Does Microsoft provided a Visual Studio VB.Net package / access for personal use for those of us on pensions in the "senior citizen" category?

Question

I'm a retired (71 years old) programmer and am wondering if there is an affordable (reasonably priced) version of Visual Studios VB.Net available to upgrade from the Visual Studio 2010 Framework 4 version I presently own.

Answer 1

Hello ScottAustin23,

I’m Gunasekar and I will be happy to help you with your question, I am a Microsoft consumer like you.

As an individual, you have a few options depending on your needs. You can purchase a monthly subscription from the Visual Studio Marketplace if you just need access to the IDE and want the flexibility of a monthly subscription. You can also purchase the subscription which includes the IDE as well as many other benefits such as Azure dev/test individual credits, Azure DevOps, training, services, support, and more, from the Microsoft Store. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing/

Here we do not provide support regarding the latest offers or sales support you needed exactly. Because these are handled by our own Microsoft Organization where we are consumers like you. Here we discuss any technical issue and help each other.

So, I recommend you to speak with a sales support person to know more about in detail and about your requirements.

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/subscriptions/support/

I hope this information helps. If you have any questions, please let me know and I’ll be glad to assist you further.

Best regards,

Gunasekar N