MSDN Academic Alliance Software Center
Metropolitan College is a member of the Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance, which allows faculty and students currently enrolled in MET courses to obtain certain Microsoft products free of charge. Requests for student accounts should be submitted by professors via email to METIT@BU.EDU.
How to enroll
How to login
How to retrieve your Username and Password
Software available for download
Download and Installation
ISO Images
License Keys
MSDNAA accounts are generated based on enrollment information in courses and programs. Course instructor will request accounts for all students registered for a class. You should receive an e-mail automatically from the MSDNAA with a username and password at the beginning of the course. If you do not receive your information at that time, please contact METIT@BU.EDU with the course number and your name
- You must register using the information in the confirmation email sent to you after your account is created on MSDNAA
- Click Here to login to MSDNAA Software Download Center
How to retrieve your USERNAME and PASSWORD
If you’ve lost or forgotten your password, you can try one of the following:
- You can use the ”Forgot Password” link to have your login information resent to your email address
- Additionally you can send an email to METIT@BU.EDU with request to reset you password
Software available for download
- You have to login to the MSDNAA web store to see a list with the software available for download
- If you don not see the software you are looking for, email METIT@BU.EDU with your request
- Note: The software available on MSDNAA is only for Windows based computer not for Mac computers.
- Note: You can download a program two times. To request additional downloads email METIT@BU.EDU
- Note: Your key is valid for one installation of the software. To reinstall the software please contact METIT@BU.EDU
- Note: Your software will remain functional after you graduate. However, your MSDNAA account will be deleted and you will not be able to download new software or request new keys.
- Note: Before starting check if your Operating System is 32 bit or 64 bit, then select the apporpriate version of the application you need.
Steps for downloading and installing applications is:
1. Log in to MSDNAA
2. Select “Software” from the top menu and find the application that you need.
3. Select the application that you need (for example “MS Project Pro 2010″)
4. Select “Add to Cart”
5. On the next screen select “Check Out”
6. Select “I Accept”
7. Select “Continue”, then Select “Proceed with Order”
8. On the next screen, you will receive your product key, please record it because you are going to need it to activate your software.
Note: You can always find the product keys for the applications that you have downloaded by loging in to MSDNAA, then select “Your Account” on the top menu, then Select the application that you need the product key for.
9. On the same screen, next to the name of the application you requested, there would be a link to “download” it, please Click on it.
10. On the new window, Click on the name of the application.
11. Another window will open, Click on “Start Download”
12. Save the “Application_Name.EXE” file to a folder where you can find it (for example your desktop).
13. Run the “Application_Name.EXE” file from your desktop or from the folder where you saved it.
14. This will start the actual download, your application will be saved by default on the local disk in the ”C:\Temp” folder.
Note: If your download stops for some reason (for example bad internet connection), you can resume your download by running the “Application_Name.EXE” file from your desktop or the folder where you saved it in.
15. After the download is finished, Click on “Launch Install”; this will install the application on your computer.
Note: For Operating Systems you need to go to your “C:\Temp” folder and burn the “Aplication_Name.ISO” to a disk using third party application. Check the instruction bellow.
Most of the software you download is a CD or DVD image files with the extension ISO. These files need to be burned to a disk or mounted using 3rd party virtual drive
- Click Here for a free disk burning program, Active@ ISO Burner, available by NTFS.com
- Click Here for a free virtual mounting software; for more information about this app Click Here
- It is not necessary to download software to get your product key. When you choose program to download, before the actual download, you will be shown the product key which was generated for you
- Your key is valid for one installation of the software. To re-install the software, please send your request to METIT@BU.EDU
- You can always view your product keys by loging in to the MSDNAA, and clicking on the “Your Account” link found on the top of the page; find the product in the order history and click on it.
For any questions not addressed above, please email METIT@BU.EDU