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New Microsoft 365 E5 subscription with EMS now available for developers

August 29, 2019 Aug 29, 2019 08/29/19
Michael Aldridge
Starting this week, all new members of the Office 365 Developer Program (including Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise members) can sign up for a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription (Windows not included). This replaces the Office 365 E3 developer subscription that we made available starting in March 2018.

Microsoft Graph Sample Data Packs Now Available in Office 365 Developer Program

August 20, 2019 Aug 20, 2019 08/20/19
Michael Aldridge
Today we’re excited to announce the launch of two sample data packs to help remove this pain point with basic automated sandbox creation: Users - Includes fictitious users, metadata, and photos to simulate a small corporate environment of 16 users. Mail & Events (to be installed after Users) - Populates Outlook email conversations and calendar events for each of the 16 sample users.

New renewable Office 365 developer subscriptions launch on April 3rd

April 9, 2019 Apr 9, 2019 04/9/19
Michael Aldridge
Office 365 developer program announces a new renewable developer subscription. On April 3rd, we moved to a new model that enables a perpetual renewal of your developer subscription. Now, you can get a free Office 365 developer subscription with 25 user licenses to use to build your solutions and it will remain active for as long as you’re actively developing and deploying solutions. No more rip and replace after one year.