The University has subscribed to the  Microsoft Campus Agreement for a period from June 1 2008 to May 31 2009.

The Software covered by the new Microsoft Campus Agreement for the year 2008-2009 includes:

• Microsoft Desktop Campus (All Languages):
  • Windows Operating System (OS) Upgrades* (include Windows Vista Enterprise Upgrade**);
  • Office Enterprise 2007 and Office for Mac 2008;
  • Visual Studio Professional;
    
  • Core CAL Suite (Windows Server CAL, Exchange Server Standard CAL, Office Sharepoint Server Standard CAL and SMS Configuration Management License);
    
  • Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack;
• Microsoft Project Pro (All Languages);
  
• Microsoft VISIO Pro (All Languages) and
  
• Microsoft SQL Server Client Access License (CAL) (All Languages)

Please note that Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer is no longer covered in the Campus Agreement, please remove the software from previously installed PC. If you need to use the software, you may acquire the license under the Microsoft Open License Program organized by ITSC.

As with all products licensed through the Microsoft Campus Agreement, we have the option of deploying downgrade versions (previous version) in place of the current licensed version. For instance, we may choose to deploy the Windows XP Professional operating system instead of the Windows Vista Enterprise operating system.

*Please note that the OS version is an upgrade (or downgrade) only, not a full license. You must have a fully licensed version of Windows already installed on the machine in order to install the upgrade licensed through the Agreement.
** Visit ITSC WIndows Vista Support

1. University Use

The Campus Agreement gives the University the right during the agreement to run the above Software on all University-owned PCs.  The University has the option during the term of this agreement to run the most current version, or any previous version of the Software, in any available language in either a Macintosh or Windows version, as applicable. 

For software media (CD), departments / units can acquire CD from the ITSC.  Please find the detail media information here. 

2. Work at Home Use Rights

Under the Work at Home Use Rights, Faculty and staff also have the right to run one copy of the software, for school- related purposes only, on a home PC, either a laptop or desktop, that they own or lease.  To exercise the Work at Home Use Rights, Faculty and staff are required to

• Make an online registration (require a VPN connection for off-campus access) and accept the terms of the Campus Agreement.
  
• Contact the LAN administrator or coordinator of your department to obtain the required media after a successful registration.

Those who have registered last year and want to continue to use the Work at Home Use Rights are required to make the online registration again.

Microsoft Campus Agreement is an annual licensing program that allows a customer to count the number of faculty and staff full time equivalents (FTE) and multiply that by a tiered price.  The customer then has the rights to run the licensed software for a 12-month period, and is licensed for all upgrades and downgrades of the licensed software throughout the term of the agreement. At the end of the agreement, the customer either renews the license agreement, or removes the software from its machines. 

You can find update Microsoft Campus Agreement at www.microsoft.com/Education/CampusAgreement.aspx.