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ChemIT Chemistry IT signed up, at no cost, for a Microsoft DreamSpark Premium subscription to benefit CCB Chemistry Department educators, researchers, and graduate students in October 2013. One benefit, for example, is that CCB Chemistry Department graduate students can now get a copy of the current version of Windows ($40-200) on their personal laptops, for free (one licensed copy per OS level). As well as other Microsoft software. |
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Chemistry Department's DreamSpark
The CCB DreamSpark Chemistry Department's Imagine (was DreamSpark) (MSDNAA) portal is available to faculty, instructors, and CCB Chemistry Department grad students. Enrollment in Dreamspark is We used to do enrollment in Imagine by re-loaded loadeding in September of each year (by ChemITChemistry IT), removing all those not in that new load. Value of doing so seems low so haven't done since ~2016.
- Log into the Dreamspark portal. Alternative longer link provided in case the first, shorter one stops working:
- Current expiration date, as of Dec. 2016: Expires: 2019-08-31.
QuickStart (1-2-3)
(1) Know the license limitations
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NOTE: If you are not registered with CCB the Chemistry Department (you arrived between when ChemIT uploads CCB staff Chemistry IT uploads Chemistry Department researcher's NetIDs to Microsoft), you will need to have your NetID entered into the system.
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Benefits of the Microsoft DreamSpark Premium subscription to CCB
- Any graduate student can get any version of Windows on their personal laptops, for free. Thus saving $40-200. They don't have to delete the software when they leave, since license is "Perpetual Rights". But they must get the software before they leave!
- Research lab researchers get access to expensive Microsoft programming software for free.
- Ex. Visual Studio Pro 2012, $500 list (no academic pricing available).
- One Note is made available for researchers, educators, and grad students.
- Free access to Visio (drawing tools) and MS Project, if used for eligible (STEM) education and research.
- Provides ChemIT staff (CCB representatives) 4 Technical Support Incidents and Priority Support in MSDN (MS Developer Network) Forums.
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Who in CCB is enrolled in the program?
Faculty, Grads, and select staff, per lists provided to ChemIT from the CCB Admin Office and the CCB Grad Office:
- CCB enrollment list for DreamSpark
- Contact ChemIT <chemit> if you find any errors with this list. Thank you.
- Once a year (when?), this list will get updated.
- When that happens, ChemIT will consider sending out a notice of this program.
Limitations on software's use, per Microsoft
DreamSpark Premium Usage Guidelines
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https://www.dreamspark.com/Institution/DSP-EULA.aspx
Support
Need help or support? Please go to:
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- ChemIT <chemit@cornell.edu>.
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