Certified or Gold Certified Partners in the U.S. are now able to access a promotion from Microsoft and buy Visual Studio Team Systems 2008 at a 65% discount. Microsoft partners could buy “either the Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Editions (which includes both the Development and Database Edition in a 2 for 1 deal as well as an MSDN Premium Subscription) or the Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite (which includes the full suite of tools in addition to an MSDN Premium Subscription) to all Certified or Gold Certified Partners,” announced Eric Ligman.