title: Microsoft Expression Blend Preview for Silverlight 5 has expired. What next?
body: <p>Our version of <strong>Microsoft Expression Blend Preview for Silverlight 5</strong> has expired on 30th June and there are <strong>NO</strong> online license purchase options available.</p>
  
  <p>The following link states that Blend is now an integral part of Visual Studio 2012, but with our current constrained development and release cycle we do not have the option to upgrade our entire enterprise class application to VS 2012.  So, my questions are:</p>
  
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  <li><p>Can Blend (Preview for SL 5) licenses be purchased online?  If yes, where?</p></li>
  <li><p>If not, then how can we continue our Blend based development without upgrading to VS 2012?</p></li>
  </ol>