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The AI tools available to the Mississippi State community — what's free, what's paid, and how to get access. Always sign in with your myState NetID to keep your data protected.

Last updated: April 10, 2026
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AI tools available at no additional cost.

These tools are provisioned campus-wide and free to use with your MSU NetID. Sign in with your msstate.edu account to keep your data protected and excluded from model training.

Microsoft Copilot

Cost Free for everyone
For Faculty · Staff · Students

MSU faculty, staff, and students have access to Microsoft Copilot and through Copilot access to OpenAI's GPT-5 family and Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.6.

Copilot brings these models into the MSU Microsoft 365 environment, so people can use them securely with Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and other workplace tools. Microsoft is consistently adding new capabilities, agents, and advanced tools.

There are two versions of Copilot. Everyone has access to Copilot Basic at no charge to your department. Copilot Basic provides a safe, conversational AI experience inside the Microsoft environment. This baseline version allows you to ask questions, draft content, explore ideas, and interact with your files in a secure workspace. You have access to some agents and the ability to make basic agents for your own use.

For people whose work would benefit from more advanced use cases, you may choose to purchase Microsoft Copilot Premium at $18 per month, paid annually by your department.

Google Gemini & NotebookLM

February 2, 2026
Cost Free for everyone
For Faculty · Staff · Students

MSU faculty, staff, and students now have access to Google Gemini and NotebookLM using their MSU NetID credentials. These tools are provisioned campus-wide and offer enterprise-grade data protection when users sign in with their MSU accounts.

Gemini supports tasks such as writing, research assistance, and multimodal content creation, while NotebookLM provides a powerful, source-grounded environment for analyzing documents with zero hallucinations. This rollout ensures that our campus community can securely explore and apply leading AI capabilities in learning, teaching, and research.

You simply need to authenticate to Gemini or NotebookLM with your msstate.edu account. Login instructions and screenshots of what to expect when you register the first time are available in the resources section.

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How to request a purchase.

Microsoft Copilot Premium

To purchase MS365 Copilot Premium for your department, you order the licenses through our state contractor, CDW.

  1. 1
    Email Jeff Baumann at jeff.baumann@cdwg.com with your request. CDW is the license reseller for our Microsoft account.
  2. 2
    Submit a ticket to ITS. Tell them you are purchasing licenses and include the NetIDs of those receiving the seats. Jeremy LaSalle, jfl2@msstate.edu, in our ITS office is our point of contact and can answer questions.

Claude (Anthropic) licenses

  1. 1
    Complete the Anthropic request form. Submit through the Tool Request Form below.
  2. 2
    A team member will follow up with your business contact to initiate the purchase and provision the seats.
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Use the Tool Request Form to request a paid license, ask about an unlisted tool, or get help choosing the right option for your work.

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