Site License Advisory Team December 2, 2013 meeting
Agenda 1. SLS Server Change in November 2. Microsoft Student Advantage (Office 365) 3. Renewals: 1. 2. 3. 4. SAS JMP Sigma. Plot Maple 4. Upcoming upgrades 5. Corel and Adobe and Creative Software 5. Questions & new location for meetings going forward
SLS Changes Servers • In early November, OCIO Site Licensing changed servers for software downloads – Initially, this caused some issues – Issues were marked resolved by about the third week of Nov. • Improvements include: – Additional, enterprise-level support – More reliable large-file downloads – Faster downloads
Microsoft Student Advantage • Last month we told you about a change in MS student licensing. Here’s the rundown: – MS is offering schools the ability to license students in their own way for Office 365 – This provides most of the value from the more expensive option ($100 k+/year more) that we did not option to buy in our renewal – Rollout: this is the hard part
Office 365 for Students • Offering allows students to install five desktop copies and five mobile copies of Office locally. • License is subscription, not perpetual • This would be an add-on to Buckeye Mail for students – We would need to do a lot of backend work to make this work for us.
Office 365 for Students • Wired. Out will continue selling perpetual Office licenses to students/faculty/staff for $50. • Over time, we will be able to bring on Office 365 Pro. Plus, but impressions are that it will take some time to stand up the infrastructure • Once it is stood up, it will likely also be sold through Wired. Out
Office 365 for Students • Discussion with Microsoft on Tuesday was very candid regarding these changes. Microsoft indicated in that call that we would see something (not a refund) to account for the change. • OCIO will have representatives at the IUC meeting Nov. 1 to understand what Microsoft will offer.
Microsoft SQL Server • We continue to negotiate with Microsoft on this topic.
System Center 2012 R 2 • Now available via Self Service (and working) – Windows 8. 1 – Windows Server 2012 R 2 – System Center 2012 R 2 • SCEP R 2 for Mac, Linux, and Windows up for download – OCIO has removed SCCM SP 1, Windows 8, and Server 2012 from Self Service and replaced them with the new offerings – KMS Servers for 8. 1 and 2012 R 2 up and running
Completed Renewals • SAS – Renewals began 9/1 with new codes (already received; Codes began to warn on 11/15, hard fail 12/31/13 • Renewing SAS 9. 1. 3, SAS 9. 2, SAS 9. 3, and SAS 9. 4 • SAS 9. 4 is (64 -bit only) – Distribution Update • Reviewing download on new server to help get 9. 4 out.
Upcoming Renewals • JMP – PO cut last week, invoice received, payment in process • Expiration: Nov. 30 • Warnings start: Jan. 15 • Codes Hard Fail: March 1 • Sigma. Plot – PO cut, codes in process • Codes Fail: approx. Dec. 4 • Maple – 2 and 3 year quotes received today. • Expiration Dec. 17 (no codes to replace)
Upgrades • JMP 11 – Update scheduled to coincide with new codes (expected Mid-December) • SPSS 22 – Update scheduled for Mid. December • Secunia 7 – Expect an e-mail this week if you are a user to begin the upgrade process • SAS 9. 4 – Pending tests of downloads, and USB duplication process
Adobe and Corel • We’ve reached out to Adobe again to try and re-start stalled discussions • Very attractive offer from Corel for their Creative suite was accepted by MHEC. – If we buy enough we can put it in the hands of students cheaply ($15/copy for a perpetual license) – Corel is interested in an IUC-wide deal that might be better than the MHEC pricing, as well.
Questions/Comments • Next meeting Jan. 31, 2014, 10 AM – There is no December meeting, but by January we will no longer have use of BSE 580. – John Jacobs has offered a room over at Fisher Co. B
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