Software

The student seeking access to Adobe Creative Cloud must submit this form to request a license. Requests will take up to 24 hours to be processed. After 24 hours, the student’s account will be enabled, and the student can log in to Adobe CC.

Code42 Backup is a service that conveniently and securely backs up files to the cloud, for a monthly fee. The following request is intended for Northeastern faculty and staff members to create or remove a Code42 account and obtain the necessary downloads for devices to be backed up. Once the request is approved by a budget manager and properly configured, devices will be backed up incrementally to Code42 Backup storage and can be easily restored by the user through a client or a web-based applications.

Cost

Code42 Backup accounts will be billed $6.15 on the 15th of each month that the account is active to the budget code provided.

Intended Users

All faculty, staff, and sponsored accounts with a valid, approved request are eligible to use Code42 Backup.

Additional Information

Before submitting a request below, read more about Code42 Backup to determine whether it is a good fit.

The purpose of this request is to obtain university-owned software that can be installed only on a university-owned machine without a Northeastern image, IT Services’ standard configuration of software applications. To learn more about the Northeastern image, review Northeastern-configured machines.

For a list of available software, see What software is available through Northeastern?.

To obtain locally installed software for your computer, you must confirm that you are using a university-owned machine. Please provide the computer's service tag or serial number in the proper field below.

Follow these instructions to install or launch the software on your university-owned machine:

1. To connect to the software server, your machine must be on the Northeastern network either on campus or via VPN. See How do I connect to Northeastern VPN? for more information.
2. The installation of some software requires that you are an administrator on your computer. If you are not an administrator, complete the Local Admin Request form before continuing.

For help with software and installation, submit the Request Software Assistance form.

Request Software Assistance 

If you are looking for information regarding the distribution of software by ITS, please complete the "Software Licensing and Distribution Request".

Request Software Deployment:  This order guide allow you to request the deployment of software licensed to Northeastern University.  Complete the Software detail section and select the requested method of deployment (Image, Local, Software Download) then click the Choose Options button at the top to identify OS, deployment locations, etc. for each of the deployment methods selected.

Faculty and staff whose departments and colleges have software needs should contact IT Services to assist with the purchase, licensing, and distribution of discipline-specific software. 

ITS’s Software Licensing will negotiate, procure, and manage the software licenses and will try to identify other departments with the same need to share the purchase cost.

A request can be submitted for IT Services to distribute department-owned software or provide lab use for 25 or more computers.

Before submitting requests for software, review the list of software available through Northeastern and Northeastern’s software policy to learn more about software installation and to prevent any licensing or integration issues.