How to get a developer license for Windows 8 Store applications?

When developing Windows 8 Store applications using Windows Runtime ("WinRT"), you will need a so-called developer license. If you are working from within Visual Studio 2012, this is trivial: when you start a new Windows Store application project, Visual Studio will get a developer license for you after you log in with your Microsoft account and password.

But, what if you have a separate machine or tablet with which you want to test or deploy your home-grown/self-developed applications? On the developer machine, you can run the PowerShell command Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense (in addition to using Visual Studio), but what if you don't have Visual Studio installed?

In this case, the easiest way is to deploy your application from Visual Studio to the destination machine. This can be done through the Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2012 application, available for all supported platforms: x86, x64 and ARM. Download this free tool here.

I actually had hard time finding information about this on MSDN, but finally found what I was looking for. In case you have similar questions/needs, be sure to check out the topic titled "Get a developer license (Windows Store apps)".

Good luck with your store apps!