MSDNAA Software Center

UA CS students and instructors can download Microsoft software for free through MSDNAA (Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance).

To qualify, a student must be currently enrolled in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) course; and an instructor must be teaching a STEM course.

For an instructor to sign up his/her students to the program, email UA CS MSDNAA site administrator (xiao@uakron.edu) a .txt file containing the email addresses of the students enrolled in the course. Name the .txt file with the course name and semester. Each email address must be on a separate line. Student email addresses can be obtained at Zipline Faculty Center by trying to “NOTIFY LISTED STUDENTS” in a course and cut-and-pasting the addresses from the ?/span>“BCC” field. ?/span>

For a student to join the program, just remind the instructor to do the above if s/he has not done so.

After being signed up, the students will receive an email sent by “User Import” and titled “Welcome to MSDN Academic Alliance: Online Software System”. Follow the instructions in the email to download the software and save the email for future reference. A student can only download each piece of software once, but can use it for any length of time for non-commercial purposes.

Visual Studio .NET Professional (including Student and Faculty Tools)
Windows XP, Windows 2000, and other Microsoft operating systems
.NET Enterprise Servers: Windows servers, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Commerce Server, BizTalk Server, Host Integration Server, Systems Management Server, Sharepoint Portal Server, and several others
Microsoft Project Professional
Microsoft Visio Professional
MSDN Library (updated quarterly), documentation, technical articles, and code samples
Software development kits (SDKs), betas, new releases, and updates
Development tools for Windows CE