Audiences
K-12 Higher Education Higher Education (tech dept. only)
Student Educators Student Educators Student Educators
DreamSpark Subscription x x x x
DreamSpark Premium Subscription x x
Overview
DreamSpark Subscription • Direct and campus-wide offering for students, educators, and labs • Offers development and designer products • Access via MSDN Subscription Portal or E-Academy ELMS • Electronic delivery DreamSpark Premium Subscription • Only offering to qualified HED STEM departments • Offers all Microsoft products (minus Office Suite) • Access via MSDN Subscription Portal or E-Academy ELMS • Electronic delivery
Audiences
Off
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Renewal Path as of 1/6/12
Licensing DreamSpark DreamSpark Premium
Perpetual Rights x x
Academic/Non-commercial usage x x
Usage
Campus Wide Distribution (K-12, HED) x
STEM Department Only x
Lab Installation i x x
Students and Faculty Machines x x
• Perpetual rights: Student may use DreamSpark
software after graduation as long as it is used
according to the use rights per the EULA (non
commercial use)
• For research, training, learning purposes only
• A back up copy may be installed by each student
and faculty member on their personal device (to be
used only according to use rights)
• DreamSpark Premium only: Only machines that at
all times remain physically located in the lab
operated by the department that has the
DreamSpark Premium Subscription qualify for the
‘naked PC’’ clause, i.e. can install without having
previous version of Windows for instructional use
only
Product Categories Line-up DreamSpark DreamSpark Premium
Operating Systems
Windows Client
Windows Server
Developer & Design Tools
Visual Studio Professional
Visual Studio Premium
Visual Studio Ultimate
Expression
Windows Embedded
Applications
Visio
Project
OneNote
Servers
SQL Server
BizTalk Server
SharePoint Server
• DreamSpark Subscription: about 27
products, mainly developer, gaming and
designer tools, plus Microsoft Windows
Server & SQL
• DreamSpark Premium: extensive product
catalogue, hundreds of Microsoft products,
including Microsoft Windows client
• Microsoft Office not included
How to Enroll in a DreamSpark Subscription
Commonly Asked Question:
How to access software
http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/
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http://www.e-academy.com/dreamspark_request.cfm
https://www.dreamspark.com/Support/Default.aspx
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