One of the questions I have started hearing a bit during my presentations on Visual Studio 2010 is how do my current licenses transition over to VS2010 when it is released?

The great news is that Microsoft has a very generous transition plan whereby pretty much everyone gets something extra! Yeah!

So what does this really mean for you? Well, BEFORE the 22nd March you should definitely consider having your MSDN subscription in place. If you have Visual Studio 2008 Professional, you might even want to consider upgrading or “stepping up” to one of the Team Editions so you’ll get VS 2010 Ultimate when the transition occurs 🙂