USNH Provided or Licensed Software

The University System of New Hampshire (USNH) licenses and supports a large variety of software for use by students, faculty and staff.

Some of this software is provided free of charge to current faculty, staff and students as allowed by our licensing agreements. The most used applications are as follows:

 

Microsoft 365 Applications and Services

Microsoft 365 is available to all faculty, staff, and students, both on and off campus. The suite includes a range of productivity tools and cloud services, including:

  • Microsoft OneDrive (cloud file storage and sharing)
  • Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Outlook)
  • Microsoft Teams (chat, meetings, collaboration)
  • Microsoft Sharepoint (intranet and document management)

Additional tools, such as Microsoft Access, may be available depending on your device and licensing.

 

Adobe Express

Effective September 29, 2025,  Adobe Express on Web  (a cloud based version of the popular Adobe Suite of applications) will be available to all USNH faculty, staff, and students, both on and off campus. Adobe Express on the Web includes basic editing tools and limited assets:

  • Templates: Access to 100,000+ static and video templates
  • Assets: 1M+ royalty-free Adobe Stock photos, videos, music tracks, and design elements2
  • Fonts: Access to 4,000+ fonts from the Adobe Fonts collection.
  • Editing tools: Standard photo, video, and document editing tools
  • Content scheduling: Plan and schedule posts to 1 account per social network
  • Version history: 10 days
  • Storage: 5GB
  • Devices: Works on desktop browsers and mobile phones

 

Additional Software

Some software may only be installed on a USNH-managed computers assigned to faculty and staff. Many of these can be installed on USNH managed devices without assistance through the Self Service app in macOS and Company Portal app for Windows.

ET&S Technology enforces updates on all USNH managed to ensure they remain safe by applying all operating system updates, security patches and application updates in compliance with USNH Endpoint Management Standards.

The most commonly used applications are as follows:

  • Adobe Sign and Adobe PDF Pro
  • Firefox
  • Global Protect VPN
  • Google Chrome
  • SPSS Stats 29
  • Jabra Direct
  • Tableau Desktop
  • Zotero

 

Request/Purchase Additional Licensing

Some software may only be available by request and in most cases may only be installed on a USNH-managed computers assigned to employees. Please be aware that for some software, the requesting department will be responsible for current and recurring license costs, if applicable. The most commonly used applications are as follows:

  • Visio Pro
  • Teams Premium ($24 year/user)
  • CoPilot ($360 year/user)
  • Project Online Professional
  • Project Online Premium
  • NVivo
  • Avaya Workpace (Softphone)
  • Adobe Desktop Client  (Requests for this suite of applications is limited for Employees only.  Requests for the Adobe Desktop Client must be made via the IT Accounts Management System (AMS)  and will a require a stated specfic business need, and Supervsor approval.)

You can also see a listing of all software provided in our computer labs (MacOS and Windows)

KSC Computer Labs: Available Software

PSU Computer Labs: Available Software

UNH Computer Labs: Available Software

 

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