Software Store Blog

ITS recently renewed a Microsoft DreamSpark Standard subscription (https://www.dreamspark.com/institution/subscription.aspx) for the campus community.

Get a free Nook with the purchase of any HP consumer model PC over $599! The promotion runs from 1/27/13 to 2/2/13 or while supplies last. Just add Nook (Item #C8U53AA) to your cart. Discount will be taken off the PC at checkout. Register now for HP Academy pricing. Visit **http://www.hpdirect.com/academy/vanderbilt** or call 1-800-632-8251.

Microsoft released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for System Center 2012 products: •System Center 2012 Client Management Suite with Service Pack 1 •System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Client Management License with Service Pack 1 •System Center 2012 Datacenter with Service Pack 1 •System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection with Service Pack 1 •System Center 2012 Standard with Service Pack 1 SP1 adds Windows Server 2012 support to System Center 2012, integrates with Windows Azure Virtual Machines, and integrates with externally-hosted clouds.

Vanderbilt employees can buy Office Professional Plus 2013 for Windows 7 or 8 for $9.95 through the Microsoft Home Use Program (HUP) for personal non-commercial use starting today. The suite includes: •Access 2013 •Excel 2013 •InfoPath 2013 •Lync 2013 •OneNote 2013 •Outlook 2013 •PowerPoint 2013 •Publisher 2013 •Word 2013 Each employee can optionally order a Backup DVD for $13.99 and a Language Pack for $9.95. Backup DVDs ship in 1-2 weeks.

Starting January 29, the Software Store will offer Office 365 University 2013 through the Microsoft Office University Program to Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students. Office 365 University 2013 is subscription based and replaces Office University 2010 and Office 2011 for Mac University. We will stop selling Office University 2010 and Office 2011 for Mac University in the Software Store on January 27, 2013. New four-year subscriptions for Office 365 University 2013 cost $79.99.

Kivuto, the company that hosts the Software Store, is performing maintenance on ELMS (the web service platform used for the Software Store) on Tuesday, January 22 from 6 -7:30 a.m. Central Time. Customers will not be able to shop during the outage.

Starting today, Vanderbilt students can download Microsoft Office 2013 for $0 through the Vanderbilt Software Store.

Webinar Details: •Purpose: Provide a walk-through of Qualtrics Research Suite and guage interest in purchasing a site license for the software. •Registration: **https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/796834970** •Title: Qualtrics Webinar with Vanderbilt University •Date: Monday, January 14, 2013 •Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST •System Requirements: oPC-based attendees: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server oMac®-based attendees: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer oMobile attendees: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet After registeri

URL: **http://www.dell.com/dellu/vanderbiltu** Promotions: •The first 500 members to purchase through the Dell Member Purchase and Employee Discount Program (MPP) will get an additional 10% off any PC by using coupon code: CRJBN3G3$?DCT$ •Double your rewards with Dell Advantage: Members can earn 10% cash back with a Dell promo eGift Card and free 2nd day shipping on any purchase until Jan 16 •Dell is running a Quickly Decreasing Discount sale January 14-16 (i.e. three days of discounts: save 30% Monday, 25% Tuesday and 20% Wednesday)

Regarding the download links and serial numbers posted at **http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html**, Bradley Martin (Vanderbilt’s new Adobe representative) reports: Effective December 13, Adobe disabled the activation server for CS2 products and Acrobat 7 because of a technical glitch. These products were released over 7 years ago and do not run on many modern operating systems.