What is MSDN-AA?
The MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDN-AA) is a program offering annual memberships for academic departments. The program has two primary goals:
- To make it easier and less expensive for you to obtain Microsoft developer tools, platforms, and servers for instructional and research purposes.
- To build a community of instructors who can share curriculum and other learning resources to support the use of these technologies.
Developer AA membership is designed to address the needs of academic departments teaching Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
As a member, the Engineering schools at the University of Birmingham receive an MSDN-AA subscription that includes Microsoft platforms, servers, and developer tools software. The software must only be used for instructional and research purposes.
The departments' staff and students may check-out or download software to install on their personal computers, via the e-academy License Management System (ELMS).
CLIC manages the the scheme on behalf of the Engineering departments. Details can be found on the MSDN-AA site in the Support tab.
Who is Eligible?
MSDN-AA is open to all current students and staff of the College of Engineering & Physical Sciences (EPS). You will need your university ADF username and password to enter.
Accessing MSDN-AA
Access to MSDN-AA software is provided using ELMS (e-academy License Management System).
The link to access the ELMS system is at the end of the Guidelines Page
Products Available
Engineering students and staff have access to a wide variety of Microsoft products including operating systems (XP, Win7 (x32 and x64 bit) and Server platforms (x32 and x64 bit) for developemnt purposes.
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Access) is NOT included. If you are looking for Microsoft Office, Adobe or other specialist software for your own personal use, please refer to the Software Sales team (online). They are able to offer a wide range of software from companies such as Adobe and Microsoft at academic pricing.
Software Sales Team
last updated: 30/09/2010 (CLIC)