Current dreamspark program ...

[Christopher Bongaarts]

On 7/18/2014 9:28 AM, Steven Carmody wrote:
> I've gotten a question from the campus about access to the Microsoft dreamspark program. My last exposure to this program was years ago; back then, students used Shibboleth to access the service, and there were no charges. Apparently much of that has changed. Today, there are licensing charges.
>
> My question -- is it still possible to use Shib to access dreamspark ? The current web site doesn't mention it, but I'm hoping I just missed that info ...
>
> Thanks for any info you can share about current methods for accessing dreamspark.

I don't think we removed them from our metadata, but I don't think 
anyone has accessed it for a long time.

Our supported mechanism for what Dreamspark used to handle is now routed 
through a third party vendor (ELMS).

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