Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching (previously "Imagine") offers Microsoft professional-level developer and design tools at no charge so you can chase your dreams and create the next big breakthrough in technology - or just get a head start on your career.
LSU is enrolled in a campus-wide Microsoft Azure Dev Tools Standard Subscription.
Eligibility:
Software items included:
If you are in a STEM department, you are eligible to purchase a subscription for Azure Dev Tools from the Azure website.
If you are trying to obtain the full version of Visual Studio, please contact your departmental IT person as this is purchased separately through Microsoft Select.
If you would like to see the differences between Premium and Standard or would like purchase Premium, please refer to Microsoft Azure Dev Tools Subscription Information.
For more information, please visit the Azure Dev Tools home page.
For information on past free resources, please see: Microsoft Imagine: LSU Overview.
The Microsoft Imagine Academy was an online training resource available for those in the LSU community who are interested in tapping into over 300 Microsoft e-learning courses, many of which lead toward information technology industry certifications. This included over 100 collections of e-learning courses, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office, Lynx, Project, Visio, Sharepoint Designer, Sharepoint Workspace, Office 365, Windows Server, Windows OS, SQL Server courses, .NET, Visual Studio, Digital Literacy, and many other courses.
Imagine Academy has changed and is no longer offered this way, however there are still several offline courses available via the GROK article Overview below.
For additional information see: Microsoft Imagine Academy: LSU Overview.
To download and install Microsoft Office to your machine please refer to: Office365 ProPlus: LSU Overview.
Office 365 is a productivity suite made available through Microsoft. It includes products such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and many more.
Please see the article below for more information on how to acquire Office:
Microsoft Teams is a robust communication and collaboration tool that includes real time chat and video conferencing, discussion groups and channels, a weekly interactive calendar, the ability to add app tabs such as Planner to your channels, and much more!
To download and install Microsoft Teams to your machine, please refer to: Microsoft Teams: LSU Overview.
Microsoft Windows is a family of personal computer operating systems developed by Microsoft.
The latest version, Windows 11, is available for download from TigerWare by faculty, staff, and departmental IT Teams. Please contact your departmental IT Team should you need an earlier build of Windows 10.
Microsoft Windows is a family of personal computer operating systems developed by Microsoft.
Windows is no longer available for download on Tigerware. Please download your copy of Windows 10 from lsu.onthehub.com
Windows Server is a group of operating systems designed by Microsoft that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
OnTheHub offers discounted pricing for a number of other software items. Software discounts include certain Adobe products, Minitab, SPSS, LabView, S-Plus, Auguri Academic, iGrafx, Babylon 7, Inspiration, InspireData, Kermit, Entryware, and SigmaFlow.
Microsoft and VMWare products are no longer offered through OnTheHub. For instructions on how to receive these products, please see the following links:
Parallels is no longer offered through OnTheHub. If you are faculty/staff and need Parallels, please reach out to your departmental IT group or business office to make a request. If you are a student, please use the following form to request access: https://verify.sheerid.com/parallels-student/
IBM® Personal Communications is a host communication and terminal emulation package for Microsoft® Windows® that features virtual terminal (VT) Emulation, systems network architecture (SNA) application support, integration and connectivity. Personal Communications is a key component of IBM® Host Access Client Package and IBM® Host Integration Solution.