>> Hi, I'm James Tramel.
A Senior PM and Microsoft on the Visual Studio Team.
In this session we'll be talking
about our Visual Studio subscriptions.
Developers have a lot on their plates,
from front end to back end,
and everything in between.
Whether full-stack, small stack,
polyglot, or framework Maven.
We target containers, serverless compute,
Cloud or any imaginable device with code for AR,
VR, voice, cognition, API,
web, or countless others.
Our mission with Visual Studio,
is to provide the best in
class tools that can be used by any developer.
Today, the Visual Studio brand now stands for so much more.
The core of our vision is any developer,
any app, on any platform.
Over the past few years,
we have really expanded the product family to match this vision.
Now, we have an IDE for both Windows and Mac,
Visual Studio Code are
cross-platform lightweight code editor, and developer services;
like Azure DevOps and App Center to compliment your IDEs
and editors and complete the full application lifecycle.
Whether you're developing for Windows or Linux,
Android or iOS, Cloud or device,
we have the tools to make you successful.
Visual Studio benefits are
a one-stop shop for all your developer needs.
They include developer tools and services,
Azure Access, Dev and Test Software, Training, and Support.
Let's dig a little deeper at each one of these services.
Developer tools and services
provide access to the Visual Studio IDE,
Azure DevOps Services, App Center, and much more.
Write code, share code, track work,
and ship software, for any language all in a single package.
Subscribers receive free credits to Azure services,
plus discounted Dev and Test rates,
and exclusive access to
pre-configured virtual machine image galleries.
Not to mention services like Azure advisory chat,
your personalized Cloud consultant,
and our EMS suite.
Subscribers can also take their skills to the next level,
with World Class Technical and Professional Training on
the latest trends and technologies across platforms.
Rely on technical experts to help you
solve issues and answer questions.
Subscribers can access core Microsoft software
with simple per user licensing,
enable them to install a new software
as much as they need for their development projects.
A significant part of technology
spend is on Dev and Test workloads,
which can sometimes be more than 50 percent of a datacenter.
Dev Test to bands are variable in terms of when,
how much, and what type you need.
Today you have five new projects,
but later you abandon half,
we've already invested infrastructure for those five projects.
This factor variability, is
a big reason why Dev and Tests on Azure makes sense.
With Azure, you don't have to worry about
over or under-resourcing at anytime.
You can thus eliminate waste.
Azure is uniquely positioned to
address these variable infrastructure needs,
and at the same time provide for
a robust development platform through the following: Tools.
When it comes to toolings, bringing Dev and
Test for your existing datacenters to Azure is easy.
A support between is consistent across On-prem,
in your data center, or an Azure Stack,
in the Cloud, Azure, or both.
Labs. What's the value about Azure lab services?
Fast provisioning and decommission of infrastructure,
automation and self-service in
the use and management of resources,
cost control and governance,
from scheduled startups and shutdowns,
lab budgets, and policies,
that curb resource flow.
DevOps. DevOps is a practice that is born in the "Cloud".
Using Azure DevOps, is a tool to
facilitate delivery along with App Center,
Azure Security, diagnostic, and monitored in-services,
will help accelerate your DevOps journey.
Offers. There are several Azure offers that are only available to
Visual Studio subscribers that can
help make operating Dev and Test on Azure,
a budget friendly decision.
Offers include: Azure credits,
[inaudible] price Dev Test offer,
and pay as you go Dev Test offer.
No other hyperscale Cloud provider
offers you a service like these.
Let's dig a little more into these offers.
There are different offered type for different needs.
First, is monthly Azure credits.
If you're an individual developer and would
like to learn an experimental in Azure,
you have the monthly Azure credits
as part of your Visual Studio subscription.
Depending on your subscription type,
your credit amount varies.
The monthly credit has a spending limit.
So it's great in a safe way to learn and
skill up on Azure without overspending.
We help ease the cost burden,
with Azure pricing discounts as well. All included.
Next, is enterprise Dev Test.
If you're an Enterprise customer and are looking
use Azure for a team development scenario,
then we have the EA Dev Test offer.
This is part of your organization's Azure billing,
and provides visibility and
full role-based access control
under your enterprise Azure enrollment,
while including discounts for non-production workloads.
Lastly, we have pay-as-you-go,
which is great for Teams and
smaller organizations with credit card billing,
but still including the discounted pricing.
Key highlights for all these offers are;
no additional software charges,
access to VM gallery including Windows 10 VMs,
no financially backed SLAs as is for non-production,
and lower rates on a variety of services.
Now, let's look at what the Dev Test pricing looks like.
So to take a look at Dev Test pricing,
one digging do is good or Azure pricing calculator
@azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator.
If you look here,
there are a lot of options in Azure.
Let's just pick one and see what Dev Test pricing looks like.
I'll select your App Service.
Once I click "App Service," notice is added
and I can view it a little further down on the page.
Notice it has all the pricing I would
expect for an Azure production workload,
for an Azure App Service; about $35.
But, notice this little toggle right
here that shows Dev Test pricing.
By click this "Toggle," notice
the price drops significantly to $32.12.
I can go back and forth,
to see what this looks like.
To understand exactly what my discounted rates might look like.
Notice I get these Azure Dev Test rates
for not only my monthly credit,
but also the Dev Test pricing,
and Azure pay-as-you-go Dev Test.
Now, let's take a closer look at
our four main SKUs of the Visual Studio subscription family.
First, is the Visual Studio professional subscription,
with a variety of [inaudible] tools and services.
Next, Visual Studio Enterprise
subscription and upgrade from professional,
for developers looking for maximum productivity and coordination.
Next, Visual Studio MSDN platforms,
which will offer subscription Cloud services,
software, support, and training.
Lastly, Visual Studio Test Professional subscription.
A specialized tool set for testers to plan,
execute, and track your testing efforts.
The subscriber benefits are many and vast,
more than I've discussed here.
Thank you very much for watching.
Please visit visualstudio.com/subscriptions to learn more.
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