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Having trouble viewing this email? View as a webpage.       Student Connect with Student:       The Imagine Cup Women’s Athletics App Challenge encourages female developers, innovators, and entrepreneurs to create software related to sports, health or fitness. The winning team will receive cash and a trip to Seattle to see the Seattle Storm play and to meet Microsoft’s Chief People Officer, Lisa Brummel.           Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro from Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7. Get Student Offer       4 year subscription for Office on 2 PCs or Macs, plus SkyDrive and Skype. Get Office 365 University         JOIN THE APP REVOLUTION Create apps for a new generation. Yours. Find the tools and resources you need to start developing Windows Store apps. Download your free Getting Started Guide now.         SIGN UP FOR IMAGINE CUP TODAY Sign up today for a chance to win $50,000 and a trip to the Worldwide Finals in St. Petersburg Russia! March 15 is the last day to sign up for Imagine Cup World Citizenship, Innovation or Games Competitions. Like trivia? There's a new $1,000 winner each month in the Imagine Cup Brain Games Quiz. Sign up today!         PUBLISH YOUR APP TO THE WINDOWS STORE Get a special student registration code for the Windows Store from DreamSpark.com and then submit your apps at no charge.         Windows Azure Boost If your Imagine Cup team is thinking about exploring Windows Azure, the decision just got a lot easier thanks to the Windows Azure Boost! At our worldwide finals next July, our first place winners who include Windows Azure in their project can earn an extra $1,000 or $3,000 for their team! Learn more at ImagineCup.com.         Windows 8 Boost & App Challenge! Windows 8 proudly supports two Imagine Cup programs – the Windows 8 App Challenge AND the Windows 8 Boost! Windows encourages competitors to go deep with everything Windows 8 and provides an opportunity to “boost” their winnings with extra prize money.         SKYPE AND MESSENGER ARE COMING TOGETHER Upgrade to Skype by April 8 and keep chatting with your Messenger contacts. Sign in with your Messenger ID (the same as your Microsoft account) and have your Messenger, Hotmail and Outlook.com contacts in one place. Easy.         DreamSpark Professional developer tools at no charge for students. Yes, it’s true. Learn more and sign up today. Go to DreamSpark       Get in. Stand Out. Tools and resources to build Windows Phone Apps. Free Getting Started Guide     Connect with Student: Like us Follow us   for the latest updates from Microsoft Student.     Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement. If you would prefer not to receive future promotional emails from Microsoft Corporation please click here. These settings will not affect any mandatory service communications that are considered part of certain Microsoft services. To set your contact preferences for Microsoft Communications, click here. Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 USA