New products are now available under the VMAP, including Fusion 4 and Workstation 8.
The VMWare Academic Program is a free program which allows no-cost access to evaluation licenses for academic instruction and research use. VMware has partnered with e-academy to offer the following products under the VMware academic program:
Faculty/Staff: The academic program allows university faculty & staff free access to renewable 1-year evaluation licenses of the above products for academic instruction and research use only.
- VMware ESX vSphere 4 Advanced
- VMWare Fusion 4 (For Mac OS X)
- VMWare Player 3
- VMWare vCenter Lab Manager 4
- VMWware vCenter Server 5 Standard
- VMWare vCenter Server Standard
- VMWare vCloud Director
- VMWare vSphere 5
- VMWare vSphere ESXi Server
- VMWare Workstation 8 (for Windows & Linux)
- VMWare Workstation 7 (for Windows & Linux)
- VMWare Workstation 6.5 (for Windows & Linux)
- VMware eLearning courses
Students: The academic program allows university students free access to 1-year evaluation licenses of the above products, which can be converted into permanent licenses at a discount when they expire.
- VMware Fusion 4 (for Mac OS X)
- VMware Player 3
- VMware Workstation 8 (for Windows & Linux)
- VMware Workstation 7 (for Windows & Linux)
- VMware Workstation 6.5 (for Windows & Linux)
- VMware eLearning courses
VMware software can be purchased at a discount from the Duke Computer Store for use in the IT department or other infrastructure departments, as well as in organizations directly related to the university (e.g. the health system).
Personal retail licenses may be purchased through the VMWare Academic Store.
