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What is the Expression Professional Subscription?
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The Expression Professional Subscription is the premium Expression Studio offering, which includes the full Expression Studio, along with a number of other programs to help get users started at an exceptional value.

 
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What is included in the Expression Professional Subscription?
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The Expression Professional Subscription includes:
Expression Studio® Visual Studio® Standard Office Standard Office Visio® Professional Windows® XP Windows Vista® Business Edition Virtual PC Parallels Desktop for Mac Pre-configured virtualized server environments
 
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What is the advantage of purchasing the Expression Professional Subscription
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The Expression Professional Subscription will benefit users with:
The ability to create and test designs for all of Microsoft’s cutting-edge technologies Access future versions of all included products during the subscription period Preconfigured virtualized environments to get up and running quickly Exclusive discounts, free trials and offers from the Microsoft partner ecosystem 24/7 business-critical, service level, support incidents
 
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How much does the subscription cost?
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The subscription will be available for US$999 ERP.

 
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How can I buy the Expression Professional Subscription?
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There are three ways to purchase the Expression Professional Subscription:
Direct: Customers can purchase via the BuyNow site (online) or from a MS contact center (by phone). Retail: Customers can purchase an “air box†containing an activation card through e-retailers like Amazon. Volume Licensing (Open, Select, EA): Organizations can purchase as part of typical VL agreement through LARs/VARs.
 
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Is there a trial version of Expression Encoder 2?
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Yes. The fully featured 30 day free trial for Expression Encoder 2 is currently available for download here.

 
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When will the subscription be available?
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The subscription is available now.

 
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What languages will the subscription be available in?
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The initial rollout of the subscription will be available in English. Additional languages will be made available in the coming months.

 
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Will the subscription be available as a download or will I get an actual copy?
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Both download and boxed copies of the subscription will be available.

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