Save Thousands with Multi Year Visual Studio MSDN Premium Subscriptions

Big companies can use very complicated pricing and licensing schemes. One size doesn't fit all.

That's no suprise to anyone. Microsoft is no different - they offer many programs and licensing structures to sell MSDN Premium subscriptions at different price points to different types of customers.

You would suspect that if you're a Fortune 500 company looking to buy 100 copies of Visual Studio Professional MSDN Premium, you would get a better price than someone looking to buy a single copy. It's called volume licensing.

What you probably don't know is that Microsoft volume licensing isn't based on the number of units purchased, but rather the total dollar value of software being purchased.

Why is that important?

Simple. You can qualify for volume pricing by buying only a single copy of one of their products - MSDN Premium is one of those products.

Instead of buying a 1 year MSDN Premium subscription for $2275/yr, you can purchase a 2 year MSDN Premium subscription for only $2425! That's only $1212.50 per year - Nearly 2 years for the price of one.

Then going forward, you can renew your 2 year MSDN Premium subscription for only $2069 or $1034.50 per year.

Let's look at your total savings over 4 years. You purchase the one year subscription and renew for each of the next three years - First year is $2275 and each renewal is $1779 - a total of $7612 for 4 years.

If you purchase the two year MSDN Premium subscription and renew once - what does it cost - First 2 years will be $2425 and then one renewal for $2069 - a total of $4494!

You've just saved $3118 over four years.

Check out the math for yourself and see if the 2 year MSDN Premium subscription is the right way for you to buy your MSDN.