01 May 2006 MSDN Academic Alliance South Dakota State University's College of Engineering is a member of the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Academic Alliance. Since the Computer Science and Software Engineering programs at SDSU are in the College of Engineering, all computer science students can take advantage of the benefits provided by the MSDN Academic Alliance program. Below is some information about the program and where to get even more information. The MSDN Academic Alliance is an annual membership program for university departments that teach and utilize technology such as Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Systems departments. The membership provides a complete, inexpensive solution to keep academic labs, faculty and students on the leading edge of technology. With this membership, faculty will have the latest development tools, operating systems, server software, documentation, and technical references at thei