Adobe Licensing at Boston University

Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe offers an innovative subscription based licensing model, known as Creative Cloud, an easy-to-manage, term-based licensing option that gives your department access to new versions of Adobe Creative Cloud desktop applications on a yearly subscription.

With this term-based licensing program your department can have the most up-to-date Adobe creative tools it needs to be more productive, foster creativity in teaching and learning, and help students develop the digital communication skills essential for success in college and beyond.

Adobe Acrobat Professional

Adobe Acrobat Pro is a comprehensive PDF software and e-signature solution that allows users to edit, create, sign, and manage PDFs, offering advanced features beyond the standard Acrobat version, including OCR, redaction, and PDF comparison.

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro is part of Adobe Creative Cloud. Separate standalone licenses are no longer available.

Adobe Sign for Signature Collection and Management

Adobe Sign provides secure, comprehensive e-signature collection and automation from anywhere, including Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office.

 

ADOBE ACROBAT PROFESSIONAL 2020 (DISCONTINUED)
Adobe has ending sales of perpetual licenses of Adobe Acrobat. We are unable to process any new orders. Adobe Acrobat 2020 will go End of Support on June 1st, 2025*. End of support means that Adobe will no longer provides technical support, including product and/or security updates, for all derivatives of a product or product version. The product activation keys for all purchased licenses will continue to operate and your software will remain functioning, but the software will not receive any updates and will not be supported by Adobe. There will be no new versions of Acrobat perpetual beyond Acrobat 2020.It is IS&T’s guidance that departments not run unsupported software. We recommend you work with your IT support to determine your options, including transitioning to Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions, which will always include the latest version of Adobe Acrobat.* Acrobat 2020 End of Support has been extended by Adobe from June 1, 2025, to November 30, 2025.