Does anyone have any experience with using product keys for VS2012 within VS2010?
I need to run VS2010 for my current project (some design-time components are not yet compatible with VS2012), and so need to purchase a product key.
However, MS have stopped selling keys for 2010! The VS2012 whitepaper states:
For Visual Studio Professional, the software included in the license is the current version >of the software, Visual Studio Professional 2012, plus the right to simultaneously run prior >versions of Visual Studio Professional to which you may otherwise have access.
This really doesn't make it clear whether the product key will be backwards compatible.
Best Answer
The retail edition of Visual Studio 2012 Professional does not allow you to license previous versions of Visual Studio.