You're probably looking at the Premium edition. The Professional edition should be enough. Pricing will depend on what kind of licensing agreement your state has with Microsoft. Azure is not needed, but Azure credits are included with the MSDN subscription.


>how much is it new for a new one, mine was 4200$ for the renewal
>i googled msdn subscription and got to azure
>but i no clue what azure really is. also our state IT folks don't allow cloud stuff