What is the MSDN Academic Alliance program?
The MSDN Academic Alliance is an annual membership program designed especially for academic labs, faculty, and students in the curriculum areas of Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Systems. The program has two primary goals: 1) to make it easier and less expensive for you to get Microsoft developer tools, platforms, and servers for instructional and research purposes and 2) to build a community of instructors who can share curriculum and other learning resources to support the use of these technologies. Currently, the UMass membership is free, and it is open to all departments on campus, not just Computer Science, Engineering and Management.
