Default applications on Windows workstations
The following applications are installed by default to all centrally managed Windows workstations.
Microsoft Office, Project and Visio
Microsoft Office Professional Plus, Microsoft Project Pro and Microsoft Visio. In addition, Microsoft Mathematics Add-In for Word and a proof-reading package are installed. Aalto University's templates for Word, PowerPoint and Visio are also available for users.
Microsoft OneDrive next gen Sync Client
Microsoft Teams
Bginfo allows the use of Ctrl+F12 to see a Computer Name info screen of your workstation information. IT Service Desk needs this information in issues related to the workstation and for installations.
Adobe Reader The current version allows commenting PDF documents.
Java JRE (will be removed in near future!)
Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Edge
PDF-XChange Pro and Editor allows you to create PDF documents from any application by "printing". In addition, you can use the functions of the programme directly from Microsoft Office programs (you can, for example, add a table of contents with links). You can also use the Save as... PDF function to save directly from Office programs. The Editor app allows you to view and edit PDF documents.
Putty Tray Telnet/SSH connections software
WinSCP programme for SFTP, FTP, and SCP file transfer
Mindjet a mind mapping -tool
7-Zip is used for creating and excracting zip files
Notepad++ a comprehensive text/source code editor
Adobe Digital Editions allows reading e-Books
VLC Player multimedia player
Panopto Recorder
VMWare Horizon Client
for VDI connections
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
for VPN connections
Kramer VIA Client (for laptop workstations only)
Related instructions
Self-service portal for requesting Windows software installations
Self-service portal is a service where you can request software installations made available by IT to your centrally managed Windows workstation. Some requests need to be approved due to licensing or other restrictions.
IT Services
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