List of Software - Faculty & Staff

Software Licences

IITS purchases licensed software centrally for SMU to support the teaching, learning and school administration operations.

• Software licenses are either perpetual or renewable on a yearly basis, with latest upgrades included by manufacturers.
• IITS will maintain latest software versions on the web.
• Adequate licenses for SMU licensed application suite of software are acquired for PCs and notebooks used by faculty, staff and students on campus.
• All software licenses, if applicable, are limited to one copy per user.
• Software upgrades are not available to faculty, staff or student who ceases to be an employee or student who has graduated from SMU.
• SMU issued computers and laptops are installed with the following baseline Operating Systems(OS):
  • Windows 10 Education and above;
  • macOS version 10.13: “High Sierra” and above

Standard SMU Licensed Software

• Comes pre-installed in the staff and faculty desktop and notebooks if they have requested and purchased the PCs in the SMU PC Tender exercise.
• Periodically reviewed by the IT Steering Committee for changes in software versioning and business requirements.
• Users can install software by themselves in the Network 'I' drive.

Standard SMU Licensed Software for Staff and Faculty Members