Vendor
Adobe Inc.
Vendor Website
https://www.adobe.com
Description
Adobe Value Incentive Plan (VIP) is an avenue for purchasing certain Adobe products.
License Information
Current Version
Varies by application
License Type
Value Incentive Plan (VIP) Named-User License
License Effective Dates
Prorated to the anniversary date of 7/1/2027
Products Included
Acrobat, Stock
Terms of Use
Use outside of North America is prohibited.
Getting This Service
How to Access
Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Stock are the only products purchasable through VIP licensing.
Adobe Value Incentive Plan (VIP) licenses are for users in the Mason community who are ineligible for the Adobe Enterprise Product offerings. This includes but is not limited to retirees without emeritus status, no-pay affiliates, and workplace computer stations being used by more than one user and are not considered computer lab stations.
Important
All Mason-related work with VIP licenses should be performed/stored under the user’s Business Profile. This Business Profiles is named “George Mason University” and is selected when signing into an Adobe account. See Adobe Profiles and Transferring Assets Between Personal and Business Profiles for more information.
SHI is Mason’s reseller for Adobe products. If you require a VIP license, please reach out to georgemason@shi.com to request a quote for the products you need under Mason’s VIP Agreement. Once you have the quote and want to move forward with a purchase, please enter a Purchase Requisition (PR) into eVA directly to SHI to pay for the items with departmental funds. You must reference VASCUPP contract UVA-AGR-IT-00168-SHI and VIP Agreement 165658CE397A14D2892A on this Purchase Requisition.
After the Purchase Order is created, select the Request Help button on the right side of this page to request the software through the form. You will not receive your license until this form is completed. In this form, please be sure to check Make a Request as well as the VIP box under Request Type and provide your Purchase Order information so ITS can tie your order to the license. In the description box, please fill in the full name, NetID, and email address of the intended user of the software. The email address entered will be where the license is deployed to and that user will receive installation steps.
Note: To access the VIP license, the user must have an active Adobe ID. This setup must be done by the user. This Adobe ID must use an @gmu.edu email address. If you would like this tied to a departmental email address instead, please provide that as the email address.
Please contact ITS Support if you need assistance with this process or form.
Adobe licenses purchased through our VIP Agreement with SHI follow the following prorated timeline below with an expiration date of July 1, 2026.
| SHI Quote Dated Between |
Term of License |
License Expiration |
Cost |
| 06/02/2026 – 07/01/2026 |
12 months |
7/1/2026 |
12/12 of Full Cost |
| 07/02/2026 – 08/01/2026 |
11 months |
7/1/2026 |
11/12 of Full Cost |
| 08/02/2026 – 09/01/2026 |
10 months |
7/1/2026 |
10/12 of Full Cost |
| 09/02/2026 – 10/01/2026 |
9 months |
7/1/2026 |
9/12 of Full Cost |
| 10/02/2026 – 11/01/2026 |
8 months |
7/1/2026 |
8/12 of Full Cost |
| 11/02/2026 – 12/01/2026 |
7 months |
7/1/2026 |
7/12 of Full Cost |
| 12/02/2026 – 01/01/2027 |
6 months |
7/1/2026 |
6/12 of Full Cost |
| 01/02/2027 – 02/01/2027 |
5 months |
7/1/2026 |
5/12 of Full Cost |
| 02/02/2027 – 03/01/2027 |
4 months |
7/1/2026 |
4/12 of Full Cost |
| 03/02/2027 – 04/01/2027 |
3 months |
7/1/2026 |
3/12 of Full Cost |
| 04/02/2027 – 05/01/2027 |
2 months |
7/1/2026 |
2/12 of Full Cost |
| 05/02/2027 – 06/01/2027 |
1 month |
7/1/2026 |
1/12 of Full Cost |
Support
Getting Help
ITS staff may assist with installation instructions and may refer users to self-support sites, Mason instructors, vendors, or department support when known. Please contact the ITS Support via phone, 703-993-8870, or Live Chat for assistance, or select the Request Help button.
Support Level
Level 2
Additional Information
File Backup
It is advised that users should back up their Adobe assets regularly, including any assets saved in Adobe Cloud storage. It is the responsibility of the user to back up/migrate their Creative Cloud assets before they separate from Mason.