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The University has subscribed to the Microsoft Campus Agreement for a period from 1 June 2011 to 31 May 2012.
- Software Covered
- University Use Rights
- Work at Home Use Rights
- Student Organizations Use Rights
- The Agreement
1. Software covered
The Software covered by the new Microsoft Campus Agreement for the year 2011-2012 includes:
- Microsoft Desktop Campus (All Languages):
- Windows Operating System (OS) Upgrades* (include Windows 7 Enterprise Upgrade);
- Office Professional Plus 2010 and Office Standard for Mac 2011;
- Visual Studio Professional 2010;
- Core CAL Suite (Windows Server CAL, Exchange Server Standard CAL-Device CAL, Office Sharepoint Server Standard CAL-Device CAL, and System Management Server Client ML);
- Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2011;
- Microsoft Project Pro 2010;
- Microsoft VISIO Prem 2010 and
- Microsoft SQL Server Client Access License (CAL) - Device CAL
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 7 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 (such as an OEM license) of Windows or Mac OS already installed on the machine in order to install the upgrade licensed through the Agreement (Since the machine is covered by the Microsoft Campus Agreement, you can either dual boot or upgrade from Mac OS on that machine).
2. University Use Rights
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.
3. 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.
4. Student Organizations Use Rights
Notes to Student Organizations in using software covered by the Microsoft Campus Agreement:
- The software must be run on a University-owned PC
- Student Organizations need to do registration for the use of the software
- In applying for the use of the software, student organizations should
Registration can be applied by writing to ITSC Electronic HelpDesk at https://helpdesk.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/group/license-help using the Student Organization CWEM account together with a software management guideline. For an approved application, ITSC will schedule a meeting with the Student Organization to make arrangement for software installation and explain the use instructions.
5. The Agreement
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. |
