{"id":577,"date":"2012-04-02T20:01:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T20:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softwarestore.vanderbilt.edu\/?p=577"},"modified":"2012-04-02T20:01:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T20:01:26","slug":"microsoft-launches-new-dreamspark-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/softwarestore\/2012\/04\/microsoft-launches-new-dreamspark-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Launches New DreamSpark Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has changed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamspark.com\/\">DreamSpark<\/a> Program.  The original program provided college students with free access to Microsoft development and design products.<\/p>\n<p>The new program is subscription based.  Institutions can buy a one or three-year subscription to DreamSpark or DreamSpark Premium.  DreamSpark Premium replaces the MSDN-Academic Alliance program.  Visit https:\/\/www.dreamspark.com\/Institution\/CompareSubscription.aspx for a comparison between the two options.  DreamSpark Premium is restricted to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) departments.<\/p>\n<p>ITS has purchased an institutional subscription to DreamSpark for the campus community.  Benefits include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tCampus-wide access  by students, faculty, and IT staff<br \/>\n\u2022\tPerpetual use rights to:<br \/>\n\t&#8211; Windows Server<br \/>\n\t&#8211; Visual Studio Professional<br \/>\n\t&#8211; Expression<br \/>\n\t&#8211; Windows Embedded<br \/>\n\t&#8211; SQL Server<\/p>\n<p>Faculty, students, and IT staff may use the software:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tTo develop, support, conduct, or take courses, labs, or programs offered by Vanderbilt<br \/>\n\u2022\tIn non-commercial research on behalf of Vanderbilt<br \/>\n\u2022\tTo design, develop, test, and demonstrate software programs for the two purposes listed above<\/p>\n<p>Students who receive the software through a DreamSpark subscription may continue to use the software for the purposes listed above after they graduate.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty and IT staff can download DreamSpark products through the Vanderbilt Software Store by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamspark.com\/\">http:\/\/vanderbilt.onthehub.com<\/a> and clicking the <em>DreamSpark<\/em> tab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has changed its DreamSpark Program. The original program provided college students with free access to Microsoft development and design products. The new program is subscription based. Institutions can buy a one or three-year subscription to DreamSpark or DreamSpark Premium. DreamSpark Premium replaces the MSDN-Academic Alliance program. Visit https:\/\/www.dreamspark.com\/Institution\/CompareSubscription.aspx for a comparison between the two&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2436,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/softwarestore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/softwarestore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/softwarestore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/softwarestore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/softwarestore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/softwarestore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/softwarestore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/softwarestore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/softwarestore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}