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Licensed Software

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.

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

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:

Coming Soon MATLAB for July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021

We are in the process of procuring MATLAB for the July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 license period. Please visit this space for updates.

In the upcoming license period all toolboxes will now be included in the package that we distribute.

Currently installed versions of the license will continue to work until the end of July.

Coming Soon SAS for July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021

We are in the process of procuring SAS for the July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 license period. Please visit this space for updates.

Currently installed versions of the license will continue to work until the end of July.

Compatibility SPSS Compatibility Issues With macOS 10.15 (Catalina)

IBM has reported compatibility and installation issues with SPSS versions 25 and 26 with the latest macOS 10.15 (Catalina).
Please see the IBM article for workarounds for the issues below:

  • When attempting to view files from Documents, Downloads, Desktop, and connected external disks, you will see a blank area where files normally display
  • Installation will fail

In the coming weeks, IBM will release a Version 26 Fix Pack and a Subscription update. When available we will update the media for new purchases and make it avialble for previous purchses upon request.

An interim fix has been released to update the license activation wizard for versions 24 and 25 as they are 32-bit applications not supported by macOS 10.15. Please contact us to obtain the interm fix if you experience the error "SPSS Statitsics License Authorization Wizard needs to be updated".

Buy Now SPSS for August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020

IBM SPSS for the August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020 license period is now available for purchase.

The product can be found on uSOURCE and software.utoronto.ca by searching for:

  • IBM SPSS Statistics 26
  • IBM SPSS Statistics 25
  • IBM SPSS Statistics 24
  • IBM SPSS Statistics 23

Instructions:

System Requirements for SPSS for Mac:

  • SPSS 26 is supported on 10.10 and above.
  • SPSS 25 is supported on 10.10 and above.
  • SPSS 24 is supported on 10.10, 10.11 and 10.12 only.
  • SPSS 23 is supported on 10.9, 10.10, and 10.11 only.
  • SPSS 21 and 22 are no longer supported.

Buy Now Windows Server 2019

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is now avialable for purchase. Windows Server 2019 is licensed on a core based licensing model. The minimum purchase requirement is a license covering 16 cores. Additional two core license packs can be purchased to cover additional cores. A minimum of 8 core licenses is required for each physical processor. See the licensing datasheet for licensing examples.

The 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:

Products can be found by searching for the following SKU in uSOURCE:

  • Windows Server 2019 Standard 64-bit - Required 16 Core License Pack (8 two-core packs): MSWINSRVR2019STD16PK
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard 64-bit - Additional 2 Core License Pack (1 two-core pack): MSWINSRVR2019STD2PK
  • Windows Server 2019 Datacenter 64-bit - Required 16 Core License Pack (8 two-core packs): MSWINSRVR2019DATA16PK
  • Windows Server 2019 Datacenter 64-bit - Additional 2 Core License Pack (1 two-core pack): MSWINSRVR2019DATA2PK