Microsoft
Student Option as a Learning Support
By
Yeung Man
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In order to enhance students’ learning, the Microsoft
Student Option (MSO) under the existing Microsoft’s Campus Agreement
(MCA) has been launched since February 2009 (please see the details
of the MSO at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/services/studentlan/mso/mso.htm
). Through the MSO, the University provides free licensed Microsoft
Office Enterprise 2007 and ForeFront Client Security (anti-virus
software) to all full time and part time students who have enrolled
in regular academic programmes. The provision includes the following
as long as the University continues to subscribe the MSO under
MCA for aforementioned software:
The Computing Services Centre (CSC) has to determine and acquire
sufficient number of media for software to be distributed under
the MSO. Students are therefore requested to submit applications
to the CSC which can be done online by selecting the option "Application
for Microsoft Student Option (MSO)" at http://crs.cityu.edu.hk
. Successful applicants were notified by email and informed of
the instructions to download the Microsoft ForeFront Client Security
online. They were also invited to reserve a time slot at http://crs.cityu.edu.hk/
for collecting the software media of Microsoft Office Enterprise
2007. For a description of the differences between the Microsoft
Office Enterprise 2007 and other versions of Microsoft Office,
please visit http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/getstarted/CH101130561033.aspx
.
For those students who use Macintosh computers, they can choose
the Macintosh version of the Office Enterprise at application
time though the CSC will not be able to provide formal support
to it. However, as the ForeFront Client Security does not have
a Macintosh version, these students have to purchase their own
anti-virus software.
The first round of MSO applications held during the period of
12 - 22 February 2009 has been successfully completed. Almost
two thousand students have already collected their software media
in early March 2009. Subsequent rounds of MSO applications will
be scheduled on a regular basis. Announcements will be sent through
email to all eligible students.