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Free software for home computers

Aalto IT provides staff members and students application licenses, some of them with free of charge, that can be installed on personal computers.

Features

  • People of Aalto can download applications for their personal computers for free.
  • Applications that can be downloaded include, for example:
    • Microsoft Office
    • Matlab
    • Cisco AnyConnect VPN client

According to the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ agreement with Microsoft, Aalto University students and staff members are able to acquire Microsoft’s software products for their personal computers. Licences can be purchased from a partner’s online shop. Purchases require a valid Aalto University email address to ensure that the buyer is a member of the university community.

Aalto University does not offer a Âé¶¹´«Ã½ license for an antivirus software. On the home computer, you can use for example a program which comes with the operating system, such as Windows Defender.

Limitations

The service requires a log-in.
The service can only be accessed by employees with an employment relationship with the university and students enrolled as attending students with an Aalto ID.Download large files (more than 2 GB) with the Firefox browser. Internet Explorer does not know how to save large files.

Support

If you have any questions or you are experiencing problems, please send a service request here:

This service is provided by:

IT Services

For further support, please contact us.
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