UAB maintains both a Campus agreement and a Select agreement with Microsoft. Each user of software under the Microsoft agreements must use it subject to and strictly in accordance with the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions contained in the agreements. All software products are (a) licensed by Microsoft and (b) may not be copied or transferred to a third party.

Software included in the Campus Agreement is licensed on an annually recurring basis. UAB does not have a perpetual license to the software, but only the right to use the software as long as the agreement is renewed/paid annually. Under the agreement UAB receives rights to install the software on all UAB owned/leased systems, home-use rights for faculty/staff (with limitations-see below), student-use rights (with limitations-see below) and all version upgrades that MS may release during the term of the agreement. While the Campus Agreement reduces the complexity of licensing and paying for these campus-wide applications, it does not give UAB users the right to install the applications in any way that violates the rights granted by Microsoft.

Software under the Select Agreement is mostly licensed on a one-time purchase basis with optional Software Assurance for version upgrades. Software under the Select agreement must be purchased prior to installation...no software under Select is available for use without first purchasing the applicable license.

For specific information click on one of the following links:

Campus Agreement
- Faculty/Staff and Home Use
- Students
Select Agreement

Microsoft Office 2007
and Vista

Under our MS Campus agreement UAB will be entitled to Vista Enterprise (upgrades only) and to Office 2007 Enterprise for UAB owned equipment. With these new products come changes to licensing and components that will significantly affect how and when they are deployed at UAB. Click a link below for more information on each product.