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UC's MCCA agreement includes the ability to make additional mid-term purchases with a minimum order volume.  Orders for the second MCCA quarterly mid-term purchase are due by Wednesday, December 9, 2015.  If your department needs to acquire new/or additional licenses under the MCCA at this time, please complete an ONLINE ORDER no later than Wednesday, Wednesday, December 9, 2015 by visiting the UCLA Software Central Store and signing in with your UCLA ID to place the order.  Fulfillment by SHI will take place on or about

Software Central is now renewing the UCLA agreement with SurveyMonkey.  The annual licenses run from 11/1 to 10/31 each year.  Named User accounts are available at any time, and existing SurveyMonkey accounts can be easily converted into Enterprise Accounts with no loss of data.  Enterprise accounts, which have permissions equivalent to Platinum accounts, are available for a significant discount through the Software Central Store.

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UC's MCCA agreement includes the ability to make additional mid-term purchases with a minimum order volume.  Orders for the first MCCA quarterly mid-term purchase are due by Tuesday, September 15, 2015.  If your department needs to acquire new/or additional licenses under the MCCA at this time, please complete an ONLINE ORDER no later than Wednesday, September 15, 2015 by visiting the Software Central Store and signing in with your UCLA ID to place the order.  Fulfillment by SHI will take place on October 1, 2015.

August 2018 - Microsoft has released Windows 10. With Windows 10, Microsoft is giving users greater choice in how they receive new features with the introduction of a long-term servicing branch (LTSB) and a current branch (CB) options.  Visit this link for an explanation and graphic.

MCCA contacts listed on the departmental records may request links from SHI. The UCLA Campus KMS (Key Management Server) is ready to activate all editions of Windows 10.

For a limited time (through August 2015) Adobe is offering an extra discount on new Creative Cloud licenses.  Plus, UC has recently been granted Level 4 pricing from Adobe.  It all adds up to significant savings, especially if you can purchase before August 31, 2015.  Please contact SHI for exact pricing and visit our Adobe Creative Cloud page for information on how to get a VIP number (if your department does not already have one)

Windows 10 Enterprise Edition only supports upgrades from PCs running Pro or Enterprise Editions.  Windows 10 Education Edition will currently only support upgrades from Home Editions and is scheduled to be able to upgrade from Pro, and Enterprise editions after the November 2015 update.  The Compare Editions chart shows this (select 'Download Table').

UCOP has negotiated an extended support contract for Microsoft Server 2003 that is available to all UC departments.  For details, please check the information at the Software Central Store (UCLA Login Required)

If your department is running Lumension, please note this announcement.

L.E.M.S.S. v8.2 was released in early Mar-2015, and includes a change to the integrated AV engine. With this change, Lumension® AntiVirus provides improved malware detection, reduced bandwidth utilization, and improved endpoint performance. While this change has minimal to no impact on end users, it requires you to update both the L.E.M.S.S. server and L.E.M.S.S. endpoint agents to the latest version to continue receiving AV protection.

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