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Visual Studio Express editions is now free (forever)

It's official: Visual Studio Express editions are now free to download and use indefinitely. That means that Visual Web Developer 2005 Express, Visual C# 2005 Express, Visual Basic 2005 Express, Visual C++ 2005 Express and Visual J# 2005 Express are completely free.

That is good news (in case you didn't notice). Download all this from here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

I should probably remind everyone reading this that SQL Server 2005 Express is also completely free and that it is a fully enabled SQL Server engine with absolutely no connection number limit, and now full-text search and reporting services (the limitations when compared to the full version are the number of CPUs, database size, mirroring, data mining and other high-end stuff). There is also a very useful free management tool in addition to the Visual Studio integration.

w00t

Posted: Apr 19 2006, 03:22 PM by Bertrand Le Roy | with 9 comment(s)

Comments

kevin delafield said:

does this include previous downloads of Visual Studio express edition,
which have already been registered?

thanks,

kevin
# April 19, 2006 11:30 PM

Prasad P. Khandekar said:

It's really a nice move by Microsoft. I am really finding these tools very helpful.
# April 20, 2006 1:20 AM

Bertrand Le Roy said:

Yes, Kevin, of course :)
# April 20, 2006 1:48 AM

ender++ said:

is it possible to have mutliple version installed?
ie C# express along with C++ Express and Web Developer Express ?

# April 20, 2006 12:46 PM

Hugh J. Frazer said:

I have been reading and downloading plenty of 'free' stuff on ASP.NET. I am a retired software/hardware engineer from the old Rockwell International Missile Division (now Boeing). Running into a shortage of the cash for I have only a fixed income retirement and ss. So I decided to get back to my old living; and thanks to Microsoft learning; I am remembering alot of my old history in the Electronic Field.
So all you keep it up and I will try and akai write a few things. But I have alot of Republican hateful actions here and that will slow me up. May the Sun shine on our old bones (75) and keep the old Microsoft thinkings going.

Hughy or hu hu ha hi (ha hi is from my ham days wb6njr).
# April 20, 2006 1:20 PM

Bertrand Le Roy said:

Ender: not 100% sure, but I think yes.
# April 20, 2006 2:49 PM

Herleson said:

Hi, Ender

Yes, you can install all Express Editions without any trouble.
# April 20, 2006 3:02 PM

Naveen said:

Can we download Visual Studio Express completely wihout paying.

# August 21, 2008 6:16 AM

Bertrand Le Roy said:

@Naveen: yes, that's kind of what I'm saying in the post. Here's the url for the latest version:

www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx

# August 21, 2008 12:28 PM
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