Microsoft Developer Network

– Academic Alliance (MSDNAA)

MSDNAA is a program allowing faculty and students of UBC Engineering to obtain copies of selected Microsoft operating systems, servers and development tools for home use.  The purpose of the program is to provide tools for faculty and student to support teaching and learning.  It can not be used for any commercially related purpose. To facilitate this program, Microsoft has designated e-academy to provide the necessary services.

Access to software:

Note (Oct /2011)
The website has migrated to a new server with a slightly different structure; also there are different restrictions on downloading and product keys for the software offered. Please go to the Help section of the site to see how to use the site.

As the site now uses your student ID as the username rather than your email address, all students must re-register the first time they use this new site.

  • Accounts

    • All undergraduate and graduate students within UBC Engineering are eligible for accounts. You must register the first time to enable your account.

    • Registering for a e-academy account:
      • Click on the e-academy site link above, to launch the site in a new window.
      • Click Sign In on the top right side of the page.
      • Click register on the left side of the page.
      • Enter your UBC Student number as your username, click Continue then enter your name, email address, and a new password that will be unique to this site.
      • e-academy will send you an email with your registration information.
    • Logging into your e-academy account:
      • Make sure you use the latest account information from e-academy to sign in.

    Note: Yearly, all accounts are wiped in the first week in September.  Once the new student information is available and set up on the server, students will then need to re-register to enable their accounts. (See Status below)

    Status: (Oct12/2011) UBC engineering students can now register on the MSDNAA site.

  • Obtaining software


    • Information on obtaining software can be found in the Help section (click on Help in the top right corner of the window). Read this carefully as conditions concerning downloading and product keys have changed.

    • Be aware that most of these products are very large in size and will require extended time to download. Please note the download times listed under Product Details, and schedule the download accordingly.

    • The home page contains the current list of available Microsoft products (this may change periodically).

    • Note: Microsoft Office is not offered under the MSDNAA Program.

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