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Microsoft Campus and Select Software Agreements FAQ
Microsoft Campus Agreement Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Campus Agreement provide? The Campus Agreement gives the CSU the right to install and run the covered Microsoft desktop software on all university-owned computers for the length of the contract. It provides the CSU with a specific number of server licenses. It also allows university employees to run the software on home computers under the Work At Home (WAH) provision Is other Microsoft software such as Front Page going to be available to both students and faculty or will we simply have to buy it as a part of Office Professional? Do you know what the prices will be? Where do we order the software? Front Page is licensed under the new Microsoft Campus Agreement for faculty and staff only. The software may be installed CSU computers and at home under the WAH program above. Students that obtained and installed Front Page (and any of the other products available under the previous Microsoft Enterprise Agreement) before 12/31/02 own perpetual licenses for that version of Front Page and may continue to use it. Are campus computer labs included in the Campus Agreement. Yes, the labs are specifically included in the Agreement. "The Campus Agreement Program gives you the rights, during the licensed period, to have your users run the software on PCs used exclusively by your users and on PCs that remain in your open access lab(s)." - Microsoft Campus Agreement overview Page Does the Campus Agreement cover computers owned by Auxiliaries or the computers owned by Auxiliary staff members?
No. The Campus Agreement only covers the computers owned by the CSU and those owned by the Faculty and Staff of the CSU. Are MS-Project and MS-Visio included in the new agreement? No, they are not licensed under the Campus Agreement. Faculty and Staff have access to these programs by purchasing licenses under the Select Program (above). Can I install the Microsoft programs on my home computer? Under the Agreement's WAH rights, university employees may install one copy of the covered programs on a home computer provided the employee is the primary user of that computer, and such copy must be used for work-related purposes.
- CD’s for WAH installations are special CD’s purchased from the LAR and not the same CD’s used to install on CSU owned computers. These CD's may not be duplicated and they come with their own installation key codes.
- CD's from the CSU Select Agreements may not be distributed to Faculty and Staff for installation on home computers.
- Faculty and staff should contact the SFSU Bookstore to purchase WAH CD's. The CDs are back-ordered so they won't be available until early May 2003.
An acceptance document must be signed by faculty and staff when receiving a WAH use CD. A sample acceptance document can be found at this web site.
Work at Home Pricing for CD's Windows XP $30 Office XP Pro $30 Office XP Standard $25 FrontPage 2002 $25 Visual Studio.net $30 Does the Microsoft software on my faculty computer or (as of 12/31/02) need to be reinstalled under this new Agreement? No. The license for that software is perpetual and therefore does not need to be reinstalled. This applies to home computers installed as of 12/31/02 as well.
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Can students install the Microsoft software on their home computers? No. A student option is not included in the CSU Campus Agreement. Students that did not obtain and install software under the previous CSU Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (which ended 12/31/02) may obtain Office and Windows operating system upgrades under the new Microsoft Student Select Agreement.
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