VS2005+ Dual Licensing

If I have this right a single license for Visual Studio 2005 or later (if not before) isn't able to be treated as a dual license directly. In other words if you have a desktop and a laptop, but only develop using one at a time, you normally need to acquire 2 licenses.

Is this correct? If not, does anyone have an authoritative link describing the situation?


I found a rather bizarre and clumsy alternative described here:

Developing on Multiple Computers with a...

I'm not advocating it and I'm not associated with those guys. I'm just curious what the real situation is.

Check your EULA but I think you will find that Visual Studio comes with a Developer license, which allows you to install on both computers as long as you are the primary user. I don't have a link but it has been pointed out on this forum so if you do a search I think you will find the correct information.

Here is thr thread I was thinking of:

Is Visual Studio 2005 licensing per developer?

Thanks. Very helpful information.