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The Developer (Microsoft) Academic Alliance Software Page is here.
The program was designed to allow students and faculty in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) programs access to Microsoft software on a free or very reduced cost basis. The software includes those programs typically used by developers, and does not include Word, PowerPoint, or Excel. The Information Technology and Computer Science department pays an annual membership for IT & CS faculty and students to participate.
This program is designed to provide you with the software you need in your classroom. According the EULA (excerpts):
You may use the software to :
Restrictions. You may not use the software:
Desktop operating systems. Some components of the software are operating system products. You may permit installation and use of such products on machines that do not have an operating system installed at the time of installation of our products, so long as the machines are owned or leased by you and/or students. You may also install such products in virtual machine environments so long as these virtual machines are (a) used according to these terms, and (b) run on machines owned or leased by you and/or students. All other circumstances require the prior purchase of an appropriate commercial license.
In addition, the operating system "it is not transferable and must be removed if the PC is transferred."
Any student taking a LCC Information Technology & Computer Science (IT & CS) course for credit that uses specific Microsoft software. Students who are auditing or taking the course S/U are not - due to our licensing agreement with Microsoft - permitted to participate. Any part-time faculty member who is teaching a course that uses specific Microsoft software.
Important additional administrative topics:
The software list changes on a regular basis. Please note that Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) is not on this list. We don't have that license
How does ELMS handle MSDNAA Licensing Policies?
ELMS was designed with MSDNAA-specific licensing policies in mind. Every time a student or faculty member orders software through ELMS, they must agree to the standard EULA provided by Microsoft. Agreement to the EULA is recorded in one of the transaction reports (see below) available in ELMS. ELMS also restricts the number of times a student can order each MSDNAA software product. Each student/faculty is restricted to one order per MSDNAA product.
Note that we will not grant additional installs, even though a procedure exists for it. You will need to contact Microsoft if you need to have your activation key changed.
(Much of this information was gathered from FAQs provided by Microsoft, ELMS, and university/college members of MSDNAA. Local information was created locally)
Once your instructor has sent a class list to the MSDNAA Administrator, you will receive two emails with lots of information about the program. The first email will come from LCC, the second will come from e-academy. Please do not delete either message.
Remember, please, only your instructor can request accounts. That is the only method in which you can gain access to this system.
ELMS is a web-based software distribution and management system. Microsoft products under MSDNAA are being distributed under the ELMS program, namely e-academy.
There are a few things that will help make this process go much smoother for everyone.
Once you have access to the system, log (information about logging in) and look for the application(s) you need for your class. You will need to download the files. ISO files will need to be burned to a CD or DVD, EXE files can be used in place. Review this PDF File (opens in new window) for step-by-step directions (your windows may not look exactly alike as the ELMS software is changed regularly). The MSDNAA software downloads as an ISO file, this is a self contained image of the CD or DVD and is used as the source to burn a CD/DVD.... you do not burn the ISO file onto a CD/DVD, instead you open the ISO file with your favorite burning software and follow the prompts.
Make certain you keep a copy of the complete downloaded file on an external disk or DVD. You will need this if you need to re-install the software.
Exceptions: If the item you are downloading is a service pack or update of some kind, it will be an exe file.
When you choose a download delivery, what you receive from the ELMS site is not actually the chosen product but a special Download Handler application which knows how to decrypt the encrypted image. The encrypted image is known as a Secure Digital Container (SDC).. The downloader knows where this file is located, downloads it, decrypts it, and then leaves it on your hard drive.
The downloader is smart and will resume a download in progress that was interrupted, if you run it again (from the disk).
Some Products that are pre-wrapped into SDCs by the ELMS site decrypt into .IMG files, not .ISO. All you need to do is simply rename the file as .ISO. If Windows gives you some grief about "changing a file's extension, the file may become unusable" Say "YES".
Many products are posted as ISO-9660 image files. An ISO-9660 image file is an exact representation of a CD or DVD, including the content and the logical format. The most common use of an image file is to write it to a blank CD-R or DVD-R, resulting in an identical copy of the original disc including file name and volume label information. ISO image files may also be opened and their contents copied to a local folder, much like ZIP files. ISO files may also be virtually mounted and accessed as a device. These three methods of using ISO images are described below. Note: You may have to rename the file extension from .IMG or .UDF to .ISO, depending on your software.
Alternatively, there are many freeware programs available for calculating an SHA-1 hash value that is provided on each download page on MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Use your favorite Internet search engine to look for sha1 hash to find them.
The products listed above have been known to work. Other products that can manipulate ISO files may work, but have not been tested.
Common utilities for writing an ISO file to recordable media such as CD-R include ISORecorder, Nero, and Roxio. The contents of images files can be extracted to hard drive using utilities such as ISObuster or DaemonTools. Image files can be mounted locally using the Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP.
This video, courtesy of the University of Washington, provides step by step instructions for downloading and then burning an image. http://www.projectstreamer.com/users/myvbprof/msdnaa/msdnaa.html
You will have to find an environment in which you can
temporarily use a system that meets the requirements, or if you want to be adventurous,
you can try out one of the ISO handler applications for Windows.
Here's a list:
| Product | Features | Where to get it | Shareware, Freeware, Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
Daemon-Tools |
Virtual CD Letter drive mapping onto on-disk ISO image |
Free for personal or academic use |
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WinImage |
Explorer-like container access to ISO data |
Shareware |
|
WinISO |
WinISO is a CD-ROM image file utility |
Shareware |
|
FarStone Virtual Drive |
Virtual CD Letter drive mapping onto on-disk ISO image |
$$ |
|
VirtualCD |
Virtual CD Letter drive mapping onto on-disk ISO image |
$$ |
ZipGenius and WinRAR can also handle ISO files. You'll need to explore how to do this.
As a reminder - No technical support will be given. You'll need to puzzle out the help files and other directions for (a) the CD/DVD burning software, (b) your CD or DVD (the device must be able to write to disks. If it is a reader only, you'll need a new piece of hardware!), and (c) your computer.
Visual Studio .NET is on reserve at the main campus library. Ask the librarian at the main desk for the software. It is on 2-day reserve.
Your LCC ID card and a copy of your current schedule
The library rules apply. You will need to pay any fines the library may impose, and may also be responsible for the full replacement price of the software.
From the Visual Studio Express Editions FAQ:
You must register your Express Edition to receive a key to unlock the product for long-term use. Each Express Edition requires a unique key to unlock it. After you have unlocked the product by using this key, you will not be prompted again for this information.
To unlock Express Editions
- On the Help menu, click Register Product.
- Click the Register now link to get your free key to unlock your Express Edition.
- Sign in to Passport and then fill out the online registration form.
- On the Thank you for registering page, copy the key.
- In your Express Edition, paste the key in the Registration Key text box and then click Complete Registration.
You must have IIS installed before installing VS.NET
You will need administrative privileges to install VS.NET and IIS
Q: A student obtained and installed WinXP Pro w/SP2, VS.NET 2003, and SQL Server 2000, and deleted the ASP.NET user account. That student's description of the symptom and problem is:
"I was finally able to connect to the Northwind database, and establish the connection string. But when I run the project, and push the load button, I get the following error. Login failed for user 'MyComputerName\ASPNET' I deleted the ASP.NET user account when I installed Visual Studio, so it's not there anymore."
Several attempts to uninstall and reinstall related software seems to be getting nowhere. I would think reinstalling VS.NET and the framework would re-create that user account, but apparently not.
A: Using aspnet_regiis is a very important thing to know. A problem that crops up all the time is installing VS.NET before installing IIS. Don't do that! Install IIS first. Otherwise, unless you run asp_regiis you can't run asp.net. An important thing that this program does is to set up all the file extensions, e.g., .aspx, to invoke the appropriate DLL.
( http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-us&qu=aspnet_regiis )
If you lost your password, you will need to go to our site and follow the prompts (click on "Sign In" then, after the new page loads, "Forgot Your Password?" for a lost password. No one at LCC can help you with this as the passwords are auto-generated. The introductory email from the system has your user ID, link to the web site, and other important information. Please don't delete it.
It's pretty rare that we will just give out another key or download opportunity. They system is set up such that very little should go wrong, unless there was a case of "operator error."
If the CD or DVD burn doesn't work as intended, check the following:
If you are reporting a problem, we will be asking for the following:
and, of course, the Word file you carefully crafted in steps 1 & 2.
Without all this information, it will be hard to help you, and we may not be able to offer any assistance.
If you are having install problems, you'll need to solve those on your own as we simply do not have the resources to aid every student with every computer. Go slow and carefully read all the prompts. Make sure your computer is ready to handle the program (do you have the right amount of memory? hard drive space?)
You have to contact Microsoft here.
The cd-key / product serial number is included in the Purchase Confirmation email you receive and the packing slip webpage that displays after you begin the download.
Please read everything that is presented to you in your download transactions. One of the first things that pops up when you order the software is a receipt with the registration key(s) on it. You should print this or save it to a file, or write it on a napkin if you are downloading at an internet cafe. If you fail to do so, you can still retrieve it by clicking the "MY PROFILE" button on the left side of the ELMS screen. Select the "My Software" option. Then click on the right column for anything you downloaded and the receipt screen for that product will be presented to you.
Please be aware that this information may not be there in the next semester - there is no way for us to retrieve it after your account has expired.
The Registration keys you get for MSDNAA products at the ELMS site work only with the MSDNAA distribution kits you get from the ELMS site. (There may be some kits that work either way, but you are on your own if you want to go down that dark alley). Please download the MSDNAA kit from the ELMS site to use with the registration key you get from the ELMS site.
No. You are allowed a SINGLE copy of software. Please see the MSDNAA Usage Agreement and EULA
To download again, you should remove not only the downloaded IMG or ISO files, but also the Downloader program as well. You can use the Windows Explorer to search for the proper *.img or *.iso file, and for the downloader file. After that, request the downloader again from the web site and restart your download.
Re-execute the downloader (Again, make sure that you have deleted the previously downloaded "downloader" and IMG or ISO images)
Please note that you do not have unlimited downloads. Go slow, follow the prompts and download safely and correctly the first time.
Yep, that's an unfortunate mis-feature of the ELMS digital delivery system. If your ISO burning station isn't on your Windows system, you can't get the image file. You will need to be on a Windows machine in order to get the downloaded ISO images
DO NOT DELETE THE DOWNLOADED IMAGES! Burn them to CD or leave them on your hard disk.
If you start a download through ELMS and get an error code of SDC00400 (No Connection), this probably means the server is busy at the moment or you Internet connection was temporarily lost. Try restarting the download at a later time. If you still have trouble with the download, it may be related to personal firewall software on your computer.
Q: What support alternatives are available for students using MSDNAA products?
A: The free ones include: reading the documentation, buying a book, or visiting the Microsoft knowledge base ( http://support.microsoft.com/ )
Here are some external web sites that may be useful to you. Note please, these are external sites and Lakeland Community College has no control over any of the content. Surf carefully.
Microsoft's Channel 9 Community (more professionals are here): http://channel9.msdn.com/
Microsoft's Channel 8 Community (a lot of students are here): http://www.msstudentlounge.com/
Microsoft Developer Network: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
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