If your work computer stores sensitive data and Information Technology has removed software installation access on it, you will need to follow these procedures when you require new software.
Consult this list regularly for the most up-to-date softwares available to students, staff and professors.
Request software for computers with sensitive data
List of available software
Name | Functionality | Technical support | Cost |
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Adobe Acrobat Pro (Faculty) | Create and edit PDF files | From vendor | Buy now |
Adobe Acrobat Pro (Staff) | Create and edit PDF files | From vendor | Buy now |
Antidote (Faculty and staff) | Bilingual writing tool | From vendor | Buy now |
AnyConnect (Faculty and staff) | VPN | Service Desk | Free Download |
ARC GIS (Students) | Mapping software and data | From vendor | Buy now |
ARC GIS (Faculty and staff) | Mapping software and data | From vendor | Buy now |
ChemDraw (Students, faculty and staff) | Chemical structures creator | From vendor | Free download |
Deep Freeze (Staff) | Protect computer settings and configurations | From vendor | Buy now |
LiquidFiles (Students, faculty and staff) | For emails with large attachments or an encryption requirement. | Service Desk | Free Go to LiquidFiles. Enter your uoAccess ID and password. |
Maple (Faculty) | Mathematics and modeling tool | From vendor | Buy now |
Maple (Staff) | Mathematics and modeling tool | From vendor | Buy now |
Mathematica (Faculty) | Computations application | From vendor | Buy now |
Mathematica (Staff) | Computations application | From vendor | Buy now |
Matlab & Matlab Toolbox (Faculty) | Statistical software | From vendor | Buy now |
Matlab & Matlab Toolbox (Staff) | Statistical software | From vendor | Buy now |
MS Calendar (Faculty and staff) | uOttawa statutory holiday in MS Calendar Note for Mac users: To import the file to Outlook, two-finger click (or control and click on the file) and select Outlook under the Open sub-menu. | Service Desk | Free Download for Windows Download for Mac |
Microsoft Defender (Faculty and staff) | Anti-virus (For University-owned computers) | Service Desk | Free Contact your IT representative or Service Desk |
Microsoft Office (Students) | Office Suite | Service Desk | Free Login to MS Office 365 |
Microsoft Office (Faculty and staff) | Office Suite | Service Desk | Free Consult our MS Office 365 website |
Microsoft Office (Former staff and clinicians) | Office Suite | Service Desk | MS Office for personal use |
Microsoft OneDrive (Students, faculty and staff) | Office Suite | From vendor | Free Download |
Microsoft Power BI Pro (Students, faculty and staff) | Business intelligence Details about Power BI | From vendor | Free Download |
Microsoft Project Pro (Faculty) | Project management | Service Desk | Buy now |
Microsoft Project Pro (Staff) | Project management | Service Desk | Buy now |
Microsoft Teams (Students, faculty and staff) | Office Suite | Service Desk | Free Download |
Microsoft Visio Professional (Faculty) | Diagramming Tool | From vendor | Buy now |
Microsoft Visio Professional (Staff) | Diagramming Tool | From vendor | Buy now |
Microsoft Visual Studio (Faculty) | Application Development Tools | From vendor | Buy now |
Microsoft Visual Studio (Staff) | Application Development Tools | From vendor | Buy now |
NI LabVIEW (Faculty) | Systems graphical programming environment | From vendor | Buy now |
NI LabVIEW (Staff) | Systems graphical programming environment | From vendor | Buy now |
NVivo (Students, faculty and staff) | Qualitative data analysis software package | From vendor | Free Download |
Telnet/SSH (Students, faculty and staff) | Putty Windows – style installer | From vendor | Free Download |
SAS (Faculty) | Statistical software | From vendor | Buy now |
SAS (Staff) | Statistical software | From vendor | Buy now |
SAS (Students) | Statistical software | From vendor | Buy now |
Sophos (Students, faculty and staff) | Anti-virus for personal use only | From vendor | Free Download |
SPSS (Faculty) | Statistical software | From vendor | Buy now |
SPSS (Staff) | Statistical software | From vendor | Buy now |
SPSS (Students) | Statistical software | From vendor | Buy now |
Stata (Students) | Data analysis and statistical software | From vendor | Buy now |
Stata (Faculty and staff) | Data analysis and statistical software | From vendor | Buy now |
SurveyMonkey (Students, faculty and staff) | Survey Tool | From vendor | Free Login information |
Topaz (Faculty and staff) | Animal care system | From vendor | Free Download |
Xtender (Faculty and staff) | Image capture and document manager system | Service Desk | Free Login information |