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FREE MS Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition & Expression Studio 4 Ultimate for Students/TAFE

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FREE MS Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition & Expression Studio 4 Ultimate for Students/TAFE
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Lsimonizmaster on 04/04/2012 - 19:01 files.ozbargain.com.au (934 clicks)
Last edited 04/04/2012 - 20:32

My first post yapee!
Students of NSW can download MS Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition & Expression Studio 4 Ultimate and much much more for FREE from www.dreamspark.com
I was playing around with this deal ; http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/66910 and found out the site www.dreamspark.com is giving away softwares to students. I am already downloading MS server 8 beta 64-bit (it's free anyway) But other many softwares on offer. Windows Server 2008 R2 I got the serial keys already.

You just require a NSW DEC email to obtain the offer.
You need either a @education.nsw.gov.au OR @tafensw.net.au email address to be eligible.
Sign up with www.dreamspark.com and verify the @tafensw.net.au email address. Downloading procedures are same with this deal ; http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/66910

Softwares on offers are ;

Visual Studio 11 Professional Beta
Visual Studio 2010 Professional
Visual Studio 11 Express Beta for Web
Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Ultimate
Windows Phone and App Hub
Kinect for Windows SDK
XNA Game Studio 4
Kodu Game Lab
Small Basic
Microsoft Mathematics 4
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio
Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
Windows Multipoint Mouse SDK
Windows Embedded Standard 7
Windows Embedded CE 6.0
Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011
Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008
Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
Windows Server "8" Beta
SQL Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer
Windows Virtual PC 2007
SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
Pluralsight On Demand

Enjoy~!

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  • scrimshaw on 04/04/2012 - 19:03
    -2

    Dupe — please use the Search functionality on Ozbargain before posting. Also Please read the Wiki for student specific deals.

    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/student_deals

    You need either a @education.nsw.gov.au OR @tafensw.net.au email address to be eligible.

    Incorrect.. any old EDU address will do. That means university students are eligible as well.

    • simonizmaster on 04/04/2012 - 19:11

      oh crap
      how do you delete this post?

      • Elijah on 04/04/2012 - 19:12

        the magic OZBunny will do so…

    • davidl2 on 04/04/2012 - 20:29
      +10

      to be honest, this "NEVER REPEAT" rule is really too tough!
      should have make it one and a half year rule? says 450 or 500 days?
      (that way we won't see repeating deal in a short time frame, one year is long enough imo)

      the OP here is not advertising, nor this post is making any money for him
      (if it's sockpuppet/just purely advertising, then the admin should close it already)

      and that old post is what? 593 days old?
      if the OP didnt remind me, I would have forgot there's such a great deal…

      I would +vote to OP, thanks for sharing your finding!

      • simonizmaster on 04/04/2012 - 20:36
        +10

        Thanks for your support! I got excited when I was posting and then my heart got broken after scrimshaw's reply, and then your reply made me breath again, lol

        Thanks Davidl2

        • davidl2 on 04/04/2012 - 21:29

          I support people who shares! people who have a good heart - shares their finding/experience!
          there are too many underage/immature kids out there just NEG this & NEG that
          (no, I am not referring to scrimshaw, I am sure he does it for good will/as a reminder for no repeating deal)

          so don't take it too personally, sharing make a better community/better internet!
          afterall, this is Ozbargain spirit!

          if we're not sharing, then Ozbargain wouldn't have exist!
          and you, or me, or anyone else would have less chances knowing other great deals that exist!

        • davidl2 on 04/04/2012 - 21:39

          and yeah, you should edit the original post as any EDU.AU email should work
          my old Tafe & Uni email even valid as PREMIUM accounts! :-P

        • KayDat on 04/04/2012 - 22:44

          Heh, that previous Dreamspark post was my first post too! Interestingly, it's been roughly the same amount of time since my post till now, and my post compared to the one before that mentioning Dreamspark. Seems like a long enough time to remind all the students (…or not ;]) out there this great deal.

        • scrimshaw on 04/04/2012 - 23:16
          +1

          then my heart got broken after scrimshaw's

          so don't take it too personally, sharing make a better community/better internet!

          When you've been on Ozbargain for about 2+ years you learn to deal with it — so take davidl2's advise and just enjoy Ozbargain for what it is.

          There's always a kind of negative psychological reaction when you get neg votes on your post — as Neil explains it its akin to getting red marks on an exam paper.

          There's no need to get butthurt over neg votes or mean comments (like mine!) — Ozbargain doesn't have a reputation system and the voting system is simply a barometer about how good the deal is, not your worth as an Ozbargain member.

  • mrhorseham on 04/04/2012 - 19:22

    Any of these programs worth me getting?

  • Certified Angus on 04/04/2012 - 19:43

    I know this deal is a dupe and will be unposted, but is it really that hard to specify school/tafe students in the title?

  • SurpriseBacon on 04/04/2012 - 19:47
    +1

    I'm sure all students can get those from Dreamspark. I know I got WS 2008 as a Victorian Uni student last year.

  • joshptyltd on 04/04/2012 - 20:14

    Also, people studying Engineering/IT at uni should be able to get Windows, Office, and a bunch of additional programs for free through Dreamspark Premium (formerly MSDNAA). Check with your uni to see if they offer it.

  • ruddj on 04/04/2012 - 20:25

    What did you enter as your school? I can not see NSW DEC in the list.

    • simonizmaster on 04/04/2012 - 20:33

      For me , I select NSW TAFE as I got @tafensw.net.au email.

      • ruddj on 04/04/2012 - 21:12

        I saw some TAFEs in the list but was unsure what to select with a @education.nsw.gov.au email address.

  • davidl2 on 04/04/2012 - 20:40

    by the way, does anyone know what's the differences between these two?

    Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition
    Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition

    R2 = Release Candidate 2?
    what about standard edition?

    if standard edition is the RTM version,
    why is there a R2 edition around? what's the need of it?
    (confusing)

    • hubertlam on 04/04/2012 - 20:42
      +3

      2008 R2 = based on Windows 7 kernel. Optimised.

      2008 = based on Vista. Don't bother.

    • alvian on 04/04/2012 - 21:06
      +1

      R2 = Release 2

      Think Windows 98 & Windows 98 Second Edition. Same with WS2008 & WS2008 R2.

      Trivia: Originally MS wanted to call second edition server OS's as Release 2 and client OS's as Distribution 2, e.g. WS2003R2 & WXPD2 (got it? R2D2). WXP never got its D2 and MS has since scrapped all plans for second edition client OS's (with the exception of W98SE).

    • davidl2 on 04/04/2012 - 21:09

      thanks guys who replied! appreciated it! :-)

  • Joz2988 on 04/04/2012 - 21:00

    Anyone got any ways of getting a .edu email address without being a student? Funnily enough the uni email address I used 10 years ago doesn't work :(

    Would love to have a copy of VS 11.

    • alvian on 04/04/2012 - 21:11
      +1

      Become a staff.

      • Joz2988 on 04/04/2012 - 21:13

        Yeah, I'm not that good at programming! :)

        • scrimshaw on 04/04/2012 - 21:21

          There is a method:

          http://scriptevolution.com/blog/2012/03/free-edu-emails/

        • alvian on 04/04/2012 - 21:22

          Enrol in a short course at TAFE (no prerequisite), get your e-mail address, verify with Dreamspark (valid for 1 year), discontinue TAFE course and get back your fees. You now have one year to download.

          Get your Win7 & O2010 as well.

        • Joz2988 on 04/04/2012 - 21:24

          Thanks, mate. I just finished registering for one of those .edu email addresses but I cant get it validated on the dreamspark site. :(

          When I lived in Scotland, I was going to register for uni then just not turn up. The years uni fees were less than what council tax would have been!
          Do night classes or open university type classes count?

        • davidl2 on 04/04/2012 - 21:32
          +1

          I think it should work as long as Uni/Tafe providing you a EDU.AU email
          doesn't matter if it's short courses or night classes

  • Kill Joy on 04/04/2012 - 22:03

    Just used a friends Account from NSW Tafe western insitute, which gave me premium access. Cheering.

  • danield on 04/04/2012 - 22:33

    Can confirm it works for staff with an .edu.au address.

  • Macgyver on 04/04/2012 - 22:53
    +1

    I got this when I was in school.

    I got my serial code for Win Server 08 R2. Will this code expire or does it last for ever?

    • scrimshaw on 04/04/2012 - 23:11

      It's for life.

  • simonizmaster on 05/04/2012 - 01:02
    +1

    Awesome! Thanks for your support everyone!
    I will find great bargain deals and upload next time.
    Cheers

  • nimbin2k on 05/04/2012 - 03:20

    As previously mentioned, this has been going for a while, but +1 for the bump in memory… I always wanted a copy of Server 2008 R2 Enterprise…

  • ashley1969 on 05/04/2012 - 11:58

    Hmmm, looks good

  • uccoffee on 08/04/2012 - 09:33

    can any one give me a free spare one?

  • freemoneyhunter on 09/04/2012 - 16:15

    Not all tafes are eligible. I know Hornsby Tafe has the dreamspark program, but north sydney does not.

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