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Rahul Iyer
Rahul Iyer

Reputation: 21025

Is it necessary to have a license to use Visual Studio 2015 community edition?

I downloaded a VM from here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines

I used my windows license key to activate windows 10.

When I launched Visual Studio, a box pops up saying:

License: 30 day trial (for evaluation purposes only) Your evaluation period has ended.

I click on the option "Check for an updated license", and it asks me to :

Type the email address or phone number of the account you want to sign in with.

What's the point of this ? I thought the Visual Studio community edition was free. Are there any restrictions based on WHICH email address or phone number I use ? How long is a license valid for ? Should I use my work or personal email address, or does it not matter? Is there a way I can just use VS without having to register anything ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3608

Answers (2)

Burhan Khalid
Burhan Khalid

Reputation: 174622

Yes, you do need a license. The license is free and requires you to register (or confirm your registration) with Microsoft.

This ensures that are you are still in compliance with the community edition.

Registration and confirmation (or re-registration) is a condition to keep the Community Edition under an active support subscription.

Upvotes: 4

coder
coder

Reputation: 8702

You only need to register it with your Microsoft email account. Then you can use it as usual. Just give it your Microsoft email and password.

Upvotes: 3

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