MS Action Pack / Technet

[t0bytoo]

Do either of these packages come with visual studio?

tia

[Joe Black]

No.

You need someone friendly with a MSDN Universal subscription or what ever name they've decided to call it these days...

[nobody here but us chicke]

professional

You dont need universal for the dev stuff, just msdn pro.

[ControlG]

Went to the VS2005 launch at Harrogate last Tuesday. All attendees were given a voucher for their own free copy of VS2005 Pro, SQL Server 2005 Std and Biztalk Server 2006.

Assuming it all arrives then "Thank You very much Microsoft"

[Moose]

MSDN partner program...199 quid a year and you get the lot. (But not team system 2005)

[t0bytoo]

MSDN partner program...199 quid a year and you get the lot. (But not team system 2005)

Can you post a link to the inof page on this. The MS site has me baffled. I went through their purchase path and came up with a price of 953 quid.

cheers

[Joe Black]

Well done ControlG!

"You dont need universal for the dev stuff, just msdn pro."

I simply meant that if you had a 'friend' with a Universal subscription you could have the lot and a lot more besides...

"MSDN partner program...199 quid a year and you get the lot. (But not team system 2005)"

AFAIK if you're simply a registered partner then the only option is the Action Pack or pay the sort of subscription t0bytoo mentions.

Don't know what the case is with certified partners etc, but then I thought you had to achieve enough points to be considered one?

[t0bytoo]

So. Any of you motley lot want to earn a few easy quid by sending me copies of:

sql server
visual studio
windows advanced server

??

[Mordac]

Have you tried P2P?

[t0bytoo]

Not got dsl yet. Coming coon. Mañana, they say. (am in Spain)