Pricing Visual Studio 2005 / MSDN subscriptions

A week ago I was looking (without luck) for this information while I was preparing a proposal for a Visual Studio 2005 development-environment and now it's finally (officially) published ...

On March 21, 2005, Microsoft detailed pricing and licensing for Visual Studio 2005 as well as simplification of its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscriptions.

When Visual Studio 2005 will be finally released (probably around September 2005), 5 new MSDN (Premium) Subscriptions will be introduced :

• Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
• Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects
• Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers
• Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Testers
• Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition

There will also exist a MSDN Professional Subscription for Visual Studio 2005 Professional : the solution for professional developers working alone or in small teams.

You can find a nice summary of all this (prices included) at this MSDN-page.