Use Visual Studio 2022 professional standalone License for 2019

Question

Does anyone know if it is possible to apply a visual studio 2022 standalone license key to 2019 version? I purchased 2022 and then found out that it does not yet support integration services extension. Or alternatively is it possible to exchange the 2022 license for a 2019 license? I can't event find the purchase page for 2019 standalone anymore.

Answer 1

Firstly, since this is a temporary situation just download Visual Studio 2019 Community and use it. It is free and you can add the SSIS extension to it. You don't need a formal license. To download it you'll need to go here. Once the SSIS extension is updated then you can remove Community.

AFAIK you cannot use a newer VS product key on an older version. If you have a VS Subscription then you'll use your subscription instead of a key and you then have access to the older versions as well. But if you just have a VS 2022 product key then you must use VS 2022.

Again though, SSIS extension is going to be updated and, while there isn't a release date yet, it will probably be coming sooner rather than later. There is no real benefit in getting a VS 2019 product key (or downgrading your existing key). If for some reason you don't want to use Community edition then you can install VS 2019 Pro as a trial. You can extend it up to 90 days so surely by then the SSDT team will have updated their extension as everyone is waiting for it. Here's a link to information on trial versions of VS. But Community is free...