Windows Phone SDK 8.0 Now Available for Download

Microsoft has released the Windows Phone Software Development Kit (SDK) 8.0. Windows Phone SDK 8.0 contains the tools that you need to develop Windows Phone apps and games for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.5.

Details
The Windows Phone SDK 8.0 is a full-featured development environment to use for building apps and games for Windows Phone 8.0 and Windows Phone 7.5. It provides a stand-alone Visual Studio Express 2012 edition for Windows Phone or works as an add-in to Visual Studio 2012 Professional, Premium or Ultimate editions. With the SDK, you can use your existing programming skills and code to build managed or native code apps. In addition, the SDK includes multiple emulators and additional tools for profiling and testing your Windows Phone app under real-world conditions.

What’s new in the Windows Phone SDK 8.0?
Find out what’s new in the SDK in What’s new in the Windows Phone SDK 8.0?.

Version: 8.0
Date Published: October/14/2013
File name:
Windows Phone 8 Release Notes.htm (31 KB)
WPexpress_full.exe (1.0 MB)

Download Windows Phone SDK 8.0
The links in this section correspond to files available for this download. Once you click on the "Download" button, you will be prompted to select the files you need. Download the files appropriate for you:

System requirements
Supported operating systems: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro

Operating system type:
  • Windows 8 64-bit (x64) client versions

Hardware:
  • 6.5 GB of free hard disk space
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 64-bit (x64) CPU

Windows Phone 8 Emulator:
  • Windows 8 Pro edition or greater
  • Requires a processor that supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)

Reference
Windows Phone Developer Blog

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