UPDATED: Windows 8 Dev Preview Now Available for Download -- Visual Studio Magazine

UPDATED: Windows 8 Dev Preview Now Available for Download

By Becky Nagel
09/13/2011

UPDATE: The Windows Developer preview is now live at 5 p.m. PT

In its Build keynote today, Microsoft said that the developer preview for Windows 8 will be downloadable from this URL starting at 8 p.m.

"No activation, just download and install it," Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows Live Division, told the crowd toward the end of the opening keynote.

According to Sinofsky, Microsoft will be continually updating this developer preview as a "test" of the update technology they'll be using for Windows 8.

Sinofsky did not give a timeline for further releases such as the beta and CTP, saying that the company is not going to stick to a timeline, but focus on quality.

Also today Microsoft finally released the Build session schedule and descriptions. The sessions will also be available on Channel 9 here.

Go here for more on what has been unveiled about Windows 8 so far.

About the Author

Becky Nagel serves as vice president of AI for 1105 Media specializing in developing media, events and training for companies around AI and generative AI technology. She also regularly writes and reports on AI news, and is the founding editor of PureAI.com. She's the author of "ChatGPT Prompt 101 Guide for Business Users" and other popular AI resources with a real-world business perspective. She regularly speaks, writes and develops content around AI, generative AI and other business tech. She has a background in Web technology and B2B enterprise technology journalism.

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