Microsoft Dreamspark

Microsoft's Dreamspark program allows current university students and educators to download professional Microsoft developer, designer, and gaming tools. Getting access to this Microsoft program is easy:

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Dreamspark is simple: It's about giving students Microsoft professional tools at no charge. It's Easy: Sign In, Get verified, Download

Get registered for the Microsoft Dreamspark program:

In order to participate in the Microsoft Dreamspark program you must have, or create a Windows Live ID and verify that you are a student at YSU. After logging into your Microsoft Live account you will need to validate your student status by:

a. Selecting your country
b. Select “Verify as Student”
c. Select “Get verified through my school” and click continue.
d. Select their state/province and their school from the list
e. Activate your Dreamspark account

After activating your account you will be able to download the following software products free of charge:

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional, Windows Phone, Pluralsight on-demand, SmallBasic, KODU Game Lab, Microsoft Mathematics, Xna Game Studio 4.0, Microsoft Research Kinect for Windows SDK beta, Windows Server 2008 R.2 Standard, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, Windows Server 2008 Standard, Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Ultimate, Microsoft Sql Server 2008 R2 Developer, Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4 Beta, Microsoft Virtual PC, Windows Multipoint Mouse

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Windows Embedded Standard, Windows Embedded CE 6.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition, Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition, Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, Windows Server 2003