Licensed Software

Closure December 24, 2024 to January 5, 2025

Holiday Closure

The Licensed Software Office will be closed Tuesday December 24, 2024 to Sunday January 5, 2025 for the University of Toronto Holiday Break. Normal hours will resume on Monday January 6, 2025. 

Software purchases will be enabled during this time period, however no support will be provided. License provisioning for purchases of M365 subscriptions, Mathematica, Lucidchart and IBM SPSS Network Concurrent software will resume on Monday January 6, 2025. 
 

The Licensed Software Office (LSO) negotiates and administers software license agreements with many vendors in order to decrease overall software costs to the University. The software can be purchased by U of T students, faculty and staff. However, depending on our agreement with the vendor, not all software is available to everyone.

Contact Us

lic.software@utoronto.ca
416-978-4990

Buy Now SPSS for August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025

IBM SPSS for the August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025 license period is now available for purchase. 

The product can be found on uSOURCE (UofT FIS) and software.utoronto.ca (credit card) by searching for IBM SPSS Statistics 28 or IBM SPSS Statistics 29.

Instructions:

System Requirements for SPSS for Mac:

  • SPSS 29 is supported on 10.13 to 14.
  • SPSS 28 is supported on 10.13 to 12.
  • SPSS 27 and below are no longer supported.

System Requirements for SPSS for Windows:

  • SPSS 28 and 29 are supported on Windows 10 and above.
  • SPSS 27 and below are no longer supported.

Update Changes to Distribution of MATLAB for July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025

Update July 4, 2024: We are pleased to inform you that the University of Toronto has successfully negotiated a one-year extension of our MATLAB license through collaboration with the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Office of the Chief Information Officer, and the University of Toronto Libraries.

This extension is made possible through joint funding by Rotman School of Management, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, University of Toronto Scarborough and the University of Toronto Libraries.

What does this mean for you? You can continue using MATLAB without the need to purchase an individual license from the Licensed Software Office or MathWorks. Additionally, there are some changes coming up:

  1. Access Update: Access to the MathWorks website and software activation have transitioned from email address-based authentication to Single Sign-On (SSO). You can now login at the MathWorks Access for University of Toronto Portal to access the software. Individuals will need to use their U of T email address along with UTORid/password to download, activate, and launch the product.
  2. Installation Instructions:

If you currently use a concurrent license manager, we request that you transition to the shared computer model. We will continue to provide the necessary license files during this transition. Please see the technical information on transitioning from a concurrent license manager 

Buy Now SAS for July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025

SAS for the July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 license period is now available for purchase. The cost for SAS 9.4 is $120. The license has a 30 day grace period and will stop working at the end of July.

New license purchases can be found on uSOURCE and software.utoronto.ca by searching for:

  • SAS 9.4 for MS Windows Workstation for x64 - New

NOTE: SAS 9.4 TS1M8 may provide an installation error and not launch properly on Windows 11 22H2 x64. Please see the document SAS 9.4 Hot Fix for Installation on Windows 11 22h2 x64.pdf attached to your order on software.utoronto.ca to install the hot fix. 
 

Renewal license purchases can be found on uSOURCE and software.utoronto.ca by searching for:

  • SAS 9.4 for MS Windows Workstation for x64 - Renewal
  • SAS 9.4 for MS Windows Workstation 32-bit - Renewal
  • SAS 9.3 for MS Windows Workstation for x64 - Renewal

SAS 9.4:

Fix SPSS 29.0.2. Installation Media for macOS 14 (Sonoma)

SPSS is now supported on macOS 14 (Sonoma) with version 29.0.2. Purchases of SPSS after February 9, 2024 include this updated installation media for macOS. For purchases prior to that date, please download the installation media below and use the same activation key found in the digital goods for your purchase on software.utoronto.ca. A UTmail+ email account is required to download the instructions and file.

Security Multiple SPSS versions with Log4j Vulnerability

Update February 14, 2022: IBM SPSS Statistics Modified Release 1 Fixpack 1 (version 28.0.1.1) has been released and incorporates the previous interim fixes.

For versions 25, 26, and 27, new interim fixes were released by IBM on January 18, 2022 . If you have already updated to the latest fix pack or modified release in step 2 below then please proceed to step 3 to download the latest interim fix.

Please visit our SharePoint site at https://utoronto.sharepoint.com/sites/utl-ic-lso for Licensed Software Office hosted downloads. A UofT e-mail account on the UTmail+ system is required for login.

IBM has announced that their SPSS desktop and server software (Versions 25, 26, 27 and 28) on all platforms is affected by the Log4J critical vulnerability. This vulnerability would allow an attacker to take complete control of the host system allowing access to data and the possibility of installing ransomware. Please do not open your SPSS application until you have contacted your IT group to get confirmation that your affected SPSS files have been replaced.

Link to official statement: Security Bulletin: Log4Shell Vulnerability affects IBM SPSS Statistics (CVE-2021-44228) - IBM PSIRT Blog
Link to IBM instructions and downloads (requires IBM account creation): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525830

Transition Full Transition To Online Purchasing

The Licensed Software Office has moved to online-only order processing and purchasing via software.utoronto.ca or uSOURCE over the summer of 2019. The paper order forms are no longer available.

Software can be purchased and downloaded immediately afterwords online at:

Note: U of T faculty, graduate students, and staff who are off-campus must use UTORvpn to access software.utoronto.ca: