

There’s some different options in this new edition (when using a custom install), the options I selected to install will absorb over 24 GB of hard drive space. I’ve chosen to evaluate Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise edition, which replaces Premium and Ultimate editions (they have been merged into a single SKU). Once you have acquired a Product Key, the next step is to install Visual Studio 2015. A boxed product should have a Product Key on the media (or box) and a soft copy should have a key associated with it somehow (maybe it is mailed to you?). If you don’t have an MSDN subscription, but have instead purchased a retail copy of Visual Studio 2015 when it becomes available, there should be a Product Key with the product.
#RECOVER VISUAL STUDIO 2015 PRODUCT KEY LICENSE#
Whether or not Visual Studio carries a Product Key/perpetual license seems to depend on the type of MSDN subscription.


This edition follows the trend established in the previous edition of providing two channels of licensing – by using a Microsoft Account or by supplying a product key. Continuing from the experience with Visual Studio 2013, the next edition – Visual Studio 2015 – was officially released to MSDN subscribers early this morning.
