Microsoft software
Microsoft software products are available for UQ staff and students on UQ computers, with some products available for personal devices.
Microsoft products are centrally funded and covered by several different licence agreements. Most of these products can be used free-of-charge on UQ-owned computers.
Available software
Microsoft software products include Microsoft 365, Office 365, the Windows operating systems and software development products.
Microsoft 365 and Office 365
Microsoft 365 is an integrated productivity and collaboration suite available online and via desktop and mobile apps. The suite includes:
- Microsoft Office applications (e.g Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
- collaboration tools (e.g. Teams and Planner)
- cloud services (e.g. OneDrive cloud storage).
Microsoft 365 for work use (staff only)
Microsoft 365 is a full cloud and software service that provides UQ staff members access to most up-to-date applications and services from Microsoft via the web, desktop and mobile.
Learn more about Microsoft 365 for work use
Office 365 for personal use (students and staff)
Office 365 is a smaller package of cloud and software applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Students and staff can access a free version of Office 365 for personal use on their own devices through UQ.
Other available software
- Imagine (standard subscription)
- Office for Mac
- Office Professional Plus
- Remote Desktop Services Client Access Licence (CAL)
- SQL CAL
- System Center 2012 R2 Standard Server Management Licence
- Windows 10 Enterprise upgrade
Desktop Optimization Pack
- Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM)
- Application Virtualization (App-V)
- BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM)
- Diagnostic and Recovery Toolset (DaRT)
- Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (Med-V)
- User Experience Virtualization (UE-V)
Enterprise CAL Suite
- Active Directory Rights Management Services CAL
- Exchange Standard and Enterprise CAL with Services
- Lync Server Standard and Enterprise CAL
- Sharepoint Server Standard and Enterprise CAL
- System Center Client Management Suite (Data Protection Manager Client Management Licence (CML), Operations Manager CML, Orchestrator CML, Service Manager CML)
- System Center Configuration Manager CML
- System Center Endpoint Protection
- Windows Server CAL
Exchange Server - All Editions
- Exchange Server Enterprise
- Exchange Server External Connector
- Exchange Server Standard
SharePoint Server - All Editions
- SharePoint Server
- SharePoint Server for Internet Sites - Enterprise
- SharePoint Server for Internet Sites - Standard
Windows Server - All Editions
- Microsoft High Performance Computing (HPC) Pack 2008
- Windows Server 2012 HPC Edition
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Enterprise
- Windows Server 2012 R2 for Itanium Systems
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Services External Connector
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
- Windows Server External Connector
- Windows Web 2012 R2 Server
Installing Microsoft software on UQ computers
If you are using a computer managed by ITS, you can use the Microsoft Software Centre to install Microsoft software.
For all other computers, contact your local IT support team or submit an IT request.
Purchasing other Microsoft products
Some Microsoft products are not included in the licensing agreement. You can purchase the following products for specific UQ computers through UQeMarket:
- Project Standard
- Project Professional
- Project Server and Client Access Licences (CALs)
- SQL Server Standard
- Visio Standard
- Visio Professional
- Visual Studio Pro.
Licences for these products are perpetual (ongoing), do not include upgrades and allow installation on one computer.
Contact your Finance Professional Services team for help and include these details in the UniFi order:
- name of the user
- phone number
- computer name.
Submit an IT request for software assurance (product maintenance) and MSDN subscriptions.
Conditions of use
Microsoft software can be used under UQ licences for UQ academic, administrative and research purposes only.
Software covered by UQ's agreements with Microsoft is available to UQ organisational units whose staff are considered full-time equivalent in the count submitted to the Australian Government each year.
Some affiliated organisations are also covered:
- Colleges' Information Technology Group (CITG)
- Cromwell College
- CRC Mining
- Duchesne College
- Emmanuel College
- Grace College
- International House
- King's College
- St John's College
- St Leo's College
- The Women's College
- Union College
- UQ College
- UQ Health Care
- UQ Sport
- UQ Union
- Translational Research Institute (TRI)
- Mater Research Institute-UQ
- UniQuest.
UQ-affiliated organisations not listed here cannot use Microsoft software under a UQ licence.
Home use by eligible staff is for academic, administrative and research purposes and is limited to work-related and skills development purposes when using the software on home computers.
Microsoft software offered through UQ cannot be used for commercial or business purposes. You can also read the:
- Microsoft Volume Licence Product Use Rights (may be superseded by the terms of the Microsoft CAUDIT Agreement)
- SQL Server 2014 Licensing Guide (PDF, 1.3MB).