lisa | On 24, Aug 2012

Microsoft is raising the prices on Visual Studio on September 1st in preparation for the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2012. If you want Visual Studio, now is the time to buy before the price increase in just a little over a week. Plus, some of the skus are on sale right now, such as Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN.

Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade Now

1. Windows, Web, devices: Modernize apps or create something amazing with one simple way to build them all.
2. The cloud: Seamlessly integrate with business apps.
3. Amazing designs: Even smarter ways to interact with users.
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8. Unlimited load and Web performance testing
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10. Breakthrough quality assurance. Streamline the testing process and revolutionize collaboration between developers and testers.