So TechED Sydney is over and I now have the time to post about the big announcement for students that came out of the event. On Tuesday Microsoft held TechEd Student Day, a free day for students to come along and sit in on a series of presentations geared towards students, TechEd style.
Aside from that, every University student who attended the University half of the day received 4 DVDs full of free software, ready for use. Now if you could not attend this event, do not fret, this is all available for you as well (if you are a student), however you need to download it for yourself.
Head to https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/ and Sign In with your Windows Live ID, and then verify your student status and you can get your keys and downloads for all the software listed. This includes:
- Visual Studio 2008 Pro
- Visual Studio 2005 Pro
- Windows Server 2003 Standard
- SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Expression Studio
- 12 Month XNA Creators Club Trial
- XNA Game Studio 2.0
- Virtual PC 2007 (Great for use with Windows Server 2003)
Grab the downloads, grab the keys, and start making cool things with this free software. Anything you make can be distributed with a non-commercial license, so get to it!