Skip to content

Revise eligibility and description for Microsoft 365 Developer Program #276

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Open
akagarwa-msft wants to merge 1 commit into
base: main
Choose a base branch
from
Open

Revise eligibility and description for Microsoft 365 Developer Program #276

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
1 commit
Select commit
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions docs/join-with-visual-studio.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
---
title: Join the Microsoft 365 Developer Program with a Visual Studio Professional or Enterprise subscription
description: All new members of the Microsoft 365 Developer Program (including Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise subscribers) can sign up for a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription (Windows not included).
description: Learn how eligible Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise subscribers can join the Microsoft 365 Developer Program and set up a Microsoft 365 E5 developer sandbox.
ms.date: 09/02/2026
ms.localizationpriority: high
---

# Join the Microsoft 365 Developer Program as a Visual Studio subscriber

Visual Studio subscribers with standard Professional or Enterprise subscriptions qualify for a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription that renews automatically for as long as you remain a Visual Studio subscriber. When you join the program as a Visual Studio subscriber, you can set up a developer sandbox subscription that is linked to your Visual Studio subscription. It will not be subject to expiration due to inactivity (or our failure to detect activity that is not in scope for renewal monitoring).
Eligible Visual Studio subscribers with standard Professional or Enterprise subscriptions qualify for a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription that renews automatically for as long as they remain eligible. When you join the program as a Visual Studio subscriber, you can set up a developer sandbox subscription that is linked to your Visual Studio subscription. It will not be subject to expiration due to inactivity (or our failure to detect activity that is not in scope for renewal monitoring).

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **Microsoft employees aren't eligible to request or provision a Microsoft 365 E5 developer sandbox through the Microsoft 365 Developer Program.** This compliance restriction applies even if an employee has a Visual Studio Professional or Enterprise standard subscription.

> [!NOTE]
> Your Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription is for development purposes only and can be revoked if you use it for purposes other than development. For details, see the [Microsoft 365 Developer Program Terms and Conditions](terms-and-conditions.md).
Expand Down