title: Developers OS license with MSDN Premium Subscription
body: <p>I have been looking at whether our <strong>MSDN Premium Subscriptions</strong> would cover upgrading our developer’s machines from Vista OEM to Win 7 RTM MSDN.</p>
  
  <p>The assumption here is that <em>"design, develop, test, or demonstrate"</em> covers the developer’s day job, so should cover the OS.</p>
  
  <p>I have found that other development shops seem to make this same assumption.</p>
  
  <p>Having looked at the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/subscriptions/cc150618.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MSDN Subscription Software Use Rights</a> page this does not seem to be the case.</p>
  
  <p>from the page :</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"Many MSDN subscribers use a computer for mixed use—both design, development, testing, and demonstration of your programs (the use allowed under the MSDN Subscription license)  and some <strong>other use</strong>.<br>
    Using the software in any other way, such as for <strong>doing email, playing games, or editing a document</strong> is another use and is not covered by the MSDN Subscription license.<br>
    When this happens, the underlying operating system must also be licensed normally by purchasing a regular copy of Windows such as the one that came with a new OEM PC"</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>So if you are not using the operating software install to purely <em>"design, develop, test"</em> read <em>"use your visual studio license"</em> and you answered a company email you are in violation of the license.</p>
  
  <p>Is this indeed the case? </p>
  
  <p>Is there a way that MSDN OS licenses can cover your day to day dev machine? </p>
  
  <p>Did you make the same assumption as I did?</p>