06.11.07

Foothill College Summer Class PDF Now Available

Posted in Classes, MSDN Academic Alliance at 12:19 am by Cal

Summer Class Flyer Foothill College 2007

I have prepared a PDF flyer listing all of the .NET related summer classes which we will be offering at Foothill College this year. This flyer also describes the Foothill MSDN Academic Alliance program.

Please pass this flyer along to all of your co-workers and friends who might be interested in improving their understanding of .NET technologies.

04.04.07

Expression Blend and Expression Web Now Included in the MSDN AA Program

Posted in Classes, Foothill, Free Software, MSDN Academic Alliance at 10:28 am by Cal

Microsoft announced yesterday that, reversing previous policy, Expression Blend and Expression Web will now be included in the MSDN Academic Alliance policy. This means that any student enrolled in any CTIS classes at Foothill college can get a copy of these programs for only the duplication / handling charge of $5. each. Expression Web was officially released in January and should be available during the Foothill MSDN AA Spring Term ordering window of May 1 - June 22. Expression Blend will be added to the program as soon as it is officially released (Q2 according to Microsoft). In the meantime, the March Release Candidate is a free download from Microsoft at its website .

Software acquired through the MSDN Academic Alliance is full featured, no-timeout software. You are not required to uninstall this software after you are no longer a student at Foothill College. However, this software is subject to Academic Licensing, meaning that you are not permitted to use if for commercial purposes. The goal of this program, obviously, is to give interested people the chance to learn new Microsoft technologies at a reasonable cost.

Yesterday, at a Microsoft training event, one of my friends who works for Microsoft reminded the audience that Microsoft managers like to receive feedback from programs to know whether or not they are working. If you have ever benefitted from the MSDN Academic Alliance program and you would like Microsoft to keep the program going (or maybe expand it), please drop them a line to let them know your opinion.

Finally, just a reminder that if you would like to take advantage of the MSDN Academic Alliance program for the Spring Term, you need to register soon for classes which begin on April 9th.

03.30.07

Free Microsoft Software

Posted in Free Software, MSDN Academic Alliance at 11:03 pm by Cal

Visual Studio 2005
Foothill College participates in the MSDN Academic Alliance program. Under this program students enrolled in any CTIS class can acquire Microsoft software for only a small administrative fee.This program covers software for developers: Visual Studio 2005 Professional and Team Suite Editions, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, SharePoint Server, etc.

All of this software is full featured, non-time out software. When you are no longer a student at Foothill College you are not required to uninstall the software.

The only limitation is that since this software is subject to Academic licensing, you are not permitted to use this software for commercial purposes. It is, however, perfect to use to learn any new technology at an affordable cost.