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UWare software items for the UWare software catalog

Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment from Microsoft. It is used to develop computer programs, websites, web apps, web services, and mobile apps.

Visual Studio has three feature tiers: Community, Professional, and Enterprise. Microsoft provides a feature comparison matrix detailing the differences between levels.

Microsoft Office LTSC 2024

Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 is only recommended for computers that are shared by multiple users and should only be installed by IT Staff on university-owned computers.

Individual users should install the Microsoft Office 365.

Microsoft Office LTSC (Long Term Servicing Channel) Professional Plus 2024 is a perpetually licensed version of Microsoft Office that allows users to install a collection of software developed by Microsoft for productivity, collaboration, cloud storage, and more. Microsoft supports each LTSC release for five years.

Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2024 includes the following:

  • Outlook
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • OneNote
  • Teams
  • Publisher (PC only)
  • Access (PC only)

This software can only be installed on computers owned by the UW.

Microsoft Planner & Project 3 & 5

Overview

Microsoft Planner and Microsoft Project (Plan 3 and Plan 5) are Microsoft 365 tools that support task and project management at varying levels of complexity.

Microsoft Planner is a lightweight task management solution designed for team-based work tracking. It is well suited for organizing assignments, managing shared task lists, and tracking progress within Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Project Plan 3 supports structured project planning and scheduling. It is intended for project managers who require timeline management, task dependencies, and more formal project controls.

Microsoft Project Plan 5 includes all Plan 3 capabilities and adds enhanced portfolio management and governance features for organizations managing multiple or complex projects.

These tools scale from basic task coordination to advanced project and portfolio oversight, allowing departments to select the option that aligns with their business and project management needs.

For more information on Microsoft Planner, please see the UW Office 365 page for Planner.

****The Planner and Project 3 & 5 desktop client can be used as a standalone application or connected to a Project-enabled SharePoint Online site (additional setup fees will apply). You do not need a Project-enabled SharePoint Online site to utilize the Project Online desktop client.

Before Purchasing Microsoft Planner and Project Subscriptions

Organizations should carefully review Microsoft’s guide, Project Online Admin Documentation, to understand the configuration and the long-term maintenance work required to sustain this product. Specifically, Microsoft’s document Change Permission Management in Project Online is essential to review, as selecting the wrong permissions model has posed a significant challenge for some organizations. Please also check the Microsoft Project service description guide, as Project Online site configurations require at least one account with a Project Plan 5 license.

Microsoft Visio

Visio Online is an application that lets users map processes using various graphical forms. Visio Online enables you to view, edit, and share Visio diagrams on the web. Start with a basic chart to express common ideas, such as depicting a plan, proposing, or describing a sequence of steps in a process. Creating first-class diagrams with commonly used diagram types and rich shape sets is simple and easy. Visio Online users can view and collaborate by sharing charts and inserting comments in files uploaded to SharePoint Online or OneDrive for Business.

Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft Office 365 is a subscription-based software service that allows users to access a collection of software and services developed by Microsoft for productivity, collaboration, cloud storage, and more. This desktop includes downloadable applications, while the web version provides access through a web browser.

  • Access (PC Only)
  • Bookings
  • Excel
  • Outlook
  • OneDrive
  • OneNote
  • PowerPoint
  • Publishers
  • SharePoint
  • Teams
  • Word

 

CrashPlan

CrashPlan is an automatic desktop backup solution.  It runs silently in the background on all devices and provides real-time recovery, so you can always access your data no matter what happens.

CrashPlan features:

  • Unlimited real-time backup and recovery
  • Supports Mac, Windows, and Linux
  • Up to four UW-owned devices per user (laptops and desktops)
  • Use your NetID for secure access and convenience
  • Data is encrypted end-to-end during transfer to and from the cloud and while at rest
  • Previous versions are kept for each file
  • You choose what files and folders are backed up, and you can restore them yourself anytime, anywhere
  • Backup data is compressed to minimize productivity interference.

SAGE Mathematics Software

The SAGE Mathematics Software project is an interdisciplinary software development project at UW. Contributors include developers in math, computer science, applied math, at Microsoft Research, and elsewhere. SAGE is freely available for Windows, OS X, and Linux, and is intended as a comparable replacement to Maple/Mathematica/Matlab.

SAGE is particularly valuable for UW people who need technical support because there are 9 currently active SAGE developers on campus.