UK Academic Team Blog : MSDN AA

MSDNAA ELMS and Windows 7 Beta

ukacademia — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:31:37 GMT

Hello Everyone,

There has never been a better time to move your MSDN AA subscription to ELMS (e-academy License Management System) because as from Thursday 5th February Windows 7 Beta will be available for distribution.

To make Windows 7 Beta available on your storefront please follow the steps below:

Step 1: Login as the Administrator
Step 2: Click on the Hosted ELMS icon on the right side of the administration page
Step 3: Select Windows 7 Beta from the product list
Step 4: Click on the button Enable Selected

(Please note that Windows 7 Beta is only available in English, German and Japanese.)

In addition to Windows 7 Beta, the following products are also available for distribution:

· XNA Game Studio 3.0

· Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 Academic Edition

· CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008

Information about ELMS and Hosted ELMS

Host MSDN AA software remotely through Hosted ELMS (e-academy License Management System). Hosted ELMS provides administrators a remote server to enable direct download distribution without a local server on campus. Transition your ELMS Account with these how-to guide and videos.

How-to Guides for accessing MSDN AA software. Help your students help themselves with these how-to guides and videos.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email on ukacinfo@microsoft.com.

Best wishes,

Allison

Invitation to Convergence 2008 Copenhagen - Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance MDAA:00071306

ukacademia — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:26:00 GMT

Hi,

I thought you'd like to receive your invitation to an interesting event in Denmark.

Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance invites you to attend:

Microsoft Academic Preconference and Convergence 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark from 17 to 20 November, 2008.

Last year we hosted about 60 educators and researchers from 17 countries from around the world. We would like to see you this year!

The Academic Preconference will be held 17-18 November 2008.

· Includes two tracks (Educators and Researchers Track) with several special sessions, workshops and network opportunities for educators and researchers working with Microsoft Dynamics software. You will be able to network, exchange experiences and enhance your knowledge with like-minded educators and researchers.

· Location: Copenhagen Business School (CBS) – Kilevej 14a, 2000 Frederiksberg.

· Registration fee: no registration fee is associated with these two days.

· Please consider the following call for papers and presentations.

Call for Papers – Researchers Track - due by 1st September 2008:

Academic Preconference 2008 - Research Agenda

17 - 18 November 2008
Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Frederiksberg

Submit to: workshop@3gERP.org - Please write "Submission to 3gERP workshop"

See instructions attached.

Call for Presentation – Educators Track - due by 1st September 2008:

Academic Preconference 2008 - Educators Agenda
17 - 18 November 2008

Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Frederiksberg

Submit to: dynaa@microsoft.com – Please write “Academic Preconference - Convergence 2008 Presentation”

See instructions attached.

Convergence will be held 19-20 November 2008.

· Here you will enhance your knowledge through Dynamics conference sessions and interactions with Microsoft customers, partners, Microsoft Dynamics specialist and industry experts and establish a true community that can be leveraged in your work.

· Location: Bella Center A/S, Center Boulevard, 2300 Copenhagen S

· Registration fee - Academic Alliance team will fund a main part of your registration fee at Convergence. Your costs will include €250.00 for your share of registration fee.

· Please request special registration codes from us to have the special academic fee.

Registration:

To register please fill in attached registration form and send to dynaa@microsoft.com.

Registration includes entrance at the registered event, the meals served as part of the agenda as well as a special educator evening gathering.

The number of participants is limited due to space restrictions and will be determined on a first come basis.

Customer Excellence Award - Excellence in Academics:

· The Convergence Customer Excellence Awards recognize, honor and celebrate customers/members that have achieved outstanding success with their Microsoft solutions as well as Microsoft partners’ solutions. Start to consider if that is your educational institution.

· Please submit your own nomination via the online form which will be available 1 July 2008. Find more details here: http://www.microsoft.com/Dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/2008/customer_excellence.aspx

To make sure to receive all details please write to dynaa@microsoft.com to be included on the mailing list.

We look forward to seeing you in Copenhagen!

MICROSOFT DYNAMICS ACADEMIC ALLIANCE

The Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance is a global program that enables educators to incorporate Microsoft Dynamics technology into the classroom. Currently, over 1,000 institutions around the world use Microsoft Dynamics products to provide students with an exceptional hands-on learning experience. If you would like to learn more about the Academic Alliance you are welcome to visit our website: http://www.microsoft.com/education/academic_alliance.mspx.

Conference on 3rd Generation Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (3gERP)

The 3gERP project aims to develop the academic foundations for a ‘standard’ flexible and highly configurable global ERP-system for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), which can be implemented and maintained at a fraction of the costs of current systems. The ambition of the project is to tackle some of the fundamental challenges and trade-offs existing systems have, for instance with regard to customizability vs. total cost including upgrades. If you would like to learn more about 3gERP please visit this website: http://www.3gerp.org

All the best,

Allison, your new Academic Information Manager

XNA Creators Club Codes are now in MSDN AA!

ukacademia — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:21:00 GMT

While students have been able to get their own codes through Dreamspark, we've not been able to get these codes out to whole departments until now!

So, if you're looking to get every single student, or every lab machine a Creator's Club subscription, and you have an MSDN AA account then I've got great news for you. You can now get 12 month codes as part of your MSDN AA subscription.

Currently, you can only get hold of the creator's club codes through the ELMS download service. But - let's be honest, this is a great facility, and you really should be using it already.

If you want to learn more about ELMS, then it's worth checking out the home page. One of my colleagues (hat tip: Hillary) has also posted a couple of short videos explaining how easy the system is to operate - which I've included below...

Andy

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MSDN AA has grown to include more products and to appeal to more departments

ukacademia — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:10:10 GMT

The MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDN AA) Program was first introduced to address the needs of the academic community focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The MSDN AA Program has now grown to include a family of membership offerings aimed at a broader set of Academic Departments:

Developer Academic Alliance – Developer AA membership, formerly referred to as MSDN AA, is designed to address the needs of academic departments teaching Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
Designer Academic Alliance – Designer AA is a membership designed around the Microsoft Expression suite intended to meet the needs of academic departments teaching Visualization, Illustration, Design, and Art (VIDA) disciplines.

Don't forget to tell your 'designer' colleagues!

Registration Now open: MSDN AA Technology Day - 6th September - Reading

ukacademia — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:36:00 GMT

Microsoft is pleased to announce that registration for the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance Technology Day is now open. This is a one day event for all IT professionals within academic institutions, aimed at providing you with the skills and knowledge to get the maximum benefit from your subscription whether you’re an existing user, new to MSDN AA or are thinking about buying a subscription.

Agenda

The sessions will take you through the key technology areas that are vital for you and your role:

Deploying and Managing Windows Vista
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
New developments from the Education product group
Exchange Server 2007,
Groove 2007
Real time scenarios

All of which, will really make a difference to how effectively you work. You will also have the opportunity to talk to Microsoft’s technology experts about any questions you have making this a must attend event for 2007.

Cost:

The event is free to attend and lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Venue:

The event will be held at Microsoft’s UK Campus at Thames Valley Park, Reading.

Booking Enquires:

Find out the detailed agenda and book online now.
Alternatively, for telephone booking enquiries, call 0870 166 6680 quoting Ref: 6049

I look forward to meeting you at the MSDN AA Technology day 2007.

Kate