With the release of Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals a couple of weeks back, I am finally ready to install the RTM onto my developer machine. For developers with Visual Studio Team Suite, the Database Professionals product is available to you for free. Others will need to purchase a seperate license for this SKU.

A quick visit to MSDN Subscriber downloads reveals two downloads;

The first of these is a DVD ISO and weighs in at 1940Mb, the second download is just 19Mb and is shown is the Trial version of Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals. Fortunately, for people with Team Suite already installed, you only need to download the 19Mb trial. During installation, the installer will recognise your full version of Team Suite and will install a full (non-trial) version of the product.

Once the install is complete, don’t forget to download the latest version of the MSF Process Guidance which has been updated to include information about Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals. Once the installation is complete the following dialog box provides a convenient link for you to download the updated guidance.

And viola! Your Team Suite installation now has four members instead of three.