Microsoft Products Must Be Downloaded Within Five Days

After your request for this product is approved and the licenses are made available to you, you will have five days to download the product and license keys. To avoid a delay in access to your products, please follow the instructions we provide to obtain your products from the Microsoft 365 admin center as soon as they are available.

 

Visual Studio Professional is an integrated development environment (IDE) for individual developers and small teams. It supports development of applications for Windows, SharePoint, the cloud, or web and mobile-device platforms.

This donation provides one license for installing the software on a single device. See a summary of Volume Licensing Product Terms for specific licensing details.

Which Version of This Software Is Available?

You can find out which version of this software is available on the Current Versions of Microsoft Products page. In addition, you can download the software in any language that's available.

Benefits for Organisations

If you have software development experience, you can use Visual Studio to

  • Develop custom applications for use in your organisation
  • Develop mobile and web applications for use by your constituents and donors

Major Capabilities

  • Use major programming languages: Visual Studio supports all popular languages like Visual Basic, C, C++, C#, Python, HTML, JavaScript, F#, and more.
  • Develop for any platform: Create applications for Windows, Android, iOS, and the web with cross-platform technologies.
  • Understand your code: Stay focused on your work with tools that highlight code references and changes to your code, show who last modified a method, and allow you to check whether test methods have passed or failed.

Free Editions

For organisations that do not need the full functionality of Visual Studio, Microsoft offers free, downloadable editions.

No Software Assurance

This license does not include Software Assurance. Without Software Assurance, you will not have the right to install new releases of this product. You will not be able to add Software Assurance to this type of license.

Computer Labs Only

This product is available only to organisations that operate a computer lab. It can be used only on computers that are available to an organisation's beneficiaries or the general public. It can't be used on computers that are assigned to staff members or volunteers.

Obtaining This Product

To install this product, you'll need to access the Microsoft 365 admin center. When your request has been approved, Connecting Up will send a message to your organisation email address with further instructions.

If you need help obtaining this product, find out how to download it.

Microsoft Donated Software

Get a wide variety of Microsoft software for your nonprofit through Connecting Up.

Which Versions of Microsoft Software Are Available?

The names of available Microsoft products don't include version numbers. For products that include Software Assurance, you can choose to download the current version of the software or the previous version. For products without Software Assurance, you can only download the current version. You can find out which version is the current one on the Current Versions of Microsoft Products page. In addition, you can download the software in any language that's available.

Eligibility and Restrictions

Microsoft nonprofit offers have different restrictions depending on whether the product is donated or discounted.

Microsoft Software Donations

Microsoft provides nonprofits with a maximum allotment of product donations that can be requested per two-year cycle. Beginning April 5, 2022, most donated products may be requested only by organizations that operate computer labs.

Consult the Microsoft software donation restrictions for more information.

Microsoft Discounted and Cloud Offers

If eligible, your organization may receive an unlimited number of discounted products or cloud offers.

Requests for discounted Microsoft products must include at least five licenses. The five licenses can be for the same product or a combination of different products. This requirement is waived for some products.

Consult the Microsoft discounted and cloud offer restrictions for more information.

Additional Information

For detailed explanations of the quantity of products you can request, see the Microsoft Eligibility page.

Licensing

Microsoft products offered through Connecting Up are perpetually licensed products. When you request a donated or discounted perpetually licensed product through Connecting Up, you're actually requesting a license, not the product itself.

To obtain perpetually licensed products without Software Assurance, you'll use the Microsoft 365 admin center. To obtain perpetually licensed products with Software Assurance, you'll use the Volume Licensing Server Center (VLSC).

Learn how to download and manage these products.

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