View source for Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA)

MSDNAA makes it possible for IT-students to gain access to free software from Microsoft to use for educational purposes.

There are two professional communities at UiB who have made an agreement with Microsoft:
*The Department of Informatics
*The Department of Computer and Media Science.
Further information can about these agreements can be found at webpages at[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/default.aspx Microsoft] 

In short terms, the agreement states the following:	

*The agreement will grant students and employees at the departments access to Microsoft software. This includes OS, applications, developer tools and much more.
*The products are to be used for educational and research purposes only.
*Students will gain access to a “webshop”, where they can download these products.
*Each user/student may only download each product one time. If they are in need of a new download, they need to have their download reset by a local administrator.
*The download is free of charge as the departments pay an annual subscription fee.

The local administrators are:

*The Department of Informatics([http://msdn.ii.uib.no msdn.ii.uib.no])::
     
::Master students: Send your request to trouble@ii.uib.no and fill in your full name, username, the name of your instructor and your study program.
::You may also contact your instructor or research group for further assistance.
::Technical staff: Any requests for access should be forwarded to teknisk@ii.uib.no or made an issue of in [https://bs.uib.no/?module=issues&action=new&gid=44 Issue-tracker].

::The Department strives towards giving accounts to all students (including bachelor) registered at courses in informatics at the start of each semester.

::All students will be notified of this through their UiB-mail account.

::There may occur situations where this has not been done.In that case, the user should contact the Department in order to gain access.
::Students that are not registered to at least one course in Informatics, will not be given access.

*The Department of Information and Media Sciences:   

::Students should forward their request to Rune Arntsen who is responsible for assigning usernames and passwords.

::Terje Thue is responsible for the technical staff and for the administration of the agreement and its programs.

Note: The IT-Department is not responsible for anything regarding these agreements and simply reciting the information given to us.

We ask that all requests are forwarded to the departments themselves.

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