Software
Symantec AntiVirus and Microsoft Office are available to all registered Stony Brook students as part of their technology fee. Additional software titles are available through the University, through Microsoft and through SUNY-affiliated UBMicro.
Symantec AntiVirus
Symantec AntiVirus can be downloaded through Softweb, the University's software distribution Web site. Students need their Stony Brook ID number and birthdate in YYMMDD format to log in.
Microsoft Office
Windows users are entitled to Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise which includes:
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Publisher
- Access
- InfoPath
- Groove
- OneNote
Apple users are offered Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac which includes:
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Entourage
To obtain Microsoft Office, students must bring their Stony Brook ID card to either the Seawolves MarketPlace or the Matthews Bookstore in the Health Sciences Center. Only one copy for either Windows or Mac is issued per student.
For mail orders, you must provide a physical shipping address. Orders will not be shipped to P.O. boxes.
Please include the following when placing a mail order:
Name
ID #
Home Address
Contact Telephone Number
Mailing Address
Shipping Fee of $7.55 per order (please make checks payable to FSA)
Send to:
Seawolves MarketPlace
Stony Brook University
Student Activities Center
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Attention: Donna O. Klingel
Additional Software Offered Through Seawolves MarketPlace
The Seawolves MarketPlace is located just off the main lobby in the Student Activities Center and sells or distributes the following software to Stony Brook University students.
Microsoft DreamSpark
Microsoft DreamSpark gives students professional developer and designer tools at no charge. Download this free software today.
- Visual Studio 2008
- Expression Studio
- Windows Server 2003
- SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
- xna Game Studio 2.0
- Visual C# 2005
- Visual C++ 2005
- Visual Basic 2005
- Visual Web 2005
- Visual J# 2005
- Virtual PC
Software Offered Through UBMicro
UBMicro is affiliated with the State University of New York at Buffalo and serves as an authorized, higher education reseller of computer software. Having this status enables UBMicro to sell Adobe, Autodesk, Computrace, Parallels and Quark software at educational discounts. Prices are often hundreds of dollars less than local and Internet retailers. Students at SUNY schools are offered a substantial cost savings when making personal purchases through UBMicro.
Check With Your Department
Depending what academic department you belong to, you may be entitled to additional software titles. For example, the Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) is a program which offers a large selection of Microsoft software free to students from qualified departments.