Overview
The Department of Information system has made an agreement with Microsoft through the MSDNAA program that allows the distribution of full versions of certain Microsoft products to faculty and students associated with the department.
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 Eligibility
- Students enrolled in any upper division CIS course or graduate CIS course are eligible for enrollment in the program.
- All faculty members in the IS department including full-time and part-time faculty members are eligible for enrollment in the program.
 Duration
- For students, the enrollment will remain active throughout the year of enrollment.
- Beginning of Fall of each academic year, all the users enrolled in the previous academic year will be automatically removed from the system.
- Students my enroll only once in the program.
- Faculty enrollment remains active as long as a faculty member is employed at the University.
- Faculty members may also request for an additional copy of the available software.
 Enrollment Period and Submission of Names for Membership
- Students can enroll during the first three weeks of the quarter.
- Only faculty members can enroll students in the program.
- Students wanting to enroll in the program must provide the CIS instructor of their senior level or graduate level classes their names to be submitted to the program coordinator.
- A membership file has been created in Google Docs for faculty members to add directly the email addresses of the students.
- To enroll a student in the MSDN program, the faculty member must append the student's Calstatela email address to the file after verifying that the student is a CIS major and that he or she is enrolled in an upper division course or a graduate course.
- Faculty members need a Google email address to have access to the file mentioned.
- A faculty member may also, at his or her discretion, enter the email addresses of other CIS students majoring in CIS.
- To access the membership file, click on the membership link provided above under the section entitled Quick Links on this page.
- I have also created an easy pointer to the Google Docs file at http://msdn.ganesan.com for your convenience.
- Also, I have created an easy pointer to this page at http://msdnaa.ganesan.com as well.
- The names entered in the file will be uploaded for membership to MSDN at regular intervals during each quarters.
- Faculty members are requested to maintain a backup copy of all the email addresses entered by them in the file.
 User Manual
- Quick start manual
- Video instruction at YouTube
- For other useful links, please see the links provided under the section entitled Quick Links on this page.
 Integrity Rules
Students must adhere to all the conditions of MSDNAA in using the software. Illegal copying and illegal installations are expressly prohibited.
 Contact Information
Program Administrator: Professor Nanda Ganesan
Office Location: Simpson Tower 615
T-Phone: 323 - 343 2928
(c) Professor N. Ganesan, All Rights Reserved.
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