Microsoft released Windows 8 during October 2012. Students pay $0 and employees pay $9.75 for Windows 8 through the Vanderbilt Software Store.
These discounts are benefits of Vanderbilt’s Microsoft Campus Agreement. Specifically:
•Students qualify for $0 copies of Microsoft Office and Windows Upgrade through the Campus Agreement Student Option Program
•Employees are eligible to buy Windows Upgrade for $9.75 through the Campus Agreement Work at Home Program
•Employees can purchase Office for $9.95 through the Campus Agreement Home Use Program
Since Vanderbilt introduced the Campus Agreement during July 2010:
•Students saved $591,787 on Office Mac
•Students saved $901,901 on Office PC
•Students saved $794,899 on Windows Upgrade
•Employees saved $361,754 on Windows Upgrade
•Employees saved $607,518 on Office PC
•Employees saved $175,789 on Office Mac
16,169 students and 7,183 employees took advantage of these discounts for a total cost savings of $3,433,649.