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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?

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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.

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