What is the Microsoft Campus Agreement?
Because you license the products selected in the campus agreement for use on all of the institution-owned computers within the participating colleges or departments, the Campus Agreement makes it easy for administrators and users to know that the software use is compliant. Although you report a specific employee count when submitting your Subscription Enrollment, any new faculty or staff members added to the participating department(s) are licensed to use the software on the covered computers during the subscription term.
The Microsoft Campus Agreement effective December 1, 2007 covers departments and students, faculty, and staff on all three U-M campuses. It provides significantly reduced prices on the following popular Microsoft products. • Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade Wiindows XP Professional upgrade NOTE: You must already own a Windows operating system license; for example, the one that came with your computer. • Office Enterprise 2007 (Windows) Office 2003 Professional (Windows) Office 2004 Professional (Macintosh) Office 2008 for Mac • Visual Studio Professional 2005 • SharePoint Departments may also use previous versions of the software if for some reason they need those running on their machines.
Purdue University and Microsoft Corporation have entered into an agreement for volume licensing of selected Microsoft software products. The Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA) licenses any version of these products for use on all University owned computers. In addition, each Purdue faculty, staff, and student may also use selected products on one computer that he or she owns, for University-related work. • Which Microsoft software products are available under Purdue’s MSCA? Any version of each of the following products is included in the agreement, but the University will only distribute the versions listed. Availability and pricing information applies only to the West Lafayette campus. Macintosh: • Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition • Office 2004 for Mac Professional Edition [University departments only] Windows: • Core Client Access License suite (licenses only, no CD-ROMs) • FrontPage 2003 • Office 2003 Professional Edition (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word) for
The Microsoft Campus Agreement allows Universities to license Microsoft software for large groups of users. This “buying in bulk” is cheaper than buying individual licenses. The cost of the agreement is based on the number of people (full time equivalent) in a participating department, and the agreement covers all the computers owned by that department. The biggest advantage is to those departments that have more computers than people, such as those with computer labs. It also allows a department to upgrade all its computers to the latest versions of Windows and Office at a lower cost than paying for individual upgrades. In addition, the agreement includes licenses for Microsoft server clients, which benefits those departments running any Microsoft server software. Notice that a license is the right to run software. The license does not include a copy of the software itself. However, the agreement includes the right to purchase copies of the installation CDs and documentation at very r
• The Microsoft Campus Agreement—effective December 1, 2007—covers departments and students, faculty, and staff on all three U-M campuses. It provides significantly reduced prices on the following popular Microsoft products. • Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade Wiindows XP Professional upgrade Note: You must already own a Windows operating system license; for example, the one that came with your computer. • Office Enterprise 2007 (Windows) Office 2003 Professional (Windows) Office 2004 Professional (Macintosh) Office 2008 for Mac • Visual Studio Professional 2005 • SharePoint Departments may also use previous versions of the software if for some reason they need those running on their machines.
Related Questions
- If a school enters into a Microsoft Academic Volume Licensing Agreement (Campus, School, Open, Select), does that mean it is licensed for a full Microsoft operating system, such as Windows?
- When will new Microsoft products be available through the Microsoft Campus Agreement?
- What does the Microsoft Campus Agreement provide?
