License requirements

Question

I am trying to learn how to program in c# and use xaml and wpf to create windows apps. The best way to learn is to create things with practical uses. I want to make an application that would be used at my workplace. I would not be selling this app nor would my workplace sell it. It would be for tool inventory tracking and used solely for my workplace. However I'm unsure if I can actually do that because I'm not sure if that would count for needing the enterprise license if we are not selling the application but instead using it internally. Any help and info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

Any individual developer can use Visual Studio Community to create their own free or paid apps. In addition, any number
of users may use the software to develop and test device drivers for the Windows operating system.

If you are in an organization, I suppose you need to consider the following situations:

1. Check whether the app is used for the following scenarios: in a classroom learning environment, for academic research, or for contributing to open source projects;
2. Check whether the external company is a enterprise organization (meaning those with >250 PCs or > $1M in annual revenue);

If you are not clear about the purpose of your project, I suggest you use the paid license. For more details, you can view the Microsoft Visual Studio Licensing.

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