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Microsoft MSDN-AA and Dreamspark
It looks like Microsoft is making changes to MSDN-AA and the old Dreamspark program. MSDN-AA is now known as DreamSpark Premium and Dreamspark (the old standard version) is no longer free. It now costs $99 to set up standard DreamSpark.
DreamSpark and MSDN-AA provide a wide variety of software to students in IT-related fields for free. They can get copies of WIndows Server, programming tools, web development tools, etc. The two programs were/are great offerings, though not always presented in ways that were easy to understand.
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I'd been struggling over the last couple of weeks with the Dreamspark changes and getting nowhere with the support group. Then, over the weekend yet another new set of FAQs and information pages went up on the site.
If one of your departments or colleges has an MSDN-AA, it doesn't look like too much other than the name is changing. The www.microsoft.com/msdnaa link will now re-direct to DreamSpark.com. The website has been completely redesigned and is much better looking, with more product information.
If you promoted the free DreamSpark offerings to your other students in departments that don't have an MSDN-AA agreement, you're out of luck. You'll need to buy a $99/yr service to keep that offering available. And as far as I can tell, the AA rules apply - you can't just buy a blanket subscription for the whole school, it's licensed by college/department.
There's also a 3yr subscription option for both DreamSpark and DreamSpark Premium.
It looks like Microsoft started changing this stuff over the new year, with new pages going up just this past weekend, so things could change. If anyone has more info or corrections, please share.
Verne Smith
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A lot of effort to get $99
Crumb, off to make inquiries
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Margaret H. Knox mknox@utsystem.edu
Chief Information Officer (CIO) (512)322-3774
The University of Texas System
CTJ 2.218 78701
Verne,
How did you know I was reading that page when you posted? Psychic much?
Questions:
So the plain DreamSpark cost $99 per registered department? And any department can join? (i.e. not just STEM)
But DreamSpark Premium is restricted to STEM, right? No more Designer option for some of the other disciplines?
And do you know if they will waive the fee if the institution has a Campus Agreement or EES contract?
Thanks,
-Mark
Mark Lynch
UITS - Indiana University
lynch@indiana.edu
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Manager, IT
Software License & Lab Engineering
Duke University Office of Information Technology
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919-599-5644
This page may be helpful Mark, on comparing…
https://www.dreamspark.com/Institution/CompareSubscription.aspx
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Margaret H. Knox mknox@utsystem.edu
Chief Information Officer (CIO) (512)322-3774
The University of Texas System
CTJ 2.218 78701
I may be an optimist, but my read of the DreamSpark EULA is that it appears to be institutional: “accredited educational institutions, or an organization that shares students, faculty, or facilities with such institutions or is operated for the purpose of helping such institutions train students” https://www.dreamspark.com/licensing/Basic-EULA.aspx
I had hoped that the DreamSpark Premium was institutional as well, but the EULA does say “departments of accredited higher educational institutions offering courses in science, technology, engineering or math…” That appears to open the enrollment to departments that teach technology, for example, that would not traditionally be considered a STEM department.
I’ll be interested in other interpretations of the EULA language.
Susan
Susan Brown
Software Services Manager
Academic Technology & User Services
Western Washington University
360.650.7388
jkt
ITS - Client Services
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UNC Greensboro
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336-334-5401
jkt
ITS - Client Services
202 Forney Bldg.
UNC Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27412
336-334-5401