Adobe - Enterprise Term License Agreement (ETLA)

The UW System/Adobe Enterprise Term License Agreement (ETLA) licenses most UW campuses for Creative Cloud applications and services on UW-owned machines and on machines owned by eligible faculty and staff through 11/17/2025. The ETLA also includes 1000 licenses for Captivate for installation on UW-owned computers, which are allocated to each campus based on the number of FTEs reported for the ETLA. UW-Madison's allocation is 573 licenses.

The current ETLA is for three years. At the end of three years, if we do not sign another agreement, our license rights will revert to what they were before the first ETLA began.

UW-Madison Distribution

Adobe software licensed by the ETLA can be activated two different ways: Named-User Licensing and Shared Device Licensing.

Named-User Licensing integrates UW-Madison NetID login with Adobe's Enterprise Admin Console to permit activation of the licensed software on UW- and personally-owned computers. Adobe limits named-user logins to a maximum of two active installations. However, if you run up against that limit when installing on a third computer, Adobe makes it easy to remotely deactivate other installations, so this shouldn't be more than a minor inconvenience. Faculty and staff can find self-service installation instructions here: Adobe Creative Cloud - Logging in with Your UW-Madison Account . Please check with your IT staff before installing software on UW-owned machines.

Shared Device Licensing is Adobe's solution for shared machines. It allows anyone with an Adobe ID to log in to machines provisioned with SDL and use all Creative Cloud apps and services. UW-Madison students can log in with their NetID login and password. More on Shared Device Licensing

IT Staff can build named-user and shared-device installation packages with a variety of options in the Adobe Enterprise Admin Console. If you are IT staff and you want to build installers in the console, please send your NetID to adobe@g-groups.wisc.edu to get permissions added.

Please note that the above applies to UW-Madison; each participating campus will establish its own procedures for authentication and distribution.

Software Included in the ETLA (as of 11/23):

Acrobat DC Standard
Acrobat Pro
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Character Animator
Adobe Dimension
Adobe Express
Adobe Fresco (for iPad and Windows 10)
Adobe Fuse (beta)
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom Classic
Adobe Media Encoder
Photoshop Express
Lightroom Mobile
Adobe Premiere Clip
Adobe Scan
Adobe XD
Adobe XD Mobile
After Effects
Animate
Audition
Bridge
Dreamweaver
Edge Animate
Edge Code
Edge Inspect
Edge Reflow (preview)
Fireworks CS6
Flash Builder
Illustrator
Illustrator on iPad
InCopy
InDesign
Muse
Photoshop
Photosop on the iPad
Prelude
Premiere Pro
Premiere Rush
Premiere Rush Mobile
Scout
Adobe Spark Page
Adobe Spark Video
SpeedGrade
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Modeler
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Sampler
Substance 3D Stager
Captivate (by signing up in the Campus Software Library)

Software or Services Not Included in the ETLA:

Stock - a la carte purchasing may be possible
Sign - please use DocuSign instead, it is the only licensed signature collection tool on the UW campus: https://kb.wisc.edu/100867
Presenter - this product has been discontinued by Adobe. More information at this link: https://helpx.adobe.com/presenter/faq.html

The CLP Contract

Since most Adobe software is licensed under UW System's ETLA, we're no longer offering CLP licenses for purchase. This agreement expired in May 2022.

Campuses Included in the ETLA:

UW-Administration
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Extension
UW-Green Bay
UW-La Crosse
UW-Madison
UW-Milwaukee
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Parkside
UW-Platteville
UW-River Falls
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Stout
UW-Superior
UW-Whitewater

Campuses Not Included in the UW System ETLA:

Wisconsin Technical College System
The WTCS has negotiated a separate ETLA with Adobe. Their product mix is different and not all of the Tech Schools are participating as of July, 2018.

Please direct questions on Adobe licensing to adobe@g-groups.wisc.edu.

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