Two years ago, someone on this forum asked

....to which the following reply was made by a Peter van der Goes- [MVP -
Academic]:

The Academic Edition and the Professional Edition are the same except:
1. The Academic Edition comes with the academic tools
2. The Academic Edition does not support remote debugging


Does the above answer remain true? I'm being asked to recommend a
40-license purchase for our school and would prefer to avoid unpleasant
surprises.

Many thanks,

Greg Dunn

"Greg Dunn" <TechLists (AT) gregdunn (DOT) com> wrote

But, (and this is a BIG but), if your school (department) needs 40 Visual
Studio licenses, why not look into the Microsoft Developers Network Academic
Alliance (MSDN AA)?
By joining, you get unlimited licenses for your classrooms, labs, faculty
and students. Not just for Visual Studio, but for a long list of Microsoft
products (development tools, operating systems, servers, etc.), all for $799
the first year and $399 per year thereafter.
Read about it here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/academic/program/default.aspx


--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

That was my first suggestion to them, but we have an unusual situation in
that we are a separate non-profit organization that is nonetheless highly
integrated into a public school district. Based on initial conversations
we've had with MSDNAA, it is not clear one way or the other whether we can
get approval. And we've just about run out of time for purchasing the
software, which I need in a class I'm teaching now.

Many thanks for the info, Peter.

Greg


"Peter van der Goes" <p_vandergoes (AT) toadstool (DOT) u> wrote