Today, on the official Developer Day, on the 256th day of the year, the Windows Store officially
opened for all developers!
Starting today, developers from 120 countries can register and publish their applications for users in 200 countries!
Let me remind you that before this opportunity was only from key partners of Microsoft, companies and past Application Excellence Labs.
As previously announced, annual subscription for developer developers costs
$ 49 per year , for companies - $ 99 per year.
In addition, under the
DreamSpark program ,
students receive a year's subscription for
free .
In addition, under the
BizSpark program,
startups receive a subscription for a year
for free .
Paid
MSDN subscribers also receive a one-year subscription for free.


Now you can go to your
Personal Account , download free
development tools ,
SDK and a large number of technical
materials .
Let me remind you that before October 20, we launched a special
application contest for Windows 8 with valuable prizes - ultrabooks and Nokia Lumia 920 smartphones.
If you have previously been registered as a Windows Phone developer, you can use the same account to simplify registration. Also the name of the developer in this case is already reserved for you.
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Useful links for developing applications for Windows Store:
And do not forget, today on Developer Day we are launching
Visual Studio 2012 !
Congratulations to all on your professional holiday and I wish to use this unique opportunity to win in the largest user ecosystem in the world!