Microsoft makes tools available for students

Posted by David Haley on Wed 20 Feb 2008 02:30 AM — 3 posts, 17,611 views.

David Haley USA Wed 20 Feb 2008 02:30 AM #0

I thought that people might be interested in this:

https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/Products.aspx

Microsoft is making several major tools available for free download. Of particular interest is MSVS 2008 Professional Edition.

Note that the offer is for college and graduate students only. I'm not sure what process they use for authenticating that but they claim that they can handle requests from students around the world.

Zeno USA Wed 20 Feb 2008 03:45 AM #1

They provide a (small) list of colleges that are "supported" (excluding the alternative way). Mine isn't listed even though my college is part of the MSDN Academic Alliance. *shrug*

Robert Powell Australia Wed 20 Feb 2008 03:49 AM #2

Well that blows, they have no added Australia to the list yet.