Microsoft allows use of select software for education and research, including their operating systems and programming tools.
FYI: Microsoft renamed Dreamspark to Microsoft Imagine on September 7, 2016:
MS's lists which departments at Cornell offer DreamSpark Premium:
- https://www.dreamspark.com/Student/Default.aspx?tab=2#TabbedPanels1
- N.B. Everyone at CU, campus-wide, is eligible for DreamSpark Standard.