All University departments are authorized to use the Software covered by the new Microsoft Campus Agreement for the year 2002-2003. This includes:

1. Microsoft Windows Desktop Operating System (OS) Upgrades (Upgrade to Windows 98, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional);
   
2. Microsoft Office Professional (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access) for Windows and Macintosh Editions;
   
3. Microsoft FrontPage;
   
4. Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Professional;
   
5. Microsoft Project (new);
   
6. Microsoft Publisher (new);
   
7. Microsoft VISIO Professional (new);
   
8. Microsoft Core Client Access License (CAL for Windows Server, Exchange Server, Systems Management Server, SharePoint Portal Server); and
   
9. Microsoft SQL Client Access License

The Campus Agreement gives the University the right during the agreement to run the above software on all the institution-owned PCs in our institution. 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.

Under the Work at Home Use Rights, faculty and staff members 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 do an on-line registration and accept the terms of the Campus Agreement. Registration can be made starting from August 1.

Please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/compenv/license/ms.html for the programme and registration details.

Special Arrangement on ITSC Dialup Lines 29330633 and 29328000
The ITSC 29330633 dialup lines will be used for e-Course Registration between August 1 9 a.m. and August 30 5 p.m. inclusively. During this registration period, the dialup service for 29330633 will NOT be available for other purposes. In order to minimize the impact on you, the charging rate of the remaining quota lines will be reduced. This includes

1. making 29330800 a quota-free line during non-prime hours and
   
2. halving the quota units of 29328000 (express line) Please refer to http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/network/dialup/quota/quota-aug02.html for the scheme details.