Academic Care Blog (Gautam's Blog)
AD FS 2.0 Step-by-Step and How To Guides
Follow these Step-By-Step Guides for configuring IT Academy Federation Services to establish trust...
Author: gautam Date: 04/01/2012
DreamSpark and MSDNAA Reimagined
Microsoft DreamSpark™ program launched on Feb 19, 2008 in United States, the United Kingdom,...
Author: gautam Date: 02/18/2012
IT Academy Federation Deployment with ADFS STS
The benefits of enabling Federated claims-enabled access to IT Academy eLearning websites/resources...
Author: gautam Date: 01/08/2012
IT Academy Federation Requirements
IT Academy eLearning website resources have been claims/assertions-enabled and on-boarded to enable...
Author: gautam Date: 01/07/2012
Single Sign-on to the IT Academy sites
With the large number of disparate benefits in the ITA program, each fulfilled by different...
Author: gautam Date: 01/06/2012
IT Academy: High School IT Productivity Training and Certifications
Microsoft IT Academy provides High School students the latest IT Productivity Training and...
Author: gautam Date: 01/03/2012
IT Academy: High School IT Employability Solution
High Schools students can get the latest IT Productivity Training and Certifications through the IT...
Author: gautam Date: 12/23/2011
Launching Microsoft bliink – a web design contest for middle and high school students in US
Announcing the launch of Microsoft bliink – a web design contest for middle and high school...
Author: gautam Date: 01/06/2011
Expression Studio web design software for students in Bliink competition
Microsoft bliink is about providing a opportunity for Aspiring Technologists in US high schools to...
Author: gautam Date: 12/11/2010
How to get MSDNAA and Expression Studio software for High Schools in US
Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance High School (MSDNAA – High School) is the...
Author: gautam Date: 12/11/2010
Microsoft bliink…a web design competition for high school students
Now in its 3rd year, Microsoft bliink is about providing a opportunity for Aspiring Technologists in...
Author: gautam Date: 12/01/2010
Imagine Cup: Your innovation can help change the world
Imagine Cup is the world’s largest student technology competition. This annual competition inspires...
Author: gautam Date: 11/03/2010
Imagine Cup IT Challenge Quiz puts you on path to success in 60 minutes
Imagine Cup 2011 is the premier student technology competition. The IT Challenge is about preparing...
Author: gautam Date: 10/13/2010
How can High School Teachers provide students with DreamSpark Software
DreamSpark is a program that provides verified high School and College students with...
Author: gautam Date: 10/05/2010
Setting up XNA 3.1 Game Studio and Creator’s Club Academic Memberships from DreamSpark and MSDNAA
DreamSpark and MSDN Academic Alliance currently include XNA 3.1 and the Creator’s Club...
Author: gautam Date: 09/20/2010
Simple 3D game development with Kodu
Kodu – http://bit.ly/kodu1 Kodu is a visual programming language designed specifically for younger...
Author: gautam Date: 09/06/2010
Business and Entrepreneurship competition for High School students
TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE), a registered non-profit organization, is accepting applications from...
Author: gautam Date: 08/13/2010
500 FREE Azure month-long passes given out each Month
In August, September and October of 2010, each month, 500 FREE Windows Azure One Month Pass are...
Author: gautam Date: 08/10/2010
Free Training to create Video Games -- no programming involved
Microsoft is offering a Free training to create video games at it’s Redmond, WA campus. Learn...
Author: gautam Date: 08/09/2010
Fix for Expression Encoder Screen Capture Limit to 10 minutes
Expression Encoder v4 from MSDNAA and DreamSpark incorrectly limited the screen capture on some PCs...
Author: gautam Date: 08/03/2010
PDC 2010 in Redmond, October 28-29
Microsoft Professional Developer Conference (PDC 10) http://bit.ly/9uVaPf is the...
Author: gautam Date: 07/12/2010
What is DreamSpark – A cheat-sheet for DreamSpark
What is DreamSpark? DreamSpark is a direct-to-student online software download mechanism for...
Author: gautam Date: 05/28/2010
DreamSpark provides Free Windows Marketplace for Mobile for Students
679EAVRD3PD7 Students, another great reason to develop Windows Phone applications in the Windows...
Author: gautam Date: 03/15/2010
TechEd 2010 Academic discounts for Students and Faculty
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Author: gautam Date: 02/23/2010
Microsoft MSDNAA software broadly available through IEEE membership
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Author: gautam Date: 02/18/2010
Using Software created with MSDNAA tools – licensing issues
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Author: gautam Date: 01/19/2010
How to get Expression Media from Dreamspark and MSDNAA
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Author: gautam Date: 01/04/2010
IEEE and ACM availability of Windows 7 from MSDNAA
The MSDN Academic Alliance program was established seven years ago as a membership service to...
Author: gautam Date: 10/28/2009
Expression Studio 3, XNA Game Studio 3.1 and Robotics Studio 2008 R2 on Dreamspark for student download
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Author: gautam Date: 08/18/2009
Microsoft Surface SDK in MSDN Academic Alliance
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Author: gautam Date: 08/17/2009
Professional Developer Conference discounted Registration for Students and Faculty
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Author: gautam Date: 08/15/2009
Making Windows 7 available to Students from their school/department download centers
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Author: gautam Date: 08/13/2009
Windows 7 is available through MSDN Academic Alliance
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional is now available in MSDN Academic Alliance. Next week Windows 7...
Author: gautam Date: 08/08/2009
Dreamspark US with simplified Student Enrollment Verification
DreamSpark V2 for US has launched yesterday, June 15. It simplifies the enrollment verification...
Author: gautam Date: 06/16/2009
Which one to get - MSDN or TechNet?
I was just asked the question - which one to get MSDN or TechNet ...
Author: gautam Date: 04/06/2009
DreamSpark: How to get Verified for the Microsoft Dreamspark software in US?
All Students at all accredited higher education institutions in US are eligible for DreamSpark at...
Author: gautam Date: 03/30/2009
How to get XNA Creator’s Club Academic Memberships from MSDNAA
XNA Game studio 3.0 is now part of MSDNAA and is also available in ELMS for students, faculty and...
Author: gautam Date: 03/11/2009
How to Download and Install DreamSpark Software
Microsoft software from DreamSpark comes packaged in large, single files with .ISO or .IMG...
Author: gautam Date: 01/13/2009
Students' must-have products from MSDNAA
Students in US Colleges and Universities have downloaded the following professional software and...
Author: gautam Date: 12/13/2008
Gaming Conference Cruise for $650
Are you interested in learning about Gaming technologies? Sign-up for a game development conference...
Author: gautam Date: 12/03/2008
What MSDN AA products are distributed in ELMS
The following is the set of products available for download from the ELMS system (as of Dec 1,...
Author: gautam Date: 12/02/2008
Products included in MSDN Academic Alliance
The following is the list of products included in MSDNAA (as of Dec 1, 2008) for US customers. To...
Author: gautam Date: 12/02/2008
How can Students get access to MSDN AA software
Any eligible STEM-D (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Business and Design) student is...
Author: gautam Date: 12/01/2008
What are the benefits included in MSDN AA? How does MSDN AA cost?
MSDN AA includes thousands of dollars worth of software, tools and IT Academy Student Pass Training...
Author: gautam Date: 11/30/2008
How to sign-up for MSDN AA - a step-by-step guide
MSDN AA is an important program where Microsoft works with universities to put Microsoft software in...
Author: gautam Date: 11/30/2008
How is the MSDN AA software distributed to students in STEM departments?
After the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) department sign-ups for a MSDN AA...
Author: gautam Date: 11/29/2008
Why should MSDN AA software be made available to ALL eligible students (even if their class does not use the software)?
Technology skills are important for the student's career development, are increasingly a key...
Author: gautam Date: 11/28/2008
Can any student get MSDN AA software?
MSDN Academic Alliance (http://msdnaa.net) is an important program where Microsoft works with...
Author: gautam Date: 11/27/2008
Why does MSDN AA exist?
Technology skills are increasingly important for success of students and for continued leadership in...
Author: gautam Date: 11/05/2008
What is MSDN-Academic Alliance (MSDNAA)?
Microsoft Developer Network - Academic Alliance (MSDN AA) is the easiest and most inexpensive way...
Author: gautam Date: 11/05/2008