in this programme.
Nonprofits only:
- Donated products are available to nonprofits only.
- Microsoft reserves the right to grant or deny an organization’s request at any time, for any reason.
Additional eligibility requirements: For a list of eligible organization types and all other eligibility requirements, see the Microsoft Nonprofits eligibility page.
FAQ: For more information about Microsoft’s resources for nonprofits, see the Microsoft Nonprofit FAQ.