ACM Student Members Receive Free Access to 100+ Software Packages

ACM has signed a licensing agreement with the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) providing all ACM Student Members with access, at no charge, to a variety (~ 100) of software packages.  The goal of this program is to get these tools into the hands of current students.

All active ACM Student Members are eligible to participate in the ACM/MSDNAA Program.

Some of the software packages included are:

   * Windows Vista
   * Windows XP Professional
   * Windows Server 2008
   * Visual Studio 2008 Professional
   * Visio Professional 2007
   * Office Project Professional 2007
   * Access 2007
   * Visual Studio 2005 Team System
   * SQL Server 2005
   * Expression Studio
   * Sharepoint Designer 2007
   * Virtual PC 2007
   * Virtual PC for Mac 7.0.2
   * Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
   * Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
   * And much, much more!

Also, as part of the ACM/MSDN AA partnership, ACM student members can obtain a no-cost Microsoft Academy Student Pass that provides free e-learning courses to students who are interested in expanding their IT or developer skills with Microsoft technologies.  With this pass, students can explore five Microsoft technical certification paths:
   * Windows Developer
   * Web Developer
   * Database Developer
   * Windows Server IT Professional
   * Windows Client IT Professional

The IT Academy Student Pass offers 12 to 22 hours of FREE e-learning courses, aligned to the first set of topics you need to master for the first Microsoft certification exam within the track.  Each track is unique, and most will require you to take additional e-learning courses to complete all of the topics you need to succeed on the certification exam.

The goal of the IT Academy Student Pass is to give you a head start by providing hours of e-learning content that sets the stage for the learning to come.

To sign up for an MSDNAA account, log in to myACM at http://www.myacm.org/, check the appropriate box, and click on "Submit."

For more information, visit the MSDNAA FAQ page at http://www.acm.org/membership/student/msdnaa-faq

上次ICPC比赛时顺手注册了一个ACM Student Membership，一年来只收到无数无用邮件，没想到在会员期马上要截止时竟碰上这等好事。从http://www.acm.org/注册要$19.00/year，但实际上在http://campus.acm.org/icpc/是可以无限量免费注册的。注册之后（在http://campus.acm.org/icpc/注册之后还要根据邮件提示注册一个ACM Web Account）登录https://www.myacm.org/，就可以看到“Free software for ACM Students“了。但是注意，微软在这里提供的软件都是附加“不得用于商业用途”的。