offered a promotion when 500 people from an organisation sign up they all receive their Pro version for free for 1 year. The ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ domains were signed up in 2024 so the perplexity Pro version has expired or is expiring in 2025.
Microsoft Azure Development Tools for Teaching (formerly Imagine, Dreamspark or MSDNAA) allows Computer Science students to access many of the professional Microsoft development software tools. Download the for more information. Refer to the ITS Azure page for more ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ specific instructions:
Computer Science students can use their ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ username and password (MyÐÓ°ÉÔ´´One or cmail) to login to the MS Imagine storefront. Click on the link below and choose the blue ‘Sign In’ button.
NOTE 1: If you are not automatically in Azure Education then search for ‘Education’ in the Azure search bar and find the Education portal.
NOTE 2: Microsoft software licenses typically do not expire, however the Azure Dev Tools software downloads are limited. Once you download the software make sure to backup the software installation. It is also a good idea to save the license key in case you need to re-install the software.
The Microsoft Office Suite is free to enrolled ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ students and is provided directly from Microsoft:
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ faculty and staff get MS Office on University owned devices (MS Office for faculty). Also, faculty and staff may purchase additional discounted copies through:
Copilot is a Microsoft AI-powered assistant designed to help you with a wide range of tasks. It can synthesise information from the web, offer support, and complete various tasks. When you use your ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ email you qualify for the Enterprise version:
IBM Academic Initiative The IBM Academic Initiative allows and encourages faculty, students and researchers at accredited academic institutions to leverage IBM tools, courses, and other resources in the classroom. These tools are free for ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ university students, faculty and staff. Free IBM Academic Initiative Software for ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University
June 6, 2023
Research Computing Services (RCS) has acquired 200 licenses for Overleaf, a collaborative online LaTeX editor used for writing, editing and publishing scientific and academic documents. Faculty members can see details and request a license by visiting our internal (after clicking the link, you may be prompted to sign in with your MyÐÓ°ÉÔ´´One login and password). Learn more about , and visit ITS’s Site Licensed Software page for more information about software packages available to faculty, staff and students.
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University now has a Total Academic Headcount (TAH) license for MATLAB, Simulink, and add-on products. Faculty, staff, TAs, researchers and enrolled students may use these products for teaching, research and learning. This license allows installing the products on a personal device, or installing on a University owned device.
Student instructions (ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Intranet link):
(must use ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ VPN)
Faculty, Staff, TAs and Research Student Instructions:
NOTE: Faculty, staff and TAs and researchers will need to be added to the campus license, so please contact the SCS Help Desk
There are many free and open source software applications available for nearly any need:
Remote Access Software You can use this software to connect to servers, computer and virtual machines remotely, including some of our main linux teaching servers, and your own Openstack and local VirtualBox servers (instances)
 – Free basic anti-virus tool for multiple platforms
 – remote desktop client (works with OpenGL and high graphics workloads)
 (ssh and scp software for Windows)
 (Secure copy GUI for Windows)
 (Secure-ftp GUI for most platforms)
Nextcloud
Ninite
Safe and secure way to download and install open source Windows software:
Encryption
Other Software @ ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´
OnTheHub The OnTheHub web store gives faculty, staff and enrolled students free and discounted professional-level software by participating companies like Adobe, IBM and Symantec.
The ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ WebStore can also be used by faculty and staff to purchase additional discounted copies of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office to use on non-University owned work devices.