Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF files. PDF is a popular file format for electronic documents.

Install the AU Configuration File if you use Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and one or more of the following pieces of sofware provided by Auburn University off-campus: GroupWise, AU Mainframe Printing, McAfee, VPN Client.

CallPilot, which integrates with GroupWise, creates a folder and files a digital copy of your voicemail when you receive a message.

The Cisco VPN (Virtual Private Network) Client is valuable software that is used to access a secure connection to certain AU resources, such as AU Wireless, the AU network from off-campus, and parts of Banner Admin.

Clean Access, a required piece of software for users on the AU Wireless network with machines having Windows XP or higher and Macintosh machines OS X or higher, has been an effective tool in preventing the spread of viruses and spyware throughout university housing.

CocoaMySQL is an application used to manage MySQL databases (locally or over the internet). It lets you add and remove databases and tables, change fields and indexes, view and filter the content of tables, add, edit and remove rows, perform custom queries and dump tables or entire databases.

GroupWise, is the e-mail solution for Auburn University employees. GroupWise is an integrated e-mail, calendaring, document, and task management application. Students may also use GroupWise as the desktop client for TigerMail.

GroupWise Messenger is a chat client that uses the GroupWise Addressbook as a contact list.

The Virus Policy at Auburn University states that everyone in the Auburn University computing community is expected to take precautions to protect their computers against viruses. Therefore, Auburn provides powerful virus protection, available campus-wide for download to your computer.

Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

MySQL Control Center is an excellent GUI front end for MySQL database creation and administration. It allows multiple concurrent MySQL server connections, MDI (or not under Linux), stored login credentials, point and click dump file imports and more.

Respondus is a tool for creating and managing quizzes or self-tests. You have the ability to create all questions, feedback and settings offline in a Windows environment and then publish directly to your Blackboard course. Respondus allows importing questions including images from rich-text files. Six question types are supported along wih time-saving tools like equation editors, web links and spell check.

SecureCRT is a 32-bit terminal emulator designed for Internet use with support for Secure Shell (SSH). SecureCRT also supports Telnet, rlogin and other protocols. SecureCRT is easy to use and customizable.

TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) provides functionality that allows employees of Auburn University to backup (or archive) their local computer or specific files on their local computer to an OIT network server.

WinSCP is a SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is the secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer. It uses Secure Shell (SSH) and supports, in addition to Secure FTP, also legacy SCP protocol.

File transfer program.