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Multiple Subscriptions, Part II

Thanks for the feedback on multiple subscriptions.  We're looking for the edge-case to support in terms of limits on the number of subscriptions per Passport - I think for now we'll be setting it at 100.  As things are now, if you buy several subscriptions and they are registered to the same person, we'll recognize all subscriptions when you register.  If you have multiple subscriptions registered to multiple users - that is, with different subscriber ID numbers - then there will be an "add" option to add additional subscriptions to your Passport.  We'll support 100 subscriber IDs per Passport at launch.
Published Thursday, June 02, 2005 1:01 PM by MSDNSubscriptions

Comments

 

Jason said:

When is the launch planned?
June 3, 2005 3:33 AM
 

MSDNSubscriptions said:

As with any product, I can never promise a specific go-live date. This project has a number of major external dependencies, any one of which could cause a slip. I can guarantee that it will be before the launch of the VSTS levels, but the actual amount of burn-in time before VSTS launch could change.

Andy
June 3, 2005 1:47 PM
 

Ian Laurin said:

100 sounds about right. Currently, I have no clue what I have access to, or what I have even registered for on Microsoft's web-world. It has driven me crazy several times. Mostly do to inconsistancies, such as downloads one minute and not another. I do have a number of accounts (not near 100 but at least 25) due to being student, working for the gov, having an msn, msdn, vs, office, hotmail, beta, etc. It doesn't take long to accumulate them and I could only image for someone working at MS how they could reach that limit. The next question is what is there lifespan and will the sitemap be the controlling point of them?
June 8, 2005 2:20 AM
 

Jacob Johnson said:

Hmmm...Multiple subscriptions. Maybe then I'd be able to give you feedback on your developer centric content. If you compare the Sun Java documentation to what you've got, strengths and weaknesses, your strength is that you've got many more code examples. Sun's strength is that they've got structure, where you don't.
June 17, 2005 12:11 AM
 

MSDNSubscriptions said:

Thanks for the comments - this is definitely helping with our planning. Because our platform pretty much forces the 1 subscription to 1 Passport model, I'd been thinking that support for multiple subscriptions per Passport was something of a fringe case. However, it seems that this is not so and so we're working to beef up the user experience for this somewhat.
June 23, 2005 11:39 AM
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