For the Microsoft Insider, the price is only  $999.

Yes, for MSDN Universal/Premium Subscriptions

We have the insider info to get it for $999

Becoming an  insider program member you will be offered special insider discounts.  MSDN Insider is one of them.  This Premium  MSDN Subscription is only the beginning of the special savings Microsoft offers their "Special Clients". Microsoft development tools cost thousands of dollars. Current MSDN Subscriptions price is $2499 but not for "Special Clients".

Why would Microsoft offer this for only $999?

The program is designed to help technology related companies explore and understand the Microsoft software packages. Microsoft knows by giving you something in the beginning you will be a lifelong customer.  This is a promotional insider deal.  Microsoft did not intend this to be made public.  You have to be in their private network in order to know about this deal.  Not only do you receive the software and insider download links but there are a ton of other benefits from joining.

Will I get Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008  from this?
Yes, Microsoft announced that they will be including Visual Studio 2008 along with Visual Studio 2005 to all MSDN Subscribers. This Visual Studio 2005 software alone is valued at more than $7,000 for the Team Architect System.

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This subscription entitles you to receive continuous priority access to the latest Microsoft development tools, platform, and server technologies, productivity applications, technical resources, and support via secure Internet access to the subscription software download site  where you can download the newest releases before anyone else can get them  (MSDN Subscriber Download site) .

What will I get when I start my subscription?

Here's what you get and more

Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Premium

	Developers Visual Studio 2008 Professional Visual Studio 2005 Professional Visual Studio Tools for Office Visual SourceSafe Previous versions of Visual Studio - Visual Studio .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual J#, Visual FoxPro Servers SQL Server Application Platform Servers - BizTalk Server, Commerce Server, Host Integration Server, Connected Services Framework, Customer Care Framework Business Productivity Servers - Content Management Server, Exchange Server, Office Live Communications Server, Office Forms Server, Office Groove Server, Office PerformancePoint Server, Speech Server, Sharepoint Server, Windows Sharepoint Services IT Operations Servers -  Applications Center, Identity Integration Server, Microsoft System Center, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center Capacity Planner, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager, Systems Management Server, ISA Server Operating Systems Windows Vista - Ultimate/Enterprise/Business/Home Premium/Home Basic Windows XP - Professional/Home/Media Center Edition/Table PC Edition Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 R2 Computer Cluster Windows SharePoint Services 2007 Microsoft Office System Office Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional Plus/Professional 2007 Office Word, Office Excel, Office PowerPoint, Office Outlook & Business Contact Manager, Office Access Office Publisher, Office InfoPath, Office OneNote®, Office Communicator, Office Groove, Office SharePoint Designer, Office Visio, Office Project Standard Office Accounting, Office Business Scorecard Manager, MapPoint®, Office FrontPage Office Project Professional Office Project Server, Office Project Portfolio Server
Microsoft's website New: $2,499 Our Price: New: $875

Microsoft Dynamics Other Tools, SDKs & DDKs Additional Benefits Dynamics AX, GP, NAV, SL, Microsoft Forecaster & Microsoft FRx® Dynamics CRM, Point of Sale, Microsoft Small Business Accounting & FinancialsOther Tools, SDKs & DDKs Access Developer Extensions Virtual PC, Virtual Server .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework Windows SDK, Platform SDK, DirectX® SDK Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0 Access Developer Extensions Virtual PC, Virtual Server .Net Framework, .NET Compact Framework, .NET Micro Framework Windows SDK, Platform SDK, DirectX SDK Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0, Application Compatibility Tool Kit 5.0 Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), Windows Installer Windows Driver Kit (WDK), Windows Hardware Compatibility Test Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 MSDN Library 2 Technical support incidents Managed Newsgroup support Online Concierge

This software is just the beginning,  value is over $25,000.

MSDN Online managed support newsgroups, where you can receive interactive support from MS Support Professionals
10 hours of advisory service - Microsoft will be your PERSONAL CONSULTANT for up to ten hours. Whether you have a stumper of a development question, want someone to look over your architectural or application design, or simply need some guidance about best practices, Microsoft will help you out for up to ten hours. Having paid for Microsoft Consulting Services, I can tell you that your $875 program fee won't even buy FIVE hours, let alone ten!

What do I need to Qualify?

I live outside of the U.S.  Will I be able to join?

If you're outside the U.S., you can still join this insider program. The program fee will vary from country to country, contact us for the fee price in your country.

 

We don't  pay retail and you shouldn't either.  For $999you can't beat this. Of course these licenses are for internal use only, so you can use them for running your business, but you can't resell them. This software is just the beginning, and already the package value is over $25,000.