In the remote desktop servers, you may use some licensed software on your own computer as on the university’s workstations. You can use those remote desktops for which you have a right to use due to your studying or your work. These services are for the University of Oulu students and staff.
When studying or working outside the university network, you can use AVD desktop without a VPN connection. For other remote desktop services, you need either a FortiClient or OpenVPN connection program on your computer. In addition, OpenVPN needs a personal eduvpn profile to work. There are separate instructions for installing those:
- Instructions according the operating system: OpenVPN client installing instructions
- Instruction: Eduvpn profile creating (UO)
- Instructions according the operating system: FortiClient installation and VPN connection
Contents of this instruction:
- AVD remote desktop and software
- Windows remote desktops and software
- Linux remote desktops and software
Remote servers and their software
AVD-remote desktop:
- for all students, but also the staff members have user rights
- you don’t need VPN connection
- use through a www browser or a client on your computer Microsoft Remote Desktop Client, read the instructions: Remote desktop connection to AVD service (UO) (oulu.fi)
- the software list (updated 23.3.2023):
- 7-Zip
- Abaqus Learning Edition
- Arcgis Desktop
- Arcgis Pro
- Archicad
- Arlequin
- Aspen One
- Aspen Hysys
- Autodesk Autocad
- Autodesk Revit
- BioEdit
- Bottleneck
- Cervus
- Comsol
- Corel DRAW
- CST Studio Suite
- Deswik Suite
- DnaSP
- Elan
- EnergyPlan
- Eviews
- LTspice
- Mark
- Mathcad Prime
- Matlab
- Mega
- NeEstimator
- Nvivo
- Microsoft Office 365
- Microsoft Power BI
- OneDrive
- Origin
- PeakScanner
- Pdf-Xchange Pro
- QGis
- R for windows
- Rstudio
- Sap Gui
- SAS
- Simcenter Amesim
- Spss Statistics
Spss Amos - TrailerWin
- Visual Studio CE
- Voitto Plus
Windows servers:
N.B. Servers salava1.student.yo.oulu.fi and salava2.student.yo.oulu.fi have been closed on 31.1.2022. They have been replaced by a new AVD remote service.
jalava1.univ.yo.oulu.fi
- for researchers
- the software list:
- Matlab
- NVivo
- Origin
- R
- AutoCAD
- SPSS
- Amos
- homedirectory and other network drives available
- you need either FortiClient or the eduvpn profile + Open VPN client in your own computer
- in addition, you need to install Remote desktop connection, see below the instructions which are in accordance with your operating system:
- from Windows computer: Remote desktop connection to Windows server
- from Mac computer: Remote desktop connection to Windows server
lippu.oulu.fi
- for the staff
- among others, IE version which is needed when using Certia portal
- homedirectory and other network drives available
- you need either FortiClient or the eduvpn profile + Open VPN client in your own computer
- in addition, you need to install Remote desktop connection, see below the instructions which are in accordance with your operating system:
- from Windows computer: Remote desktop connection to Windows server
- from Mac computer: Remote desktop connection to Windows server
sampo.oulu.fi
- for the staff, in use according to assignments
Linux computing servers
kataja6.oulu.fi, kataja7.oulu.fi, kataja8.oulu.fi
- NOTE: Students of TSK are asked to use server kataja2.oulu.fi as earlier has guided
- for students and researchers
- the real-time programme selection can be checked on the servers: module avail
- software:
- Matlab
- Comsol
- Mathematica
- SAS
- Adams
- Julia
- homedirectory and other network drives can be connected
- you need either FortiClient or the eduvpn profile + Open VPN client in your own computer
- in addition, you need to install X2Go, see below the instructions which are in accordance with your operating system:
- From Windows computer to Linux server: Remote desktop connection to Linux server
- From Mac computer to Linux server: Remote desktop connection to Linux server
- other instructions: