Information Regarding Campus Licenses
Medical Information Technology (MedIT) is the accredited department with the right to perform installations of Microsoft Campus Agreement (On-campus program) software within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Additional information regarding the Microsoft Campus Agreement (On-campus program):
McGill is covered by a campus-wide licensing agreement that allows the installation and use of the Microsoft Office Enterprise Suite (PC and Mac) and upgrades of the Windows Operating system on all McGill owned or leased computers. Having a campus-wide agreement allows the university to move towards standardizing the version of Microsoft Office used across campus. This, in turn, simplifies the exchange of documents, training and support provided, and increases application security.
The program specifies that eligible computers must be McGill owned by an official McGill Unit, which means that at least one of the following four conditions must be met:
1. A FOAPAL was used to purchase it.
2. It was partially funded or bought through either the Academic Laptop/Tablet Program or the Administrative Computer Renewal Program.
3. A research grant paid on a McGill FOAPAL was used to purchase it.
4. Departmental/unit funds were used.*
* The department/unit in question must be an official McGill unit to qualify for the program.
For eligible computers the following software is currently available under the Campus Agreement:
| MS Office Professional Plus 2016 | MS Windows 10 Education |
| MS Office LTSC 2021 (Windows and Mac) | MS Windows 11 Education |
Eligible computers must have their status verified by MedIT. An email must be sent to help.medit [at] mcgill.ca with an attachment containing a copy of the computer’s invoice. If the FOAPAL is not evident on the invoice (McGill Computer Store), please send also the “Banner Document Number” (i.e. transaction # in Banner).
Upon verification, the computers will have to be brought or shipped to MedIT for the installation. There is a small fee for our services, payable by FOAPAL only. Details are available here:
https://www.mcgill.ca/medit/desktop-services/service-request-form
Upon installation, the computers can be picked up at MedIT or they will be shipped back at our expense.
References:
McGill IT Knowledge Base
Microsoft Campus Agreement (On-campus program)
https://mcgill.service-now.com/itportal?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0010725