Microsoft Campus Agreement

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Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA) is a program intended to offer significant discounts on Microsoft products to students, faculty, and staff of select universities which enter into a yearly contract with Microsoft. (Windows XP Professional sells, at some University stores, for as low as $10.00 [1].) Each software package available under the MSCA can be purchased only once. Upon graduation, students can typically receive perpetual licenses for the purchased software.

Current arrangement

Software sold under MSCA licenses included Windows XP Professional, versions of Microsoft Office and the Visual Studio .NET suite of developer tools.

Additionally, MSCA licensing required those who purchased Windows XP Professional have an existing Windows license and allowed for Office products to be installed on, at most, two computers.

Legacy licenses

Prior to 2003, MSCA licensed software was distinguishable from non-MSCA licensed software in that the CDs were not holographic, did not require activation (for those products which would have otherwise required activation), and, in some cases, did not require a valid license key.

Examples of participating universities

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Ball State University<ref>Ball State University MSCA</ref>
California State University<ref>California State University MSCA Template:Webarchive</ref>
Community Colleges of Spokane<ref>Community Colleges of Spokane MSCA Template:Webarchive</ref>
DeVry University<ref>DeVry University MSCA</ref>
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Iowa State University<ref>Iowa State University MSCA</ref>
Lancaster University<ref>Lancaster University MSCA</ref>
Life Pacific College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<ref>Massachusetts Institute of Technology MSCA</ref>
Norwegian University of Science and Technology<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Morrisville State College
Oklahoma State University<ref>Oklahoma State University MSCA Template:Webarchive</ref>
Purdue University<ref>Purdue University MSCA Template:Webarchive</ref>
Texas A&M University<ref>Texas A&M University MSCA Template:Webarchive</ref>
Texas Tech University<ref>Texas Tech University MSCA</ref>
University of Calgary<ref>University of Calgary MSCA </ref>
University of Chicago<ref>University of Chicago MSCA </ref>
University of Connecticut<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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University of Florida<ref>University of Florida MSCA Template:Webarchive</ref>
University of Houston<ref>University of Houston Template:Webarchive</ref>
University of Iowa
University of Leeds<ref>University of Leeds MSCA Template:Webarchive</ref>
University of Texas at Austin<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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University of Twente
Worcester Polytechnic Institute<ref>Worcester Polytechnic Institute MSCA Template:Webarchive</ref>
University of Westminster<ref>University of Westminster MSCA</ref>
Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT), representing approximately forty Texas institutions of higher learning, entered an annual Consortium Campus agreement beginning in 2000 to provide all member institutions with MSCA access.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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