If Visual Studio 2013 was activated using a static activation key obtained through BizSpark in 2014, will it still work after graduation date in 2017?
Never signed in to VS. Product Information says "License Product key applied".
I remember seeing an email from Microsoft somewhere in 2015 that said something like:
"If you have saved your product key before [some_date_in_2015] you will be able to continue using Visual Studio 2013 after you graduate."
Does that still apply?
The answer is simply - YES.
Confirmed first hand. It still works like it worked since the day one.
The important thing is that Visual Studio 2013 was activated using a static activation key obtained through BizSpark and activated before Microsoft changed the activation policy to login-only (around mid 2015).
There is a slight possibility that it is still possible to install VS V2013 using the old ISO installation image and activate it using a static key.