Setting up an ASP.NET MVC development enviornment with software from Dream Spark
I need help figuring out what programs I need to setup a development enviornemnt on my new Windows 7 laptop. I have a LAMP background and I have only used ASP.NET once. The first time using ASP.NET I installed all the nessassary software along with Visual Studio Express with one click from asp.net. 

This time around I qualify for free software from Dream Spark. I'm not sure what programs I need to download in order to get eveything up and running correctly. 

These are the programs I think I need and are available from Dream Spark: 

 - Visual Studio 2010 Professional
 - Windows Server 2008R2 Standard
 - SQL Server 2008R2 Developer


I have a few questions: 

1. Would this be correct?

2. Am I missing anything?

3. Should I use the Windows Server 2008R2 Standard in this way or should I save this key for use in a production enviornment? 

PS: Main effort here is to get more aquainted with ASP.NET programming web applications but I would also like to dabble in Windows desktop application programming. 
Setting up an ASP.NET MVC development enviornment with software from Dream Spark
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I need help figuring out what programs I need to setup a development enviornemnt on my new Windows 7 laptop. I have a LAMP background and I have only used ASP.NET once. The first time using ASP.NET I installed all the nessassary software along with Visual Studio Express with one click from asp.net. 

This time around I qualify for free software from Dream Spark. I'm not sure what programs I need to download in order to get eveything up and running correctly. 

These are the programs I think I need and are available from Dream Spark: 

 - Visual Studio 2010 Professional
 - Windows Server 2008R2 Standard
 - SQL Server 2008R2 Developer


I have a few questions: 

1. Would this be correct?

2. Am I missing anything?

3. Should I use the Windows Server 2008R2 Standard in this way or should I save this key for use in a production enviornment? 

PS: Main effort here is to get more aquainted with ASP.NET programming web applications but I would also like to dabble in Windows desktop application programming. 