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SCSU Microsoft Campus License Agreement
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Introduction
St. Cloud State University and MnSCU have entered into an agreement with Microsoft whereby the university pays an annual fee to license several Microsoft products for on-campus and faculty/staff home use. This allows any computer on campus to have access to most Microsoft products to be installed without staff having to keep track of individual purchase orders and licenses. The software must be used for school-related purposes, and Windows upgrades must be done on a system with a legal copy of an operating system. The software is intended for SCSU faculty and staff only! Students, emeriti or retired staff are not included in this agreement and they are should not install any of the software.
What Is Covered
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Faculty and staff can install one copy of selected titles
on their home computer for school-related use only. Contact the Computer Store (308-4944) for more details. Work at-home details from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/education/WorkHome.mspx |
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* All of these products can be installed on any university-owned machine on campus including student-use computers in open and departmental labs and work areas. Contact your college technical support person or the HelpDesk (308-2077) for installation.
What Is Not Covered
- Students or student workers cannot get copies of software for home use.
- Emeritus are not allowed to check out Microsoft or Symantec CDs for home use.
- The Windows operating system license itself is not included. You should still purchase Windows with a new campus computer as usual.
- Microsoft offers other programs as Add-on products to the license but MnSCU is not purchasing this option. Titles in this category include PhotoDraw, Works and interactive titles from Microsoft Press such as "Windows Starts Here", "Windows Workstation Starts Here" and "Web Publishing Step by Step".
- Server software such as 2000/2003 Server, Exchange, ISA, SQL, SNA, SMS, etc.
More Details Available
- From MnSCU:
General license information: http://www.its.mnscu.edu/contracts/ms/index.html - From Microsoft:
General license information: http://www.microsoft.com/education/
Frequently Asked Questions
How is the software distributed on campus?
Call your college technical support person (or the HelpDesk at
308-2077) to have them install any of these titles on your office computer.
You will need to fill out the necessary form. Computer support technicians
install the software instead of providing the media directly to departments,
although Microsoft does allow us to make copies of CDs for departments and
technical support workers.
How is the software distributed for home installations?
Contact the Computer Store (308-4944)
which is in the basement of the Miller Center, room 42 (just take the stairs
down by the Coffee Shop). Emeritus are not allowed to acquire the software
for at home use. See the Microsoft web site for more details on at-home use, http://www.microsoft.com/education/WorkHome.mspx.
What if I don't have a CD drive in my home computer?
You can bring your computer (CPU case only) to the HelpDesk and
we will install it. Don't bring any other items.
What are the guidelines for home use?
Each faculty and staff are allowed to load one copy of the
software on home machines for non-commercial, school-related activities.
Are visiting and adjunct professors covered?
Yes, as long as they were included in the FTE count as part-time faculty. You
agree to all conditions, one of which is that you will uninstall the software
if you are no longer employed by SCSU.
Does this cover people at the St. Cloud Technical College or other
MnSCU institutions?
No, it does not cover people at the St. Cloud Technical College. Likewise,
other MnSCU institutions would need to arrange their own license agreement
with Microsoft.
What is covered as far as the Windows operating system is concerned?
Windows itself is not covered in the license, but a version of Windows came
licensed with your computer. What is covered in the agreement
is the ability to upgrade your campus machine from any version of Windows
(as far back as Windows 3.1) up to any version of Windows that you prefer
(and that your specific hardware can handle).
I've got a Macintosh with Virtual PC. Can I have the Microsoft applications
I want installed on both platforms?
Yes, as long as it is on the same physical machine. The license recognizes
you as a one user.
Is technical support included with Campus Agreement?
No. You should still go to your regular avenues of support: Computer HelpDesk (308-2077),
the Center for Information
Systems, and the college/departmental support technicians.
Will we be adding any of the add-on products not currently included
in the agreement?
This is re-evaluated every year and there have been changes regarding Project
and Publisher through the years. If a title is not included, you would need
to purchase it individually.
Will we be adding the student coverage at a later date?
It is not likely that we would add student coverage in the future based on
the added expense and administration efforts. There is, however, a separate
Microsoft Select license whereby students can purchase Microsoft Office from
the campus Computer Store.
This provides not only the license to use this software indefinitely, but
also their own CD.
Will this agreement with Microsoft always exist? What happens if we
discontinue it?
If we discontinued the agreement, we would have to uninstall all Microsoft
applications installed. This was taken into account with the acceptance of
the agreement and it is assured that the agreement will continue and be funded
in the future.
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