The University is participating in the Microsoft DreamSpark program, which offers students the option to download Microsoft developer software and designer tools free of charge.

Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is widely used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. Exchange's major features consist of electronic mail, calendaring, contacts and tasks; support for mobile and web-based access to information; and support for data storage.

The University of Minnesota holds numerous Microsoft Licenses.  Choose your Campus, then your User License Type to see what license options are available to you or to your department.

openSUSE is a free and Linux-based operating system for your PC, Laptop or Server. You can surf the web, manage your e-mails and photos, do office work, play videos or music and have a lot of fun!

Oracle Database Enterprise Edition delivers industry leading performance, scalability, security and reliability on a choice of clustered or single-servers running Windows, Linux, and UNIX. It provides comprehensive features to easily manage the most demanding transaction processing, business intelligence, and content management applications.

05/24/11: OIT is developing centrally hosted database services for departments and colleges as an alternative to maintaining departmental database infrastructure. If you would like more information on this service, please contact the DBA team at oitdba@umn.edu.

With Parallels you can run Windows, Linux, and more side-by-side with Mac OS X on any Intel-powered Mac, without rebooting.

SharePoint Server is a software platform for collaboration and web publishing that combines a number of capabilities under a single server. These capabilities include portal, content management system, business intelligence, search, wikis, blogs and application development. It allows users to perform a number of common tasks, such as publishing a web site or intranet, searching for content, managing content, or creating applications, but without having to install one separate server for each function.

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) produced by Microsoft. Its primary query languages are T-SQL, Entity-SQL, and ANSI SQL.

Client Access Licenses (CALs) are covered for the SQL Server Licenses under the U of M's Microsoft Campus Agreement.

System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr), formerly Systems Management Server (SMS), is a systems management software product by Microsoft for managing large groups of Windows-based computer systems. Configuration Manager provides remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, and hardware and software inventory.

Microsoft Windows (Upgrade) is an operating system with a graphical user interface.

Windows 8 is expected to be released in October 2012.  We will update this page when we know more.  A lot of questions are coming in about Windows to Go; all we know is what has been posted on various external websites. We will also include more information and useful links to Windows to Go, once we learn more.

With Windows Server you can develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications, provide a highly secure network infrastructure, and increase technological efficiency and value within your organization.