Free Microsoft Software with Special Terms of Use

• Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MSDN AA) The MSDN Academic Alliance is a low cost program for education institutions in the area of Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Electronic Design, Information Systems or a similar field. MSDN AA grants students and faculties simple access to Microsoft technologies and products for research. More

Discounted Microsoft Software

• msuniversitydesk msuniversitydesk is an online-shop where immatriculated students of the Swiss universities and universities of applied sciences can buy a selection of Microsoft products with discounted prices. Students without an immatriculation number can shop at msstudentdeskMore

CodePlex Open Source Project Community
CodePlex is Microsoft's open source project hosting web site that provides Internet-based Software Configuration Management toolset and application downloads with underlying source code.More

Game Development
Microsoft® XNA® is composed of software, services and resources for game development on Microsoft gaming platforms. Microsoft® PopflyTM is easy way to build and share mash-ups, games, gadgets and Web pages. More

Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance
Microsoft Dynamics business management solutions automate financial, customer relationship and supply chain processes. The Dynamics Academic Alliance membership is open for all education institutions working with ERP and CRM for a low fee. More

Microsoft DreamSpark
Swiss students studying at an accredited academic organization that is connected with the Swiss Authentication and Authentication Infrastructure from SWITCH, or whose institution is using Live@edu, can access a basic set of development software titles for free. More

Microsoft Open Source Development Resources
Microsoft Open Source web-site provides resources such as getting started instructions, tool downloads, communities, partner information, learning opportunities and many more. More

Robotics Development
Microsoft Robotics products and services enable academic, hobbyist and commercial developers to easily create robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware. More

Microsoft /Express
Microsoft Express Editions (Web Platform Installer, Visual Studio 2010 Express, Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, SQL Server Express) are free tools and offer lightweight, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn development tools for the hobbyist, novice and student developers.More