Microsoft Products for U-M Departments

Licenses for the Microsoft products listed on this page have been purchased for all faculty and regular staff members of the University of Michigan (including the Dearborn and Flint campuses). Therefore these products may be installed without any additional license fee on any machine owned by the University. If a machine is owned by an enrolled student or an employee (faculty or regular staff), low-cost licenses for these products are available at the U-M Computer Showcase. A department that wishes to provide licenses for employee-owned machines is permitted to do so using a six-digit U-M shortcode at the U-M Computer Showcase.

ITS Software Licensing and Distribution (SWLD) provides installation media for these products at cost-recovery rates. Media for these licenses may be used to install licenses on multiple machines. Therefore departments need only order the number of media kits necessary for efficient IT operations. SWLD requests that units install from media provided by SWLD in order to ensure that the appropriate Microsoft agreement language is displayed on the installation media. In particular, it is a requirement of the license that any installation codes not be displayed on the media.

For additional information on the Microsoft Campus Agreement, please see our Frequently Asked Questions. Complete details can be found in the Microsoft Licensing Product Use Rights (MS Word format) document.

NEED OTHER MICROSOFT PRODUCTS? Many more Microsoft products — including server software and CALs — are also available through ITS Software Licensing and Distribution. Please note that all Microsoft products not listed on this page require a license purchase.

Windows Products

Windows Vista Enterprise (both 32- and 64-bit)
Operating system; full install or upgrade

Windows XP Professional (both 32- and 64-bit)
Operating system; full install or upgrade

Office Enterprise 2007
For University-owned computers only and available only on DVD
Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Info-Path and OneNote

Office Sharepoint Designer
General purpose Web Designer (replacing FrontPage) as well as Sharepoint

Office 2003 Professional [for Windows 2000 and XP only]
Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access
Also includes a 2nd CD called "Business Contact Manager For Microsoft Office Outlook 2003"

Visual Studio Professional 2008
Comprehensive development tool for rapidly building and integrating XML web services and applications.

Visual Studio Professional 2005
Comprehensive development tool for rapidly building and integrating XML web services and applications.

Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003
Comprehensive development tool for rapidly building and integrating XML web services and applications.

Macintosh Products

Office 2004 Professional for Mac OS X
Includes Word 2004, Excel 2004, Powerpoint 2004, Entourage 2004, and Virtual PC for Mac 7

Office 2008 for Mac OS X

Office:mac v.X for Mac OS X
Includes Word X, Excel X, Powerpoint X, and Entourage X

Licensing (All Platform) Products

Core CAL
Client Access Licenses which permit client connections to the following server products by all faculty, staff and students at the University: Windows Server, Exchange Server, Office Sharepoint Server, System Center Configuration Manager

Enterprise CAL
The Enterprise CAL extends the Core CAL. This allows certain products (such as Exchange Server) to provide services (eg, Unified Messaging) which are not included in the Core CAL. The Enterprise CAL adds client access rights for Systems Center Operations Manager, Communications Server, Windows Rights Management and Forefront Security Suite. The University has paid for the Enterprise CAL for faculty and regular staff, but not students. Questions about providing services or access for students or non-affiliates of the University (such as alumni or the general public) should be addressed to lic.itcs@umich.edu.