Software Licensing Articles
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Business
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This information is for Technical Support Providers. Students, faculty, and other staff don't need anything on this page.
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Acrobat Pro DC requires an individual (Named-User) license. If you had been using Acrobat Pro without signing in and are now being prompted to do so, you may have been using an...
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Adobe Creative Cloud for Students Student Instructional Licensing CIT can provide individual Creative Cloud instructional licenses to students who have an academic need for the...
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This page provides information for Technical Service Providers (TSPs) about deploying Creative Cloud onto Cornell-owned computers. If you are not a Technical Service Provider, please see our...
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Student Instructional Licensing CIT can provide individual Creative Cloud instructional licenses to students who have an academic need for the software. This license is granted on a...
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What is Creative Cloud All Apps Plan? Creative Cloud is Adobe's suite of creative software, which includes the latest versions of products like Acrobat Pro Document Cloud (DC), Photoshop,...
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Cornell University has renewed theMicrosoft Campus Agreement to provide the Desktop Bundle for all computers owned by Cornell University. The Microsoft Campus Agreement allows Cornell...
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Information for people with an Office 365 A3 license.
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Microsoft Academic Select is a software purchasing agreement that allows Cornell faculty and staff to purchase Microsoft software not provided through our Microsoft Campus Agreement Site License...
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The Microsoft Campus Agreement is an Enterprise license covering many popular Microsoft software products and online services at Cornell University. This license is paid for with central funding,...
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Members of the Cornell community have several technical support resources available for Microsoft products.
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All employees at Cornell University can expect to be provided with the software needed to perform their job duties when using Cornell-provided computers. Exactly which services are available...
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Students at Cornell University are eligible for several different options for Microsoft Office. Some of these options are available at no cost, while others require payment of a licensing fee....
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All students and employees of Cornell University have access to the web-based Office 365 Online Apps, which can be used from any computer and do not require downloading or installing any software...
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Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications
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About Office 365 ProPlus for Students To keep your free license activated, you need to launch at least one Office application (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.) at least once every 30 days on each...
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Many people will find that they can work with PDFs using only free tools, although some advanced features can only be found in Adobe Acrobat Pro. Acrobat Reader is a free download from...
Database and Business Intelligence
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FileMaker is a cross-platform relational database application that allows advanced database design with a drag-and-drop interface. The manufacturer is FileMaker, Inc. Eligibility...
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Cornell University has a site license for most Oracle database products. The Oracle license is maintained by CIT Information Systems. For details about which products are covered, and how...
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Tableau Software helps people see and understand data. Tableau delivers fast analytics, visualization, and business intelligence. Cornell's license for Tableau is managed by the College of Arts...
Graphics and Design
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Adobe Creative Cloud for Students Student Instructional Licensing CIT can provide individual Creative Cloud instructional licenses to students who have an academic need for the...
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This page provides information for Technical Service Providers (TSPs) about deploying Creative Cloud onto Cornell-owned computers. If you are not a Technical Service Provider, please see our...
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Student Instructional Licensing CIT can provide individual Creative Cloud instructional licenses to students who have an academic need for the software. This license is granted on a...
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What is Creative Cloud All Apps Plan? Creative Cloud is Adobe's suite of creative software, which includes the latest versions of products like Acrobat Pro Document Cloud (DC), Photoshop,...
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Autodesk is a provider of 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software. “Autodesk for Education” is Autodesk’s educational licensing program for students and instructors at accredited...
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Install via Autodesk Educational Licensing (Students, Instructors, and Instructional Staff) The Autodesk Educational License is limited to Cornell University students, instructors (including...
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In late 2022, Adobe products were added to the list of applications that use your NetID and password for authentication using CUWebLogin with Two-Step Login (Duo).
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SnagIt is a powerful screen-capture tool.
KMS Activation
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This information is for Technical Support Providers. Students, faculty, and other staff don't need anything on this page.
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The Command Prompt in Windows is the command-line interface program that is used to execute some low-level software or issue commands directly to your computer. The interface is very similar to...
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Use this table to find the correct Generic Volume License Key (GVLK) to use our Key Management Service (KMS) with the edition of Windows installed on your computer. You'll use the...
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Under the Key Management Service (KMS), each installed product (Windows and Office) will attempt to check its own activation state on a regular schedule that looks like this: Install...
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Cornell's site license for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Professional Plus provides unlimited licensing via our Key Management Service (KMS). This page provides instructions for technical...
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This page is intended for technical support providers and network administrators. If you're not one of those, you should talk to your TSP or net admin before proceeding. The concept behind the...
License Codes and Working with ISO Files
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For Sales Made Through the CU Software Online Store The CU Software Online Store switched to a new shopping cart system on 9/22/2021. The new system does not reliably access online orders...
Licensed Software for Faculty, Staff, and Students
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Licensing for all software on this page is managed by Cornell Software Licensing Service, except for products marked with an asterisk (*). Licensing for those products is handled by someone other...
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* Indicates that license management for the software is handled by someone other than Cornell Software Licensing. Clicking on the link may take you to the managing group's site....
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If CU Software does not offer the software product that you need, you have several options: Check The Cornell Store to see if they offer a standard academic license for the product...
Math and Science
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These instructions are for the latest release, JMP Pro 17 for the 2022-23 license term. Installation of versions 14, 15, and 16 use the same procedure as the one shown here, except for...
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Single Sign-On We have activated Single Sign-On with MathWorks. Technical considerations require us to split our MATLAB license between Weill Cornell Medicine and the rest of Cornell. WCM...
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LabVIEW, by National Instruments, is a comprehensive development environment that provides engineers and scientists with wide-ranging integration and compatibility with scientific hardware...
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Maple is an analytical computation software package and computer algebra system for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. It is manufactured by MapleSoft. Purchase a License Our Maple license...
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New Installation (Windows & Mac) Activation of Mathematica 8 or higher requires you to get an individual Activation Key from Wolfram Research, the manufacturer of Mathematica. If you...
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Mathematica is a highly sophisticated computational software package developed by Wolfram Research. The current release, Mathematica 12, features a natural language interface with built-in...
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Note to personnel at the Qatar campus: Cornell's MATLAB license does not currently cover personnel based in locations outside of the United States and its territories. This means that personnel at...
Operating Systems
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This information is for Technical Support Providers. Students, faculty, and other staff don't need anything on this page.
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Cornell University has renewed theMicrosoft Campus Agreement to provide the Desktop Bundle for all computers owned by Cornell University. The Microsoft Campus Agreement allows Cornell...
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The Microsoft Campus Agreement is an Enterprise license covering many popular Microsoft software products and online services at Cornell University. This license is paid for with central funding,...
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Members of the Cornell community have several technical support resources available for Microsoft products.
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The Microsoft Campus Agreement is an Enterprise license covering many popular Microsoft software products and online services at Cornell University. This license is paid for with central funding,...
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Eligibility Cornell University has renewed our Campus Agreement with Microsoft to provide the Desktop Bundle for all computers owned by Cornell University. Full overview of the...
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is an open-source operating system. Prior to September 2019, Cornell University maintained a contract with the vendor to provide automated updates and...
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If you have a RHEL 5 server using the Cornell site license, the only option is to upgrade to a newer version of RedHat or CentOS. The Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) Add-On for RHEL 5 is...
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Before choosing an option for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or 7, you must check how the system receives its updates. To do this look in /etc/yum.conf for the key work 'baseurl':...
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Dates important to holders of Red Hat license on campus: March 31, 2017: Red Hat retired Red Hat Enterprise 5 (RHEL5). July 30, 2017: Red Hat retired the Red Hat...
Software Licensing Processes
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CU Software uses a general set of criteria to determine whether or not it is in the best financial interest of Cornell University to centrally manage the license for a particular software title...
Statistical
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These instructions are for the latest release, JMP Pro 17 for the 2022-23 license term. Installation of versions 14, 15, and 16 use the same procedure as the one shown here, except for...
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Using the Minitab Web App CU Software will assign you access rights to Minitab upon receipt of a request from your instructor or department. Before you attempt to use Minitab, please wait...
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Please be advised that SAS is a very complex piece of software. Installation is a multi-step, non-intuitive process. We strongly advise that you set aside several hours to devote to installation,...
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Install SPSS Statistics for Windows The current release of SPSS Statistics is v29. The installation process for all supported versions is nearly identical; the only thing that changes...
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JMP Pro is a graphical statistical analysis application, with a focus on exploratory analytics. JMP Pro is a product of The SAS Institute. The JMP Pro campus license is fee-based. JMP...
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Minitab is a web-based graphical mathematics and statistical analysis application. A desktop version for Windows is also available. Starting with the 2022 license term, Minitab is licensed...
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Coronavirus Remote Working/Learning Update Faculty/Staff: Your SAS license allows Home Use. Licensees may install SAS onto one personally-owned device in addition to your Cornell...
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Coronavirus Remote Working/Learning Update Faculty/Staff: If you are using SPSS Statistics on a Cornell-owned laptop while working from home, you will not need any additional...
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This page contains information to update a license for JMP Pro versions 14 through 17. Older versions are not supported by the vendor. Please note that you cannot upgrade your version of JMP...
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This article describes how to update your SAS License File to SAS 9.4 for Windows 10 and Windows 11 If you are not able to successfully update your license using the instructions below,...
Utilities/Security
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Acrobat Pro DC requires an individual (Named-User) license. If you had been using Acrobat Pro without signing in and are now being prompted to do so, you may have been using an...
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Symantec Ghost is a tool used for disk imaging and deployment. CU Software Licensing offers maintenance licensing for this product. The latest release is version 3.3. Eligibility...
Web and Development
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For technical support providers: steps to manage the new Java license requirements
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The Microsoft Campus Agreement is an Enterprise license covering many popular Microsoft software products and online services at Cornell University. This license is paid for with central funding,...
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Cornell University has a site license for most Oracle database products. The Oracle license is maintained by CIT Information Systems. For details about which products are covered, and how...
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Tableau Software helps people see and understand data. Tableau delivers fast analytics, visualization, and business intelligence. Cornell's license for Tableau is managed by the College of Arts...
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