The Microsoft Campus Agreement at UVa licenses several of the most commonly-used Microsoft products for:
- Full- and part-time faculty and staff employed in Agency 207 (mostly state-funded academic and administrative units) and
- Students (except those in Continuing Education)
Two Options to Obtain Your Software
You can access any of the available Microsoft products covered by the Campus Agreement in one of two ways: by downloading it from a secure website, or by installing a disk.
Download
Who Should Use: The download option is for users who will be using UVa-owned computers in their office on Grounds. This is the only option available for departmental use.
How to Obtain: Email tony@virginia.edu and request access to your desired software on the secure campus distribution website. You will receive a response within five business days (and often, much more quickly than that) with instructions.
- You may burn your own CDs from the downloads for backup purposes.
- CD keys for the products you are installing are available by emailing tony@virginia.edu.
- This method is free of charge, and no PTAO is needed, as long as you’re an Agency 207 employee.
- If you wish to use the work-at-home provision of the Campus Agreement, use the disk option instead.
Disk(s)
Who Should Use: The disk option is only for students and other users who want to install software on a personally-owned computer under the student use and work-at-home provisions of the Campus Agreement.
How to Obtain: Pick up your software on CD from Cavalier Computers at the UVa Bookstore.
- With this method, you have a backup copy on hand, should your computer crash.
- The CD key for installation is included with your purchase.
- The software costs just $10 to cover the cost of making a hard copy on CD, and Cavalier Computers accepts PTAOs for this purchase.
- Under the Work-at-Home provision, one copy of Microsoft Office for Windows and Mac may be installed on a personally-owned home computer or second laptop used by faculty/staff for UVa-related work on that machine. (Note that operating system software, such as Microsoft Vista, is not available for work-at-home use.)