Minimum technology standards for IT-supported software on Personal Computers
Modified on: Fri, Feb 7 2025 3:58 PMMinimum Technology Standards
The Division of IT provides support and training for products that are current standards across campus. Note that software listed here are the recommended applications and versions for the listed tasks/uses cases, not all software (such as open-source software) listed here is directly supported or maintained by the Division of IT.
- Consulting and Troubleshooting is provided by the Division of IT Help Desk
- A variety of products (software/hardware/peripherals) are made available to campus through RAMtech
Software Standards
| Software Type | Windows | macOS | Unix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative Data and Information | Aries/Banner, Discoverer, Kuali (KFS), ODS, Oracle HR, Talent Management System (TMS), TimeClock Plus | ODS, Oracle HR, TimeClock Plus | Web browsers, Evince/Document Viewer, Adobe Reader |
| PDF Apps | Adobe Acrobat/Reader | Adobe Acrobat/Reader macOS Preview |
Web browsers, Evince, Document Viewer, Adobe Reader |
| Email & Calendar | MS Outlook | MS Outlook | Outlook Web |
| Client Server | Citrix, MS Remote Desktop | Citrix, MS Remote Desktop | Citrix, MS Remote Desktop |
| Device Operating System | Windows 10/11 Current Service Branch | macOS 15.x.x, macOS 14.x.x, macOS 13.x.x | Red Hat Enterprise/Fedora/Ubuntu/Solaris |
| Presentation | MS PowerPoint/Teams | MS PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, Teams | Teams Web App, LibreOffice, OpenOffice |
| Productivity Suite (Excel/Word/PowerPoint etc.) | MS Office Current Version | MS Office Current Version | LibreOffice/OpenOffice |
| VPN | GlobalProtect Windows | GlobalProtect macOS | GlobalProtect Linux |
| Streaming/Lecture Capture | Echo360, Teams, Zoom | Echo360, Teams, Zoom | Teams, Zoom |
| Video Conference | Teams & Zoom | Teams & Zoom | Teams & Zoom |
| Virus/Anti-malware | Windows Defender | ||
| Web Development | WordPress | WordPress | WordPress |
| Web Browsers | MS Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox | MS Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari | MS Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox |
| Photo/Video Editing | Adobe CC | Adobe CC |
DUO 2 Factor Authentication
For information on DUO 2 Factor Authentication on personal devices, please see this Fresh Service KB article for minimum OS support, troubleshooting and installation instructions.