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Software Distribution and Licensing
The College of Computing offers a number of resources related to software distribution and licensing for Faculty, Staff, and Students. For anyone inside the College of Computing looking for software, you can try the following services:
MSDN Academic Alliance
If you are interested in software from Microsoft (excluding Microsoft Office products) and you are using the software products in support of academic purposes then you can use the College's MSDNAA service. For College-owned equipment, the MSDNAA program provides access to additional Microsoft software that is not included in the campus MS site license. Students enrolled in any CoC class can download any of this software to use on their personally-owned system for academic purposes (and may legally continue to use it even when no longer enrolled in CoC classes, as long as the use is for academic purposes). Faculty may download this software for use on personally owned systems, for academic purposes only.
- First, read the MSDNAA FAQ.
- Then, read the MSDNAA Program Usage Guidelines Quick Summary
- Then, go to the MSDNAA site.
- Your login will be your GT mail address (or, for staff, your CC account):
| If you... | MSDNAA Login Format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| * Enrolled at GT before Spring '06 | gtxNNNx@mail.gatech.edu | gtx333p@mail.gatech.edu |
| * Enrolled at GT on or after Spring '06 | flastN@mail.gatech.edu | gburdell3@mail.gatech.edu |
| * Have a mail alias | alias@gatech.edu | gpburdell@gatech.edu |
| Are Faculty or Staff | name@cc.gatech.edu | burdell@cc.gatech.edu |
*Please note that you must be currently enrolled in a College of Computing course for credit or a faculty member in order to get MSDNAA software.
OIT Software Distribution
Georgia Tech's Office of Information Technology offers a Software Distribution page which offers many software packages not available from MSDNAA. This is not a service offered directly by the College of Computing but we do endorse their service.
OIT also participates in the Apple Maintanence Program (AMP) which allows GT faculty and staff to purchase OS X, iLife and iWork at discounted rates for institute-owned equipment only.
Engineering Computing Services
The College of Engineering's Engineering Computing Services provides MatLab, AutoCAD and many other software packages.
University System of Georgia's Managed Software Distribution Site
In addition to the services that Georgia Tech entities provide, there is also the University System of Georgia's Managed Software Distribution site which provides discount software packages. The College of Computing does not support or distribute this software directly.