Visual Studio 2012 and Windows on DreamSpark

Due to the number of comments I have had on this post, I just wanted to confirm what products will be available under DreamSpark for students.

MSDN Subscriber Downloads: August 15th, 2012

Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8 are available as of, August 15th, on MSDN Subscriber Downloads to DreamSpark Subscribers.

To confirm DreamSpark Premium Subscription Program Administrators may follow these steps to get immediate access to the software:

1) Visit https://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/downloads

2) Sign in with the Windows Live ID associated with their DreamSpark Subscription

3) Search for the product of choice and click on “Download”

4) To acquire product keys the administrator may click on “Product Keys” and “Get Key” for applicable SKUs.

a. Note: Not all Visual Studio 2012 SKUs require a product key.

5) The file will be downloaded in .iso format.

a. Click here for instructions on how to use .iso files.

DreamSpark.com and ELMS WebStore: August 25th, 2012 for student downloads

Please see the SKU Availability Matrix below for specifics on which products will be available on DreamSpark.com, and through DreamSprk Premium ELMS Institutional WebStores.  The SKUs highlighted in red will be available starting August 25th, with the remaining releasing in a week thereafter, To confirm, Windows desktop operating systems are only available to students at education institutions which have purchased a DreamSpark premium subscription for STEM based disciplines .

Note: these SKUs will be available in the following languages on the 25th, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, Chinese Simplified, and Chinese Traditional, with rolling releases of additional languages following on a week after:  

For Visual Studio SKUs a separate Portuguese-Brazil language pack will be required, and will also be available on the 25th.

Product SKU Availability Matrix

Subscription Level

Product SKU

DreamSpark

DreamSpark Premium

Visual Studio Professional 2012

X

X

Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web

X

X

Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows

X

X

Visual Studio Premium 2012

X

Visual Studio Ultimate 2012

X

Visual Studio TFS Express 2012

X

X

Visual Studio TFS Server 2012

X

X

Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2012

X

X

Team Explorer Everywhere for TFS

 

X

X

Windows 8

X

Windows 8 Debug/Checked Build

X

Windows 8 Enterprise

X