Downgrade Information

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If you require a previous version of Visual Studio, you may purchase Visual Studio 2005 Professional, and then downgrade to a prior version.

To acquire the correct license:

  • Purchase Visual Studio 2005 Professional from your preferred Microsoft reseller.
  • If you have access to existing licensed software, you may use it or you can request the software media for Visual Studio .NET 2003 for a small fee (around $20US/$25CDN, plus shipping and handling) from the Microsoft Supplemental & Replacement Parts Center at (800) 360-7561. Outside the United States and Canada, please contact your local Microsoft subsidiary. Media for earlier versions is not available from Microsoft.

If you require an Enterprise Edition of Visual Studio, you may purchase Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Premium. MSDN Subscriptions provides access to Enterprise Editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003 and 2002. Contact your preferred reseller for details.