The Microsoft Campus Agreement is a yearly contract that your department or college has signed, which gives you the right to use specific titles of Microsoft software as detailed here.

The Campus Agreement is available from April 1st to March 31st each year. It must be re-signed and purchased every year by your college or department in order for you to continue to use the software and receive upgrades. The agreement also includes any upgrades that occur with these software titles within the contract period.

If your college or department does not re-sign and purchase, all software acquired through the Campus Agreement would have to be uninstalled unless a buyout option is chosen.

Education Qualified User” means an employee or contractor (except Students) who access or uses an Education Platform Product for the benefit of the Institution.

Users who uses a non-qualified, non-managed device (e.g., personal computer, phone) and performs functions such as checking email and or can perform their job by only using applications or services included in Office 365 A1 such as creating and using online version of Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, OneNote, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive

They don't get access to any on-premises resources like SharePoint, file shares like JADE, logon to University's managed computers and Office products installed on desktop. They don't Microsoft Employee Advantage so don't get home use copy of office 365

Staff/employee who are licensed as “Education Qualified User” (i.e., M365 A3) will get Office 365 for home user. “Non-Qualified Education Users” are not eligible for Office 365 for home.

Staff and faculty of the colleges or departments who are EQU on the Campus Agreement page are entitled to use Microsoft 365 A3 . Please note that some departments license only a certain number of faculty and staff, so not all employees/staff may be eligible. This software can be loaded onto all computers owned and operated by participating colleges or departments (i.e. computers in labs, office computers).

Emeritus/Alumni/Retiree get Exchange Online (i.e., access to University's email online). If Emeritus/Alumni/Retiree is still work in college/department and need full license then, please contact your college/department administration to cover you for full license.

Licenses obtained under Campus Agreement are valid only while you are an active faculty or staff member in a department that is covered by the agreement. If for any reason you are no longer covered by the agreement, you must cease using any software that was obtained under Campus Agreement usage rights, and uninstall all copies of this software. Failure to do so will result in you taking personal responsibility for the licenses being used out of compliance.

You can buy licenses via the MS Departmental Select Licenses.