Virtual Desktop means that the small boxes you see next to the monitors have no moving parts like a hard drive. Instead, they use the VMWare Horizon View software platform, which means you access a "virtual computer" remotely. When you log in, it takes about 50 to 70 seconds (depending on the complexity of workstation selected)for the virtual desktop to become fully available. The virtual desktops use the thin client computing model, which allows for a very stable, uniform, secure and up-to-date computing environment.

Workstations available:

• 12 workstations: HSL P13 - 16, HSL P48 - 51, and HSL P39 - 42
• Location: 1st Floor North Commons​

A-Office 2019/EN

Primary users only, 15 seats, first come first served.

• Microsoft Office Pro: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access
• Web browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox
• Endnote
   

B-Office 2019/EN

Primary users only, 15 seats, first come first served.

• Microsoft Office Pro: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access
• Web browsers: Chrome, IE, Firefox
• Endnote
   

C-Acrobat/EN

Primary users only, 4 seats, first come first served.

• Microsoft Office Pro: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access
• Web browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox
• Endnote
• Adobe Acrobat Pro 

StatsPC 

1 seat available for Primary Users, first come first served. Access the Strauss Library primary user policy here.

Note: Students using statistical applications or VH Dissector Pro have first priority. 

• Statistical Software:  SPSS​
• EndNote
• Microsoft Office Pro: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access
• Web browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox

NOTE: We now offer SPSS on this single virtual workstation, plus four physical workstations in the library, access workstation details here.