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Microsoft Licensing on Campus

The licensing options that OIT has negotiated with Microsoft and is able to offer to the campus community include:

Microsoft Campus Agreement

Eligibility:  Princeton University institutionally-owned computers and student SCI (Student Computer Initiative) purchasers since 2006-07.

Princeton has a Microsoft Campus Agreement which provides a site license for the following products (current and previous versions):

  • Microsoft Office for Mac
  • Microsoft Office for Windows
  • Microsoft FrontPage
  • Microsoft Groove
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft SharePoint Designer (downloadable for free at
    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner)
  • Microsoft Visual Studio Professional
  • Microsoft Windows operating system upgrades (Vista Enterprise & Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise for institutional installations. Vista Business & Ultimate and Windows 7 Pro and 7 Ultimate for student SCI installations)
  • Windows Server
  • Microsoft Core CAL’s (Client Access Licenses for Win, SMS, SNA, and Exchange)

Institutional:
These products may be installed on every institutionally-owned computer on campus. Departments may download (free) some of the software, or purchase CD/DVDs ($3.00 to $30.00 each).

SCI Students:
These products can be installed on the SCI computer only. CD/DVDs can be purchased ($10.00 to $25.00 each).  The software must be de-installed if the computer is transferred to another.

Campus Agreement Work at Home (WAH) Rights

Eligibility:  Princeton University faculty and staff

Employees who need Campus Agreement software products to do work at home may install the software on one home computer if it is installed on their work machines (including DeSC). Under WAH, the software may be used for work-related purposes only and not for personal purposes at all. If one leaves the employ of the University, the software must be removed from the home computer. Each employee may purchase one WAH license for each product, and may install on one home computer only. The software may not be installed on multiple home machines.

Note:  Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate and Windows 7 Ultimate, are not available to faculty or staff for work at home use.

CD/DVDs may be purchased for $10.00 to $25.00, or the software can be installed at the OIT Solutions Center Tech Clinic, 112 Frist Campus Center.

Employees are required to sign a Campus Agreement Faculty/Staff Users Acceptance Form (PDF). The form is also available at the OIT Solutions Center Tech Depot, 113 Frist Campus Center. The form must be retained with Software Sales.

Faculty and staff who have Microsoft products on their home computer for work purposes through WAH, may wish to purchase products through Student Select for personal use.

Student Select

Eligibility:  Princeton University students, faculty and staff

The Microsoft Student Select program allows students, faculty and staff to purchase the
following products for personal use:

  • Microsoft Office 2008 Mac Standard
  • Microsoft Office Pro+ 2007
  • Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
  • Microsoft Groove 2007
  • Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 (this is now free and can be downloaded at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/)
  • Microsoft OneNote 2007
  • Microsoft Project Pro 2007
  • Microsoft Publisher 2007
  • Microsoft Visio Pro 2007
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Business Upgrade
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade
  • Windows 7 Pro Upgrade
  • Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade

CD/DVDs and licenses can be purchased for all of these products with a limit of one per
customer. The software can be installed on one desktop and one laptop in the household (as long as both instances of the application are not running at the same time) with the exception of the Windows operating system upgrade. A Windows upgrade may be installed on one computer only. Purchasers own
the software and are not required to remove it if/when they leave Princeton.  Any software purchased under Student Select must be de-installed if the computer is transferred to another.

A Select License Agreement will be completed and signed at the OIT Solutions Center
Tech Depot, 113 Frist Campus Center.

Microsoft Boxed Products

Eligibility: Princeton University students, faculty and staff

Students, faculty and staff who require a second copy of one of the products listed above for Microsoft Student Select, may purchase the boxed product version. The prices offered through this Academic Reseller program are not as deeply discounted as those offered through Student Select, but the educational discount is still significant.