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Microsoft DreamSpark
Available to students

Company Description
Microsoft DreamSpark enables students to download Microsoft developer and design tools at no charge.

Now, for the first time, Microsoft is giving its valuable software developer and design tools directly to students worldwide at no charge! This site enables students like you to download professional-level Microsoft developer and design tools to unlock your creative potential and set you on the path to academic and career success, by supporting and advancing your learning and skills through technical design, technology, math, science and engineering activities.

In order to get this software from Microsoft at no charge, you will be asked to establish or verify your student status once every 12 months. This process is built into this DreamSpark site itself. Verification of valid student status will enable students from around the globe to download Microsoft developer and design tools at no charge. Note: You must be at least 18 years old or have otherwise reached the age of majority in the place (province, state or country) where you live, or if not, your parent or legal guardian must accept the Microsoft DreamSpark software license terms on your behalf, in order for you to download and use the software.

It is our hope that the DreamSpark program will spark your creativity and help you harness software’s transformative magic to turn your good ideas into reality, by equipping you with the tools you need to succeed and excel during your academic experience and skills you will need after graduation.

If you are a student and you are new to this site, you may want to visit the Frequently Asked Questions (Students) page for more information.

Discount Information
Products through Microsoft DreamSpark are free to current students.

Getting the Discount
Microsoft and JourneyEd have partnered to provide United States' higher education students access to Microsoft DreamSpark. This page is the starting point to a simple validation of your status as a student:

• You add DreamSpark to your shopping cart.
• You go through a few pages to check-out and verify that you are a student.
• You get an email with a URL and an access code that takes you to the DreamSpark download site at Microsoft.

To get started visit the JourneyEd page.