MikeyHunt Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 (edited) I’m normally very cautious when I read about free offers on the Internet. It is often the case that free does not really mean free. This time however it seems to be the real deal, that is if you are a student from one of the following eleven countries: US, UK, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Belgium.If you are a 'student' you can grab free Microsoft software including Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and several more. All you need is a Live ID (which is free as well) and a way to identify yourself as being a student in one of those countries.The real beauty of this system is that you do not need to study Computer Science to be eligible for those free full version downloads of Microsoft software, they are available for everyone. Here is a list of all Microsoft tools currently available:* Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition* Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition* SQL Server 2005 Express Edition* Expression Studio* XNA Game Studio 2.0* XNA Creators Club Online* Visual C# 2005 Express Edition* Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition* Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition* Visual Web 2005 Express Edition* Visual J++ 2005 Express Edition* SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition* Microsoft Virtual PCImpressive List, ain’t it ? The process is as simple as it could be. You pick a software product from Microsoft first, then log into your Windows Live account, pick your continent from the world map, pick your country and finally your University from a list of available ones.Not all Universities are listed in that menu, if yours is not in the list you need to check this page to see what you can do about it. A method for all countries is to use ISIC to identify yourself which is available as an option amongst all listed Universities.https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/Products.aspxCourtesy of Ghacks: http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/19/free-micr...e-for-students/ Edited March 11, 2008 by MikeyHunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grake Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 If you're a CS studen you also get Windows XP Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kz26 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Just checked it out, it's the real deal. Hopefully they will consider adding Vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 What I always dislike about these actions from Mircosoft is the fact that they only do this in countries where everybody almost has legal stuff; why don’t they do it in Africa and Latin America for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) I’m normally very cautious when I read about free offers on the Internet. It is often the case that free does not really mean free. This time however it seems to be the real deal, that is if you are a student from one of the following eleven countries: US, UK, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Belgium.If you are a 'student' you can grab free Microsoft software including Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and several more. All you need is a Live ID (which is free as well) and a way to identify yourself as being a student in one of those countries.The real beauty of this system is that you do not need to study Computer Science to be eligible for those free full version downloads of Microsoft software, they are available for everyone. Here is a list of all Microsoft tools currently available:* Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition* Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition* SQL Server 2005 Express Edition* Expression Studio* XNA Game Studio 2.0* XNA Creators Club Online* Visual C# 2005 Express Edition* Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition* Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition* Visual Web 2005 Express Edition* Visual J++ 2005 Express Edition* SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition* Microsoft Virtual PCImpressive List, ain’t it ? The process is as simple as it could be. You pick a software product from Microsoft first, then log into your Windows Live account, pick your continent from the world map, pick your country and finally your University from a list of available ones.Not all Universities are listed in that menu, if yours is not in the list you need to check this page to see what you can do about it. A method for all countries is to use ISIC to identify yourself which is available as an option amongst all listed Universities.https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/Products.aspxCourtesy of Ghacks: http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/19/free-micr...e-for-students/Sorry, that's not correct, if the place you're at isn't in the list, you can't get it! Edited March 24, 2008 by RJARRRPCGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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