VISUAL STUDIO 2012 KEYS LICENSE KEY

ThereвЂ™s some additional configuration collected: YouвЂ™ll be prompted after the initial configuration to authenticate using a Microsoft Account вЂ“ click on the second option in the smaller font, right below the вЂњSign InвЂќ button. A boxed product should have a Product Key on the media (or box) and a soft copy should have a key associated with it somehow (maybe it is mailed to you?). If you donвЂ™t have an MSDN subscription, but have instead purchased a retail copy of Visual Studio 2013, there should be a Product Key with the product. Update: HereвЂ™s the relevant section which specifies the static activation key: Find and copy out the product key for your version of Visual Studio 2013 (e.g. In the list of keys there should be static activation keys for your account. Here youвЂ™ll see a tab for вЂњ My Product KeysвЂќ. Authenticate to MSDN Subscriptions and go to the Subscriber Downloads section. YouвЂ™ll need to have an MSDN Subscription which matches the version of Visual Studio you are using.

I discovered by scrolling through MSDN license keys that it is possible to unlock Visual Studio without needing to use a Microsoft account. I assume this also will apply to retail copies as well.

VISUAL STUDIO 2012 KEYS LICENSE KEY

This comes in the wake of Visual Studio no longer being pre-pidded (when a product has a license key included in the installation media) when you obtain a copy from MSDN вЂ“ for MSDN subscription holders, of course. Recently, I mentioned that the newly minted Visual Studio 2013 asks you to authenticate with a Microsoft account to tie your copy to a specific account.

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