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This month, XMA's Software Product Manager talks about Microsoft's DreamSpark programme....
Free Microsoft Developer Software for Students
All
secondary school, college or university students are eligible for free
professional Microsoft developer, designer and gaming software. This is being
made available through the Microsoft DreamSpark programme.
Currently,
you can get the following Microsoft tools from DreamSpark:
- Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition
- Microsoft
Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
- Microsoft
Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
- Microsoft
Expression Studio 1.0
- Microsoft
Expression Studio 2 Trial Edition (includes Web, Blend, Media, and Design)
-
Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
- IT
Academy Student Pass
In addition you can also download other software (also available from www.microsoft.com at no charge)
from DreamSpark:
- SQL
Server 2008 Express Edition
- Visual
Studio 2008 Express Edition
- XNA Game
Studio 2.0 (with 12-month Creators Club Student trial membership)
- Virtual
PC 2007
- Visual
Basic 2005 Express
- Visual
C++ 2005 Express
- Visual C#
2005 Express
- Visual
Web Developer 2008 Express
- Visual
Basic 2008 Express
- Visual
C++2008 Express
- Visual C#
2008 Express
DreamSpark
enables students to download and use Microsoft tools to unlock creative
potential and set them on the path to academic and career success by advancing
learning in the areas of technical design, technology, math, science, and
engineering! It doesn’t matter what subjects they’re taking at the moment, just
as long as they’re a current student in a verified, accredited institution and
use the tools in pursuit of advancing their education in one of these areas.
An Administrator will need to register and help verify
their status as an accredited institution using the DreamSpark website (www.dreamspark.com).
Students are then able to register and
download their developer tools as required.
If you would like any further details on how XMA can help supply software to your organisation please contact your Account Manager or email the team at education.team@xma.co.uk.