Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional will launch on 12 April, but you can beat the rush and secure your copy today by pre-ordering

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional will launch on April 12 but you can beat the rush and secure your copy today by pre-ordering at the affordable estimated retail price of $549, a saving of $250.

If you use a previous version of Visual Studio or any other development tool then you are eligible for this upgrade. Along with all the great new features in Visual Studio 2010 (see www.microsoft.com/visualstudio) Visual Studio 2010 Professional includes a 12-month MSDN Essentials subscription which gives you access to core Microsoft platforms: Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter.

If you are in (unfortunately the pre-order is not available in every market yet) ...

• US … visit https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/pre-order-visual-studio-2010
• UK … visit https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-gb/pre-order-visual-studio-2010
• Germany … visit https://www.microsoft.com/germany/visualstudio/buy/preorder-2010
• India … visit https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-in/pre-order-visual-studio-2010

… to check out all the new features and sign up for this great offer.