FAQ for DreamSpark EES licensed customers

1. DreamSpark for Institutions
FAQ for Customers
Contents
Overview and Customer Benefits.............................................................................................................2
1. What is DreamSpark? ......................................................................................................................2
2. What are the benefits of the DreamSpark program?...........................................................2
3. Where is Microsoft DreamSpark currently available? ........................................................3
4. Why is DreamSpark being offered to Academic VL Subscription customers? ..........3
5. How does this benefit my students? ..........................................................................................3
6. My institution has an academic VL agreement. How do I take advantage of the
online subscription of DreamSpark?..................................................................................................3
7. How do my STEM departments take advantage of an online subscription of
DreamSpark Premium? ...........................................................................................................................4
8. What happened to Developer AA? ..............................................................................................4
9. What happened to Designer AA?.................................................................................................4
10. What happened to High School AA? ......................................................................................4
11. What software will be included in the DreamSpark program? ..................................5
Use Rights ..........................................................................................................................................................6
12. What are the allowed uses of DreamSpark subscription software? .........................6
13. What are the restrictions on use of the software? ...........................................................6
14. What are the restrictions around the use of the Windows operating system
license available through DreamSpark Premium? .......................................................................6
15. Can students continue using the software upon graduation? .....................................6
16. Where can I obtain the complete use rights? .....................................................................7
17. What if I have other questions about DreamSpark? .......................................................7

2. DreamSpark for Institutions FAQ for
Customers
Overview and Customer Benefits
1. What is DreamSpark?
Microsoft DreamSpark provides no-cost access to Microsoft designer and development
tools for verified students and educators around the world, to support and advance their
learning and skills through technical design, technology, math, science and engineering
activities. Academic subscription volume licensing customers receive an online
subscription to DreamSpark at no additional cost for instructional use by their teachers
and students organization-wide in their classrooms and labs. In addition, Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) departments in higher education institutions
may qualify for an online DreamSpark Premium subscription at no additional cost as a
benefit of their Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES) or Open Value Subscription –
Education Solutions (OVS-ES). For a listing of the type of coursework that qualifies as
Science, Technology, Engineering or Math, please see the table later in this document.
2. What are the benefits of the DreamSpark program?
Much more than a software subscription, membership includes:
 DreamSpark software subscription that includes Microsoft platform, server and
developer tools software as well as betas, new releases and tech support.
 Special license rights allowing an organization or department to install DreamSpark
software on any number of departmental lab machines for instructional and research
purposes.
 The ability for students taking at least one credit course offered by the member
organization or department to install the software on their personal machines for use
in coursework and personal development projects.
 Instant online access to all DreamSpark content.
 No-charge access to e-academy’s License Management System (ELMS) for
automated distribution of software and product keys to eligible users via the Web.

3.  The ability for students or faculty to make one backup copy of the software on their
own device solely for use as a backup.
3. Where is Microsoft DreamSpark currently available?
Microsoft DreamSpark is available worldwide. If it’s not available in your country, please
visit dreamspark.com for more information about how to get your school set up.
4. Why is DreamSpark being offered to Academic VL Subscription customers?
Microsoft believes in the power of technology to transform education, foster local
innovation and enable jobs and economic growth for everyone. Microsoft DreamSpark
is just another way of helping this next generation of young leaders seize the
opportunity to harness the transformative magic of software. By offering DreamSpark
with a VL subscription agreement, we provide customers with a cost-effective way to get
all of Microsoft’s productivity, collaboration, and developer tools under a single
agreement.
5. How does this benefit my students?
With the DreamSpark Membership, your students get the professional-level developer
and designer tools they would use to build real sites, apps, and games for Xbox
Live®/360®, Kinect™, Microsoft Windows® Phone, and more. Students get a head start
on a career, or do better in class. Tomorrow’s tech superstars can be found in dorm
rooms and in Microsoft tech clubs on campuses around the world. They will create
thousands of next-gen apps, tools, and games. That’s why we’re giving students and
institutions the top development and design tools to be used for instructional use at no
charge.
6. My institution has an academic VL agreement. How do I take advantage of the
online subscription of DreamSpark?
 New customers signing any of our academic VL subscription agreements will receive
information about how to activate their online subscription of DreamSpark in their
volume licensing program welcome letter.
 Existing subscription customers have received notification about DreamSpark and
information about how to transition from their current MSDNAA membership to a
new DreamSpark membership at their next renewal. There is no impact to their
existing membership. For any questions about your existing subscription or this
transition, please contact: www.dreamspark.com/Support/RSC

4. 7. How do my STEM departments take advantage of an online subscription of
DreamSpark Premium?
STEM departments covered with an academic VL subscription agreement are eligible to
receive a subscription to DreamSpark Premium at no additional cost. If you believe your
department is eligible, talk to your reseller about how to activate your subscription.
8. What happened to Developer AA?
Developer AA isn’t gone—it’s simply been renamed to DreamSpark Premium. All of the
titles that were previously available through Developer AA are still available. If you you
currently have a Developer AA subscription through MSDNAA, you can continue to
access software titles as you did before.
9. What happened to Designer AA?
Helping students who want to be designers is critical, but we wanted to find a way to
make this easier for institutions, so we have changed up the program. Instead of
Designer AA membership, institutions can get a new DreamSpark membership that
gives them access to all of Microsoft’s development and designer tools. If your
institution currently has a Designer AA membership, you can continue to enjoy those
benefits until your membership expires. When it’s time for you to renew, you will be
transitioned to a new DreamSpark membership.
10. What happened to High School AA?
If your school currently has a High School AA membership, you can continue to enjoy
those benefits until your membership expires. When it’s time for you to renew, you will
be transitioned to a new DreamSpark membership.
11. Who qualifies as a STEM department?
To be eligible for a DreamSpark Premium membership, your department must have a
core focus in at least one of the following areas.
Engineering Health sciences
Agricultural · Biomedical · Chemical · Civil Biological engineering · Dentistry
Computer · Electrical · Fire protection Epidemiology · Health care · Medicine
Genetic · Industrial · Mechanical · Military Nursing · Pharmacy · Social work
Mining · Nuclear · Software Veterinary medicine
Astronomy Formal Science
Astrophysics · Cosmology Computer science · Logic
Galactic astronomy · Planetary geology Mathematics · Statistics
Planetary science · Stellar astronomy

5. Biology Chemistry
Anatomy · Astrobiology · Biochemistry Acid-base reaction theories · Alchemy
Biological engineering · Biophysics Analytical chemistry · Astrochemistry
Behavioral neuroscience · Biotechnology Biochemistry · Crystallography
Botany · Cell biology · Cryobiology Environmental chemistry · Food science
Developmental biology Geochemistry · Green chemistry
Ecology · Ethnobiology Inorganic chemistry · Materials science
Evolutionary biology (introduction) Molecular physics · Nuclear chemistry
Genetics (introduction) Organic chemistry · Photochemistry
Gerontology · Immunology · Limnology Physical chemistry · Radiochemistry
Marine biology · Microbiology Solid-state chemistry · Stereochemistry
Molecular biology · Neuroscience Supramolecular chemistry
Paleontology · Parasitology · Physiology Surface science · Theoretical chemistry
Radiobiology · Soil biology
Theoretical biology · Toxicology · Zoology
Earth sciences Physics
Atmospheric sciences · Ecology Applied physics · Atomic physics
Environmental science · Geodesy Computational physics
Geology · Geomorphology Condensed matter physics
Geophysics · Glaciology · Hydrology Experimental physics · Mechanics
Limnology · Mineralogy · Oceanography Particle physics · Plasma physics
Paleoclimatology · Palynology Quantum mechanics (introduction)
Physical geography · Soil science Solid mechanics · Theoretical physics
Space science Thermodynamics · Entropy
General relativity · M-theory
Special relativity
12. What software will be included in the DreamSpark program?
Software for Production Use DreamSpark DreamSpark Premium
Operating Systems
Windows Client
Windows Server
Developer & Design Tools
Visual Studio Professional
Visual Studio Premium
Visual Studio Ultimate
Expression
Windows Embedded
Applications
Visio

6. Project
OneNote
Servers
SQL Server
BizTalk Server
SharePoint Server
Use Rights
13. What are the allowed uses of DreamSpark subscription software?
Software acquired through the DreamSpark subscription may be used by your
institution’s students, faculty, or staff:
 to develop, support, conduct, or take courses, labs, or programs offered by the
institution
 in non-commercial research on behalf of the institution
 or to design, develop, test, and demonstrate software programs for the above
purposes
14. What are the restrictions on use of the software?
DreamSpark software may not be used for commercial purposes or to develop or
maintain the institution’s own administrative or IT systems.
15. What are the restrictions around the use of the Windows operating system license
available through DreamSpark Premium?
The Windows operating system license available through DreamSpark Premium is an
upgrade license and may only be installed on a device that already has a Windows
Operating system installed on it. It may be installed on a “naked PC” only if the device is
owned or leased by the institution and the device will at all times remain physically
located in the labs operated by the STEM department with a DreamSpark Premium
subscription.
16. Can students continue using the software upon graduation?
The institution must stop providing DreamSpark subscription benefits to students,
faculty, or staff when they cease being eligible, per the use rights. However, students
who have received software under the DreamSpark subscription may continue to use

7. the software when they are no longer students (either upon graduation or leaving the
school) provided they do so in accordance with the use rights.
17. Where can I obtain the complete use rights?
For complete terms and conditions, please visit www.dreamspark.com to access the
DreamSpark EULA or the DreamSpark Premium EULA.
18. What if I have other questions about DreamSpark?
 General Information: http://dreamspark.com
 Customer Support: www.dreamspark.com/Support/RSC