You may have read the blog I posted earlier this week, Discounts Offered in Visual Studio 2008 Price Promotions, that explains serveral programs that offer ISVs discounts on tools.

If a you're looking for a reseller, we would recommend the following:

  • If you have five PCs or more, you should consider one of Microsoft’s Volume Licensing Programs because significant discounts are available. A licensing wizard is available on this site to help you choose the right program for their business.
  • If you are not purchasing in Volume Licensing you can buy from any of our resellers.

Here are some of our primary resellers and the volume licensing programs they offer:

Amazon
Retail only (no Volume Licensing Programs)

Softchoice
1-800-268-7638
Retail and the following Volume Licensing Programs: Open, Select, Enterprise Agreement, Gov-Ed

PC Connection
1-800-800-0014
Retail and the following Volume Licensing Programs: Open, Select, Enterprise Agreement, Gov-Ed

Softmart
888.SOFTMART
Retail and the following Volume Licensing Programs: Open, Select, Enterprise Agreement, Gov-Ed

SoftwareONE
800-444-9890
Retail and the following Volume Licensing Programs: Open, Select, Enterprise Agreement, Gov-Ed

Programmers Paradise
1-800-445-7899
Retail and the following Volume Licensing Programs: Open

There Visual Studio Promotions are for:

  • First time purchasers
  • Current customers without MSDN subscriptions
  • Current customers with MSDN subscriptions
  • Current customers with Software Assurance
  • Visual Studio Team System customers

For more information, see Visual Studio Promotions.

If are a Microsoft Partner with the ISV Competency, see Deep Visual Studio Team System Discounts for Partners with ISV Competency.