The Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA) provides licenses for faculty, staff, and student use of selected software products on all University owned or leased computers. See related article for list of available software.

The head of each administrative unit (school, department, office, center, etc.) is responsible, within his or her unit, for compliance with software license terms and applicable University policies. In addition, each unit is responsible for keeping track of the number of installations of each Microsoft product acquired through the MSCA. On request, these records must be made available for summarizing University utilization of the MSCA.

Software available under the agreement is distributed on CD-ROMs. The software on each CD-ROM may be installed on multiple University-owned or leased computers. Please see the frequently asked questions list for more information.

Departments and other administrative units may acquire copies of the media for any software products covered by the MSCA.  Requests for these items should be from the head of the administrative unit (or his or her administrative assistant or designated computer support person) rather than from individual faculty and staff members

You may order the software media on the University's Formblaster system using the Central Stores Order Form.  Order only those items you have definite plans to use in the near future. 

CD-ROMs purchased for use on University owned equipment may not be loaned to individuals for use on personally owned computers. Use by faculty, staff, and students on computers they own is handled separately. See the related article "Use on Personally Owned Computers" for additional information.