

If you need more keys, you can submit a request through Visual Studio Subscription Customer Service. Our research shows that most subscribers are covered by the number of product keys included in their subscription. The limit resets every 24 hours, starting at 12:01 AM Pacific Time. If you've claimed the maximum number of keys available for your subscription within a 24-hour period, an error message informs you that your limit has been reached. We'll update this article to reflect any changes in limits. Visual Studio Professional (MPN) has a daily key claim limit of seven keys. The daily key claim limit is 10 keys for all Visual Studio subscriptions, including keys offered through MPN, BizSpark, MCT Software & Services, and MCT. Daily key claim limits restrict the number of keys that can be claimed per day per subscription. Microsoft has implemented daily key claim limits for Visual Studio subscriptions. Microsoft is committed to protecting the value of the software and benefits that the program’s legitimate subscribers receive for their investment. Designated admins within your organization control access to the VLSC. Volume Licensing customers can also download software from the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) to get Volume Licensing versions of products (and the corresponding product keys). Generally, products requiring activation, such as Windows, Windows Server, and Office client products, are only offered in their retail version through Downloads.

Certain products are available from Downloads only in their retail version or only in their Volume Licensing version some are available in both versions. Visual Studio subscriptions offer a selection of retail and Volume Licensing versions of Microsoft products.

Retail and Volume Licensing versions of products If approved, product keys are accessible in Downloads. Requests are considered on a case-by-case basis. If you’ve claimed all the available product keys under your subscription and have used up all the available activations, you can request more keys by contacting your local Visual Studio Subscription Customer Service Center. Instead, use the 30 day trial period since the product keys supplied as part of your Visual Studio subscription don't allow unlimited activations of a product. If you reimage your computers frequently (at least once every 30 days), we don't recommend activating the product. Generally, in Visual Studio subscriptions, this requirement applies to Windows, Windows Server, Microsoft Office client applications, and Expression Studio. Activating a productĪctivation is required for certain products. If you need downloads and/or product keys, contact your admin. If access to downloads is disabled for your subscription, access to product keys is also disabled.

If your subscription is provided to you by your work or school, your subscription admin controls whether you get access to software downloads.
