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MSDNAA download - Update:
(02/20/2008) Download information for Spring 2008 has been sent to all enrolled CS students.
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The MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) is an annual membership program for technical departments in the area of Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Systems. As a member, a department receives an MSDNAA subscription that includes Microsoft software.The software must be used for instructional and research purposes.

Please NOTE: MSDNAA access is only provided to students enrolled for CS units in the current semester.

Terms and Conditions for Use:

• You must be currently registered in at least one credit course within the Computer Science Department at University of Southern California or you must be a faculty or staff member of (Computer Science Department, USC to be eligible to load program software on your personal use computer
  


• You may not give copies of loaned software to anyone else. Other qualifying students must obtain software via the method(s) set up by the MSDNAA Site Administrator (csreq@usc.edu).

• In order to install certain components of the Product, you may need an Academic Alliance Product Key (“Product Key”). The Product Key will be assigned solely to download authorized software. You may not disclose the Product Key information to anyone else.

• You may use the software for non-commercial purposes including instructional use, research and/or design, and development and testing of projects for class assignments, tests, or personal projects. You may not use the Program software for any for-profit software development.

• When you are no longer a registered student in a department that is a member of the MSDN Academic Alliance, you may no longer receive updates for your personal use computer. However, you may continue to use previously installed products on your computer, provided you continue to follow program guidelines.

• If you violate the terms of the EULA and the Amendment to the EULA, or the terms and conditions, the MSDNAA Program Administrator will demand confirmation of removal of the program software from your personal-use computer and take further disciplinary action.

By clicking on 'I Agree', you agree to the terms of the MSDN End User License Agreement (EULA), the Amendment to the EULA, and the above terms and conditions for usage of the MSDNAA software.

Note: Please note that this download is only available for computers on usc.edu domain. To connect outside of the USC network use the VPN client available from http://software.usc.edu/

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