Microsoft Select Country Contract

Leipzig University has concluded a co-contract for certain Microsoft products. The products can be used by the faculties and institutions of our university free of charge. On this page we inform you about what you have to consider.

The products Windows 10, Office 2019 (once per user), Windows Server and the application servers MS Exchange, Sharepoint can be used by the faculties and institutions of the university free of charge. The user is entitled to use the software only in the licensed form and number and only for work in research and teaching on computers at the University of Leipzig and in his or her area of responsibility.

  • This contract does not apply to employees of the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital AöR.

Microsoft SQL Server and Remote Desktop Access Licences (RD Cals) are not included in this contract and must be purchased separately via Asknet's software shop.

Windows Desktop (e.g. Windows 10, 11) can be installed completely, but is an upgrade in terms of licensing law. This means that a so-called basic operating system licence (at least Win 98, OEM or System Builder) must be available for the computer in question. Proof of the licence is provided by the COA (Certificate of Authenticity), which can be found as a sticker on the device or on the packaging. When installing the upgrade, both licences "merge", i.e. the basic operating system licence may not be used elsewhere or in parallel.

Windows Desktop and Office are licensed via a Key Management Server (KMS) within the University's data network. Portable devices must be registered in the WLAN "UniLeipzig-intern".

Licence keys for servers are issued in consultation with Mr Steffen Rettig, Infrastructure Department.

IT officers

Access to the application images from the MS Landesvertrag is only granted to IT officers in the faculties and institutions. The IT officer ensures that the software is used in accordance with the licence conditions and actively prevents misuse in his/her area of responsibility. The IT officer is regularly informed by the URZ about the licensing conditions. The nomination is made by the head (dean, director, ...) or administrative head of the respective institution in writing or by email to Mr Thomas Braatz, URZ, Augustusplatz 10, braatz(AT)rz.uni-leipzig.de. As far as possible, we are looking for permanent, non-academic staff. As far as possible, they are non-academic staff with sound IT knowledge. The appointment of SHK is not possible.

Institutions without an IT officer should contact the service desk.

Faculties

  • Faculty of Education: Patrick Stüber
  • Faculty of Law: Christian Kraus
  • Faculty of Life Sciences: Uta Strenger, Ingo Kannetzky, Wolfgang Löhrmann
  • Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy: Andreas Kiontke, Jürgen Jäschke (Wilhelm Ostwald Institute)
  • Faculty of History, Art and Regional Studies: Dr. Martin Roth
  • Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science: Fabian Schmidt
  • Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences: Gert Klotzsche, Jutta Rehnert (Institute of Meteorology), Falk Kaiser (Institute of Meteorology), Gernot Decker (Institute of Geography)
  • Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy: Jörg Land, Stephan Poppe
  • Faculty of Philology: n/a
  • Faculty of Sports Science: Andreas Fritsch, Marco Morgner
  • Faculty of Theology: n/a
  • Faculty of Economics: Andreas Barton, Rolf Kamieth
  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: Professor Michael Pees, Alexander Dossin
  • The Faculty of Medicine is not eligible for the EES contract.

Rector's Office and Central Administration

  • Staff Office for Health Management and Health Sports: Holger Dahms
  • Office of the Equal Opportunities Officer: Georg Teichert
  • Career Centre: Robert Feustel
  • Centre for Area Studies: Antje Zettler
  • Central Facilities: n/a
  • German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv): Sebastian Eulau, Lucien
  • Daenen, Dirk Sarpe
  • Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioinformatics (IZBI): Jens Steuck
  • Research Academy Leipzig / Forschungsakademie Leipzig: Karoline Darmüntzel
  • Saxon Incubator for Clinical Translation (SIKT): Roman Winkler
  • Language Centre: Romy Dannewitz
  • University Archive: Jens Blecher, Alexander Richter
  • Biotechnological-Biomedical Centre (BBZ): Patrick Zenner

Downloads

As an employee at Leipzig University you have the possibility to download the Microsoft operating system, the word processing programme Microsoft Office and Microsoft Server in different versions.

The downloads can only be made from the university network. Furthermore, they are access-protected and can only be downloaded after entering your university login and the corresponding password.