When you don't have to buy the software

MS Office can be installed for free on any Cornell "institution-owned" computer, due to Cornell's license agreement with Microsoft. (A Cornell "institution-owned" computer is any computer purchased with any Cornell funds, or given to the University). University licensed software needs to be removed if the computer ownership is transferred.

• http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/software_licensing/available/ms_office.cfm#eligibility

Buying the software for use on YOUR computer

Office 365

As a student, you can get Office 365 for $80 for 4 years, including version coverage:

• http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.275549300

Also available at the Campus store, same price:

• http://store.cornell.edu/p-184433-office-365-university-windows-macintosh.aspx

Office 365 questions: Let us know if you find answers, please.

• Fat-client installs for Mac and Windows?

• What happens at 4-year expiration?
  • If fat-client installs, do they continue working (frozen at the version you last updated to when you were within the 4-year term), and just access to MS Live gets cut off?

Traditional Office 2013

Office 2013 at the Campus store - $140

• http://store.cornell.edu/p-184432-office-2013-home-student-windows.aspx

Mac version?

Historical note: The Campus store used to (recently!) sell Office (Office 2010) for $40. That's a big change in price!

Tentative idea, if possible: Buying the software for Chem grad's use

Work out a special arrangement in which Chemistry Graduate students can get the full MS Office suite for $9.95 for use on the grad's personally-owned computer. (Being worked on, Sept 2013.)

If employee-type grad students (not all CU grads, but all CCB grads) get staff access legally, this would be an option.

Here are the 2 steps the eligible Grad would have to take, if this use is approved:

1) Obtain the Microsoft Home Use Program Code.

• Ideal: Get their NetIDs added to CU's access to the CIT-hosted page.
• Non-ideal, but possible: Have dept. gate access to Code to eligible grad students, as clarified by this process.
  • In CCB, this might might be ChemIT. And/ or PatH's office. And or each Research Group's IT Representative. Or some other gating mechanism?

2) Purchase Microsoft Office Employee Home Use Program License. Link to purchase available at:

• http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/software_licensing/available/ms_office.cfm#ms_hup