Microsoft DreamSpark is offering students Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2012 32-bit as a download for FREE ($500 value) for limited time. To get discount, you must verify that you’re a student via school email address, verification code, or ISIC card.

Visual Studio Professional 2012 is a unified development experience that enables developers to create multi-tier applications across the web, cloud, and devices. It provides the ability to maintain and modernize existing applications while building cutting-edge apps for new platforms such as Windows 8. With Blend for Visual Studio, you can design immersive experiences in both XAML and HTML5 for Windows 8, and with LightSwitch projects you can rapidly produce out-of-the-box line-of-business applications.