Dreamspark: Free Professional Developer & Designer Tools for Students from Microsoft

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Microsoft has recently launched its DreamSpark initiative. The stated goal is "giving students Microsoft professional-level developer and design tools at no charge so you can chase your dreams and create the next big breakthrough in technology - or just get a head start in your career". The list of freely available products is quite extensive:

• Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
• SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
• Exprsesion Studio
• XNA Creator's Club Online
• Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
• Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
• Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
• Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
• SQL Server 2006 Express Edition
• Visual Web 2005 Express Edition
• Visual J# 2005 Express Edition
• Microsoft Virtual PC

To access the products, you'll need to login with your Windows Live ID, verify your student ID, and you should be off and running from there. Learn more about the program here.

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