• MSDNAA FAQs
   
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The Computer Technology Dept. at Southern Maine Community College is a subscriber to the Microsoft Developer's Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA).

As a subscriber to MSDNAA, the CT Dept. has the ability to make available, for a small fee or free of charge, certain Microsoft Operating Systems, Server Packages and Applications, to students taking SMCC's CT Dept. courses.

Current CT students must access the MSDNAA web site to obtain the available software and operating systems.

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1. Who is eligible to participate in the CT Dept's MSDNAA program?
    
2. How do you get MSDNAA software?
    
3. What is the website URL for the CT Dept's MSDNAA website?
    
4. What is your username and password for the MSDNAA program?
    
5. What do you do if you forget your MSDNAA password?
    
6. What software is available from the MSDNAA program?
   (Please note: Microsoft Office is not available from the MSDNAA program.)
    
7. How much does the software cost?
    
8. How many copies can you get of the MSDNAA software?
    
9. What happens if I forget or lose my CD key?
    
10. What happens after you graduate or stop taking CT courses?
     
11. When does your MSDNAA user account expire?

1.  Any student who is taking a SMCC Computer Technology program course is eligible for the MSDNAA program. 
   You do not need to be matriculated in the CT program and all part time students are eligible.
   
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2. To obtain software from SMCC's CT Dept. MSDNAA program you must access SMCC's MSDNAA website where you will log in with your username and password.
   Once you have logged in you will be able to order software.  Some software is purchased directly from the website with a credit card.  Other software is ordered and then picked up from the CT Dept.
   
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3. The SMCC CT Dept. MSDNAA website is:
   http://msdn07.e-academy.com/elms/Storefront/Home.aspx?campus=smtc_ct
   
   
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4. Your username on the CT Depts.  MSDNAA website is your email address on SMCC's student email server.
   For example, if your name is Ima True Geek, your student email address on the website would be: imatgeek@student.smccme.edu.
   The username is not case sensitive.
   
   Your password for the CT Depts. MSDNAA web site is automatically generated by the website, and emailed to you at your username email address, when you are added as a user by the website administrator.
   The password is case sensitive.
   
   
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5. If you forget or lose your password for the MSDNAA website:

 

• Go to the MSDNAA website.
   
• Click on the Log In button on the left.
   
• Click on the I've forgotten my password link on the right.
   
• Enter your username.
   
• The website will then email you your password to your username email address.
   
• If you do not enter your username correctly, misspell it, or if you do not exist as a user on the website you will receive an error.

  
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6. The software available from the MSDNAA programs is restricted to products made by Microsoft and includes most of the current operating system versions e.g. Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 7.
   Some of the older Microsoft operating systems  are also available e.g. MSDOS 6.22, WIndows NT 4.0, and Windows 98.
   Many server packages e.g. SMS, SQL Server, Exchange, and ISA can also be obtained from the site.
   Software applications available include: Access 2007, Visual Studio 2008, Visio, and Project.
   Microsoft Office is not available from the MSDNAA program.
   
   
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7. The cost of the software that you purchase directly from the MSDNAA website varies from $12.00 for Windows XP Professional to $25.00 for Visual Studio 2008. (prices are approximate)
   This software may only be purchased with a credit card and will be shipped directly to you.
   Software that you purchase via the "CD Pickup" method of delivery costs $3.00 / CD or $5.00 / DVD.
   The "CD Pickup" software must be picked up from Howard Burpee (Howard's class / office schedule).  
   
   
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8. Each student may only purchase one copy of each of the software packages.  All of the current software packages and operating systems require activation and follow the Windows Product Activation requirements.
   
   
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9. If you lose or forget your CD key for software that you have obtained via the MSDNAA web site, log in to the web site and click the My Software linck in the left hand menu.
   You will then see a list of software that you have ordered from MSDNAA.  Each software title will have a link in it that will show you the CD key.
   
   
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10. After you graduate, or stop taking CT Dept. courses, you may keep all of the software that you have obtained from MSDNAA.
    
    
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11. If you are not matriculated in the Computer Technology program at SMCC, your MSDNAA account will expire at the end of the semester in which you are taking CT Dept. courses.
    If you are a CT Dept. student, your account will expire at the end of the spring semester and will be reinstated in the fall semester if you return to SMCC as a CT Dept. student.
    
    
    
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