Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

Blend + SketchFlow Preview for Visual Studio 2012 provides updates for WPF/Silverlight platform support and SketchFlow. For Windows 8 development, see Blend for Visual Studio 2012 Express. For more information about this preview release, see BlendInsider.

Important! This is a preview release and is not intended for production use.

View the Microsoft pre-release software license terms.
View the release notes.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to January 2013.

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Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8

• Windows 8*, Windows 7**, or Windows Server 2012***
• Visual Studio 2012

*For Windows 8, you will need Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8 or Visual Studio 2012 Professional or higher (Full or Trial version).
**For Windows 7, you will need Visual Studio 2012 Professional or higher (Full or Trial version).
***For Windows Server 2012, you will need Visual Studio 2012 Professional or higher (Full or Trial version).

Other System Requirements

• PC with 1 GHz or faster processor
• 1 GB of RAM or more
• 2 GB or more of available hard-disk space
• Support for Microsoft DirectX® 9.0 graphics with Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM) Driver, 128 MB of graphics RAM or more, Pixel Shader 3.0 in hardware, 32-bits per pixel
• DVD compatible drive
• 1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor with 24-bit color
• Internet functionality requires Internet access (additional fees may apply)
• Some product features require FireFox 3.0 or later, Internet Explorer 8

1. Click Download (above).
2. In the Install dialog box, click Run.