Adobe & Microsoft Software Licensing Overview
This is a simplified overview of Adobe and Microsoft licensing and software availability at UW-Madison.
| Adobe | |||||
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| License Program | Enterprise Term License Agreement (Adobe - Enterprise Term License Agreement (ETLA); site license) | CLP (transactional; purchase one license per installation) | |||
| Software Available | Creative Cloud | Captivate & Presenter | Everything not covered under the ETLA (Premiere Elements, Coldfusion, Contribute, etc) | ||
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Method of Distribution |
End-users log in with NetID Federated account, download, and use software from within CC Desktop app. | IT Staff build named-user deployment packages in Adobe Enterprise Admin Console. End-users log in with NetID Federated account. | IT Staff build Shared Device Licensing deployment packages in Adobe Enterprise Admin Console. End-users can log in to use software with NetID Federated account. | End-users subscribe from links on Captivate & Presenter items in CSL | Purchase media with license or download software from Adobe after purchase. |
| Can be installed on | UW-owned machines and/or Facstaff-owned* machines (Max 2 active installations) |
UW-owned machines and/or Facstaff-owned* machines (Max 2 active installations) |
Shared UW-owned machines in labs and classrooms | UW-owned machines and/or Facstaff-owned* machines (Max 2 active installations) |
Only UW-owned machines |
*Faculty and staff are defined by their UW-Madison employee class for the purposes of the Adobe agreement.
| Microsoft | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| License Program | Enrollment for Education Solutions (Microsoft Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES); site license) | Select Plus (transactional; in general, each installation requires a license purchase, but there are several different licensing models within Select) | ||||
| Software Available | Office |
Windows Desktop Upgrade OS |
Everything not covered under the EES (Visio, Project, Windows Server, SQL Server, System Center, etc) | |||
| Method of Distribution | Several Office apps have an online version that runs in a browser. NetID login required. | NetID login and download of click-to-run installers from M365 portal | IT Staff download MSI or C2R installers from CSL | IT Staff build C2R installers using the Office Deployment Tool | IT Staff download installers from CSL | Purchase license from the Software Order Form. Most Select Plus license purchases trigger an email to purchaser that includes link to a local installer. |
| Can be installed on | No installation, runs in browser. | UW-owned, facstaff-owned, or student-owned machines (up to 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets (Windows, iPad, or Android), and 5 phones) | Only UW-owned machines | Only UW-owned machines | Only UW-owned machines | Only UW-owned machines (with a few exceptions) |
Please direct questions on Adobe or Microsoft licensing to licensing@doit.wisc.edu.