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Some Microsoft software is provided through Microsoft Developer
Network Academic Alliance.
The MSDN Academic Alliance is an annual membership program for
technical departments in the area of Computer Science, Engineering,
and Information Systems. As a member, a department receives an
MSDN AA subscription that includes Microsoft platform, servers, and
developer tools software. This software may be installed on any number
of departmental lab machines. In addition, the department's faculty
and students may obtain a copy of the software to install on
their personal computers.
All the software is available for free download.
The free download requires you to burn your own copy of the software
from the downloaded CD image. For some of the more popular packages
the CD's can be purchased for a nominal fee and mailed to you.
For an overview of how the system works you can visit the
E-academy ITLABS site and
click on "Software" without logging in. It will give an overview of how the
program works and E-academy's privacy statment.
For more details on MSDNAA and list of the software covered see the
MSDNAA website.
The distribution of the software is managed using e-academy's automated
ditribution system ELMS. To register you will have to provide an e-mail
address to e-academy. E-academy uses the address as a username and will
send passwords, general instructions and license keys for downloaded
software to this address.
If you have any questions about e-academy you can visit the
e-academy website.
There is a specific link for MSDNAA on the home page.
Who Is Eligible?
- IT Labs students who have an active IT Labs account. Please note:
Your IT Labs account is closed at the end of each semester. You will need to
open your IT Labs account to make it active.
Undergraduate students will need to use their IT Labs account to register for the MSDN AA software.
- CS graduate students and faculty. Only graduate students and faculty can register using their CS account.
You must register at the E-Academy site to
get your free software.
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