To start working with windows phone application development you need to get Microsoft account here ( https://signup.live.com/ ) And then you need to download the Windows Phone SDK ( https://dev.windows.com/en-us/develop/download-phone-sdk ) and then install it on your personal computer and then you need to register to developer account to upload you applications which you are working with so you need to register here ( https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/dashboard ) if you have a college gmail ID/international ID number etc.. you can get a free developer account here if you dont have ( https://www.dreamspark.com/Student ) and get your email id verified and then open the home page and go to ( https://www.dreamspark.com/Student/Windows-Store-Access.aspx ) to check your status here and you can also get a redeem code here after getting the redeem code you need to go here ( http://dev.windows.com/en-us ) and then in that select the personal development and then ...