MSDNAA

MSDNAA@NDSU

ISO Burning Station

The Computer Science Department and the Accounting and Information Systems Department at NDSU are members of the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance, MSDNAA. As a member of the Academic Alliance these departments are able to make selected Microsoft software products available to qualified students. The Academic Alliance software includes Microsoft's operating systems, servers, development tools, and some applications.

Sorry - The Microsoft Office Professional Suite is not part of this program. The best place that I know of to purchase the Microsoft Office Professional Suite is the electronics department in the Varsity Mart Bookstore. Be sure to go to the courter and ask for the specially priced student offer. This offer is about $99. Students see below for a better $60 deal. You do not want the academic version off the shelf that is priced at about $189. You will need your NDSU ID to receive this special price and this offer is limted ot students, faculty and staff.

Note - If you only need the Access application it is available in this (the MSDNAA) program.

>>>>> Here is a Great Deal on Microsoft Office 2007 for $60. This $60 deal is for students only, sorry no faculty or staff. <<<<<

The ISO Burning Station is the primary method for delivering the MSDNAA software packages to the students. See the How To Get Your Software section for detailed instructions on how to order your software packages and how to use the ISO Burning Station to burn your own copies of these pacakges.

Available Software

Below is a table of the most popular software that is currently available on the MSDNAA ISO Burning Station.
Icons for the software package with green background appear on the ELMS storefront.
Software packages with the white background can be found by using the drop-down box located above the storefront icons.

Available Software		Blank Media Required		Media Sales Available
Category	Title	CDs	DVDs	Media Sales Available
Developer Tools	Expression Web	1	na	no
Developer Tools	Visual Studio 6.0 Visual Studio 6.0 - Service Pack 6 MSDN Library for Visual Studio 6.0 (optional)	2 1 3	na	no
Developer Tools	Visual Studio .NET 2005 Professional MSDN Library for Visual Studio .NET 2005 Professional (optional)	2 3	1 1	yes
Developer Tools	Visual Studio 2008 Professional	na	1	no
Office Application	InforPath 2007	1	na	no
Office Application	Office FrontPage 2003	1	na	no
Office Application	Project Professional 2003	1	na	yes
Office Application	Project Professional 2007	1	na	no
Office Application	Visio Professional 2003	1	na	yes
Office Application	Visio Professional 2007	1	na	no
Office Application	Access 2003	1	na	no
Office Application	Access 2007	1	na	no
Office Applicaion	Office Grove 2007	1	na	yes
Office Application	Office One Note 2007	1	na	yes
Office Application	SharePoint Designer 2007	1	na	yes
Operating System	Windows Vista - Business Edition The 64-bit version uses the same product key as the 32-bit version. When you order Vista DVD images for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions will be placed on your Desktop (no CDs are available for the 64-bit version). A product key can be used to activate only one version. Our currrent understanding is that Microsoft will NOT be releasing any editions of Vista other than the Business Edition through MSDNAA.	5	1	no
Operating System	Windows XP Professional	na	na	yes
Operating System	Windows XP Professional with SP2	1	na	no
Operating System	Windows XP Professional -- 64 bit edition	1	na	yes
Operating System	Server 2003 Enterprise	1	na	no
Operating System	Server 2003 Standard	1	na	no
Operating System	Server 2008 Enterprise and Standard Edition	na	1	no
Server	Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise	1	na	no
Server	Exchange Server 2003 Standard	1	na	no
Server	Exchange Server 2007 Standard and Enterprise Both the standard and enterprise versions are on the same DVD image. This DVD image is 5.5GB and will require dual layer media to burn.	na	1 dual layer	no
Server	Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard and Enterprise Both the standard and enterprise verisons are on the same CD image.	1	na	no
Server	SQL Server 2005 Standard	na	1	no

How To Get Your Software

Step # 1 - Be Qualified

You must be a Qualified Student in order to participate in the MSDNAA program.

Qualified students will receive two email messages sent to your NDSU email address.

The first message will be from the MSDNAA@NDSU administrator (Joesph.latimer@ndsu.edu) informing you that you are qualified to participate in the MSDNAA program and will provide you with:

your ISO Burning Station user name
your ISO Burning Station password
remember these, you will need them later

The second message will be from MSDNAA E-Academy License Management System (ELMS) informing them that you have been registered with ELMS and provide you with:

a link to the MSDNAA On line Software System
your ELMS user name
your ELMS password
remember these, you will need them later

If you believe that your are a qualified student but have not received either of the email messages referenced above then contact your MSDNAA@NDSU Administrator.

Step # 2 - Order Your Software

To order you software log on to the MSDNAA Online Software Center using your ELMS user name and ELMS password.
Once you have logged on, navigate to the store front to select the software that you wish to order.
Icons for the most recent versions of the most requested packages appear on the store front (these packages have the green background on the Available Software table).
Older versions and other packages can be found by using the Selector Bar (drop down box) above the icons on the store front (these packages have the white background on the Available Software table).
Place each software package in your shopping cart and be sure to check out when you have completed your selection(s).
To get your license key(s) select the My Software link and for each software package click on the associated delivery type link (usually the ISO_Burning_Station) link. Your serial number (license key) will be towards the bottom of the table.
Wait for your software selection to be placed on the ISO Burning Station.

After you complete your order at the MSDNAA Online Software Center you will receive an email Order Confirmation from billing@e-academy.com. This Order Confirmation does NOT mean that your software is on the ISO Burning Station.

An MSDNAA@NDSU Administrator will check for new orders after 4:00pm each regular business day (Monday through Friday).
The administrator will place the software package(s) that you have ordered into your account on the ISO Burning Station.
Software ordered before 4:00pm will be on the ISO Burning Station the next business day.
Software ordered after 4:00pm will not be processed until the following business day and will not appear on the ISO Burning Station for two business days. For example:

software ordered before 4:00pm Monday will be available on Tuesday.

software ordered after 4:00pm Monday will be available on Wednesday.
software ordered before 4:00pm Friday will be available on Saturday.
software ordered after 4:00pm Friday will available on Tuesday.
University holidays are not regular business days.

For a few software packages you have the option of purchasing the packages from ELMS and having them send you the CDs or DVDs. The cost of these packages is shown when you select the Mail Order/Shipping Deliverable. Packages ordered using the Mail Order/Shipping Deliverable option will not be placed into your account on the ISO Burning Station.

Step # 3 - Burn Your Software

Wait for your software selection to be placed on the ISO Burning Station.
Take your blank media to the ISO Burning Station located in the Technology Learning Center, IACC 150C.

Check the Technology Learning Center Web page for hours of operation.
The Technology Learning Center does not provide blank media.
Blank media can be purcahsed from the

ACM Club, IACC 162

Varsity Mart, Memorial Student Union

Varsity Mart, vending machine in IACC vending area

The Available Software table shows the media requirements for each package.

Log on to the ISO Burning Station using your ISO Burning Station user name and ISO Burning Station password
Once you have logged on you should see icons corresponding to the software packages that you have requested.
Be sure to select the icon that corresponds to the package and media type that you want to burn.

Each icon is clearly named with its package and media type.
For example if you request Windows Vista 32-bit you will see icons for:

Windows-Vista-32-bit-CD-1-of-5.iso
Windows-Vista-32-bit-CD-2-of-5.iso
Windows-Vista-32-bit-CD-3-of-5.iso
Windows-Vista-32-bit-CD-4-of-5.iso
Windows-Vista-32-bit-CD-5-of-5.iso
Windows-Vista-32-bit-DVD-1-of-1.iso

Place your blank media in one of the DVD/CD drives
Double Left-Click on the icon corresponding to the package that you want to burn to your media and select the DVD/CD drive.
The top selection corresponds to the top drive,
The bottom selection corresponds to the bottom drive.
Wait for the burning process to complete.
The ISO Burning Station is capable of burning two disk at the same time.

If you have a second image to burn you can safely start burning it on the other DVD/CD drive while your first image is being burned.

Be sure to log out of your account when you are done.

To log out of your account on the main window title bar select System => Log Out

Qualified Students
In order to participate in the MSDNAA a student must be currently enrolled in one of the following courses at NDSU:
Any Computer Science (CSCI) course.
Any Management Information Systems (MIS) course
ACCT 420
ACCT 620

If you believe that you qualify for this program and have not received both of the email messages described in the How To Get Your Software section
by the beginning of the fourth week of class contact your MSDNAA Administrator. Keep in mind that these email messages are sent to your NDSU email account. Be sure to check you NDSU email account before contacting your administrator.

The MSDNAA license requires that we verify current enrollment.

Who To Contact
Joseph.Latimer@ndsu.edu -- MSDNAA Administrator for AIS Department
Lynn.Thorp@ndsu.edu -- MSDNAA Administrator for CSci Department

Software Licensing Requirements

MSDN Subscription Terms

MSDN subscrptions offer each user the right to use the software included in the subscription to design, develop, test, and demonstrate their products. Please see the Master End-User License Agreement (PDF). You may also visit Micorsoft's main Licensing page for more deatils, and common questions are addressed in the Licensing FAQ.