instructions for elms (microsoft alliance) for downloading visual studio 2010

Instructions for ELMS (Microsoft Alliance) for downloading Visual Studio 2010

August 2012

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What is ELMS?

“ELMS is a web-based management system which enables you to make DreamSpark software easily available to your students and faculty. The use of ELMS for the management and distribution of software in the DreamSpark Program is provided to you by Microsoft and e-academy (Microsoft partner) as an DreamSpark member benefit, free of charge.”(https://e5.onthehub.com/Admin/Default.aspx)

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Start

• Open a browser (since it’s a Microsoft site it probably will work best with Internet Explorer) and navigate to the following address:

• http://msdn.e-academy.com/lasalle_mcs/

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Click on Sign In

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If you know your credentials, enter them. Usernames

are typically your La Salle email address.

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If you don’t know your credentials click on the “Forgot your password?” link

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Enter your username (usually your La Salle email) and click Submit. Follow the instructions in the resulting email.

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For Visual Studio, click on Developer Tools

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If you want to use what we have in the classroom, then chose Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

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Again, if you want to use what we have in the classroom, then choose Professional

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Click the Add to Cart button

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Click Check Out

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Accept the license agreement

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Click Proceed With Order

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Click Start Download

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Follow Step 1 (Download Secure Download Manager)

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Click Save

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Click Open Folder

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Follow Step 2: (Run SDM)

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Proceed through dialogs

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Proceed through dialogs

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Follow Step 3. (Download .SDX)

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Click Save

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Click Open folder

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Follow Step 4.

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Click Start Download

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Watch downloading progress bar

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Click Launch. Notice where it’s downloading to.

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Click Launch and then burn (assuming you have a DVD ready to burn in the drive).

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Finalizing the disk

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