We are a STEM department:
https://www.dreamspark.com/Institution/STEM.aspx
From: Andre Hafner
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 10:23 AM
To: James M Pulver; Oliver B. Habicht
Subject: Re: Anyone subscribed to MS's DreamSpark Premium service?
Hello,
I have a Dreamspark account. I'd be happy to give you any info needed. Thanks - Andre
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From: Fraker, Michael [mailto:mf89]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 9:26 AM
To: Oliver B. Habicht
Subject: Dreamspark
Hi,
I am the Dreamspark administrator at the Hotel School. We use Dreamspark for our Lab computers to have Project and Visio. We also use it to give certain Faculty who want it access to Project, Visio, and Visual Studio that are not covered under the campus agreement. In addition, for one class we give students access to it so they can have Windows licenses.
Michael Fraker
IT Systems Solutions Specialist
Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
145 Statler Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-254-5252
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From: Kevin Baradet
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:07 AM
To: Oliver B. Habicht
Subject: RE: Anyone subscribed to MS's DreamSpark Premium service?
I've set up DreamSpark for a class here at Johnson. Be glad to chat with you.
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Software licensing gurus,
If anyone is using Microsoft's "DreamSpark Premium" subscription service, please contact me off-list <oh10@cornell.edu> so I might learn more. Thanks!
Here's some info I found about this subscription:
https://www.dreamspark.com/institution/subscription.aspx
I want understand what it might mean administratively for our department (Chemistry) to "sponsor" this subscription. And I want to make sure I understand the full "deal", including section 4, "USE RIGHTS" in the EULA:
https://www.dreamspark.com/licensing/basic-EULA.aspx
It seems that the service is a "Shibboleth Federated Partner", which makes me hopeful it represents low admin overhead:
https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/IDM/Shibboleth+Federated+Partners
Shibboleth Service Provider URLs
But I see no mention of this option at CIT's software documentation pages, such as:
http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/software_licensing/about/other-software-sources.cfm
Services > Software Licensing > About > Other Software Sources
Thanks for any real-work experience and info you can share with me!