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+### Configuration of new development machine
+
+My MS account (gmail) has only the Visual Studio Dev Essentials subscription. It now indicates that I do not have access to product keys.
+[Your Product Keys](https://my.visualstudio.com/ProductKeys?mkt=en-us)
+
+TODO: Sign in using .mil account from a machine connected to the domain.
+
+Workstation has the SDC operating system and will NOT allow Visual Studio to be installed without a GP modificiation.
+
+- [ ] Install Non SDC Operating System
+- [ ] Install Git
+- [ ] Install dotfiles
+- [ ] Install VS Code
+- [ ] Install Visual Studio
+- [ ] Install MS SQL Server 2022 Developer Edition
+- [ ] Install MS SQL Server Report Service
+- [ ] Install Beyond Compare
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