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This benefit lets... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-visual-studio-dev-test-benefit-freedom-to-build-test-and-experiment-in-azure-lwqrcbabz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lwqRcbaBZ.png og:image:alt: The Visual Studio Dev/Test Benefit: Freedom to Build, Test, and Experiment in Azure og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Visual Studio Dev/Test Benefit: Freedom to Build, Test, and Experiment in Azure **[DevBlogs](https://daily.dev/sources/devblogs)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Visual Studio subscribers get access to Azure Dev/Test pricing, which provides discounted Azure rates for non-production workloads. This benefit lets developers spin up production-like environments for testing, experimentation, and CI/CD pipelines without worrying about cloud costs. 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