As a Visual Studio user, you have free access to Pluralsight Skills. The length of subscription will depend on your Visual Studio subscription type.
Important: This benefit is only available to Visual Studio Enterprise, Professional, and Dev Essentials users; it's not available for MPN, BizSpark, DreamSpark, MCT Developer Software & Services, or MCT Software & Services subscribers.
Note: The Visual Studio Enterprise, Professional, and Dev Essentials benefits do not include access to Google Cloud or AWS courses.
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Learning tools
With the Visual Studio Enterprise, Professional, or Dev Essentials benefit you can:
- Take a skill assessment
- Get a Role IQ
- Use paths and channels
- Learn offline with Pluralsight’s mobile apps and offline players
The Enterprise and Professional benefits also have access to practice hands-on in a provided environment with labs.
These benefits don't give access to Premium features like:
- CyberVista (formerly Kaplan) certification practice exams
- Interactive courses
- Projects
Redeeming your benefit
Visit your Visual Studio subscriptions page (external site, opens in new tab) and click activate the Pluralsight benefit. This will take you to a Pluralsight form. If you don’t have a Pluralsight account yet, fill out the form, accept the Terms of Use, and click Redeem. If you already have a Pluralsight account, click Sign in and sign into your account. This will link the benefit to your existing account.
Additional information
You can redeem a Pluralsight benefit once during each Visual Studio subscription period. For more details about the length of the Visual Studio benefit subscription, please visit your Visual Studio subscriptions page (external site, opens in new tab).
If you are experiencing issues redeeming your Visual Studio benefit, go through the sign-up process again. Follow the link to the Pluralsight form and copy the URL. Send this to the Pluralsight Skills Support team (opens an email form).
If you need help, please contact Pluralsight Support.