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July 25, 2024

Starting on August 16, 2024 all faculty, students, and staff who wish to use Adobe will need to request a new license, valid until Summer 2025.  We offer 3 choices of Adobe product licenses.

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC allows users to create, edit, convert and manage files for Portable Document Format (PDF).

December 21, 2021

Students who continue to have a need to use Adobe Creative Cloud software as part of their academic or co-curricular work, or employment at UC Berkeley, must request a license for the Spring 2022 semester via the license request form that will be available on the Adobe Software page starting Dec. 21, 2021

January 22, 2021

Renewal of the Matlab contract has completed and licensing for Matlab for 2021 is now available. To renew an existing Matlab license follow the steps at Update Your License.

Instructions and links for requesting new licenses are available at https://software.berkeley.edu/matlab

January 15, 2021

Due to the discontinuation of the underlying platforms on which they were built, the Software Eligibility Tool and the SPSS License Request Tools requiered a rebuild. The tools have been rebuilt and the links on the Software@Berkeley website have been updated to point to the new instances.

November 17, 2020

Microsoft Office products and Office 365 online services will now use CAS to login.  At 8 pm on November 17, 2020, the login page for Sharepoint, Office 365, and Azure will change to the standard CalNet login screen (CAS).

Before the change, users will see the ADFS CalNet Authentication Service Screen:

ADFS CalNet Authentication Service Screenshot

July 23, 2020

Extended access to campus licensed software, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, and Zoom, was granted temporarily to students who graduated in spring 2020 due to COVID-19. 

Starting July 31st, spring 2020 graduates will no longer be able to use the licenses as they will be reassigned to incoming students for fall semester. All spring 2020 graduates who are no longer eligible for campus licensed software will be contacted with a list of options for obtaining software. 

Adobe is partnering with eligible schools (including UC Berkeley) to provide its recent graduates with four months of complimentary access to Creative Cloud.

June 15, 2020

Optimizing and Accelerating MATLAB Code – June 17

Date:  Wednesday, June 17

Time:  1:00pm – 2:30pm EST

Register Now

April 14, 2020

Currently active JMP software will continue to be accessible through the middle of July due to a 90-day grace period.

Current License Holders

If you currently have a JMP license please do not submit any renewal requests for JMP licenses for 2020-21 at this time. The bConnected and ServiceNow teams are working to automate the licensing process. Once automated, faculty, staff and students will be able to access JMP licensing in self-service fashion eliminating the delays associated with manual processing.

February 18, 2020

February 11, 2020

Adobe’s coming to UC Berkeley to put on a Creative Jam on Tuesday, February 25. It’s a giant-sized event that’s equal parts inspiration, collaboration, and competition—a truly unique experience just for UC Berkeley students, brought to you in partnership with the Academic Innovation Studio, the Creative Lab, and the Student Technology Fund! All experience levels are welcome, from experts to people who’ve never worked with Adobe tools before. We want you there!

Register today: cjam.in/berkeley 

January 14, 2020

Every Windows product has a lifecycle and that lifecycle ends when it no longer receives security updates or fixes, software updates, and/or technical support. On Jan. 14, 2020 Microsoft will discontinue support for the Windows 7 Operating System. Without security, patches these systems will be easy targets for hackers, malware, and viruses.

December 20, 2019

Software @ Berkeley support will be closed beginning Friday, Dec. 20 and will reopen Friday, Jan. 3. The Software@Berkeley website and software downloads will be accessible, however no support will be available during the closure. Processing of software orders and requests will resume Friday, Jan 3. For full list of IT support schedule availability, see: https://technology.berkeley.edu/news/it-schedule-holidays-curtailment-2019(link is external) Happy Holidays!

November 7, 2019

2019-20 Mathematica licenses are now avaialble to eligible UCB Faculty, Staff and Students. For information on ordering Mathematica, including links to the request forms, visit https://software.berkeley.edu/mathematica

Wolfram Research's Mathematica is a computational software program used in many scientific, engineering, mathematical and computing fields.

October 10, 2019

Kivuto will be performing maintenance on Sunday, October 27th between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. PST. During this window, UC Berkeley staff, faculty, students, and eligible affiliates will be unable to download software through Kivuto (including Windows OS, MS Project, MS Visio, VMWare). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 

September 5, 2019

The MATLAB EXPO 2019 takes place November 6th in San Jose, CA

The event is free, but registration is required. Reserve your seat today.

Featured Sessions:

September 4, 2019

Join experts on seven Wednesdays beginning September 11, as they demonstrate new feature areas and expanded functionality in Mathematica and the Wolfram Language.

Sign up once to receive reminders for all the webinars in this series. Attend as many or as few sessions as you like.

August 16, 2019

We are excited to launch a refreshed version of Software @ Berkeley today. Special thanks to the SAIT student staff, the Student Tech Council, and the Student Tech Fund, Security, EOS, and ITCS representatives who provided thorough review and helpful feedback.

We anticipate we will need to make adjustments over the next few weeks, and appreciate your patience. You are welcome to submit suggestions or comments through this feedback form.

June 3, 2019

The Cisco Anyconnect VPN client has been replaced with the bSecure Remote Access VPN client based on the GlobalProtect application from Palo Alto Networks. Currently installed Cisco clients will continue to work through September 30, 2019. It is highly recommended that current installs of the Cisco Anyconnect VPN client be uninstalled and the bSecure VPN client installed at the earliest opportunity to avoid a lapse in service.

Congratulations and welcome to UC Berkeley! We look forward to providing for your software needs.

One question we often receive from new Students is, "when can I start using the software?" Software eligibility is linked to registration status. The registration process does take some time and must complete, and status must be updated to reflect an eligible affiliation ("Registered Student"), before most software can be downloaded and activated.