The University of South Dakota

The ITS Help Desk provides support for purchasing, installation, configuration and troubleshooting of supported software on all university owned equipment.  To purchase software for departmental use please visit the state purchasing site.

Adobe Software discounts are available for USD students and for personal use by faculty and staff.

Microsoft Office
The Ultimate Steal

Available now, student may purchase a copy of Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for $59.95. This includes Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Outlook 2007, OneNote 2007, Publisher 2007, Access 2007, InfoPath 2007, Groove 2007 and Accounting Express 2008. More information available online at: http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx. 

Your USD e-mail address is required to complete the purchase.

Additional software discounts for personal use can also be found at the web site .

Faculty and Staff may be eligible for the Microsoft Office Work-At-Home agreement.  To find out if you are eligible or more information about the program please contact the ITS Help Desk.

Antivirus Software at no charge
To help protect all of our Students, Faculty, and Staff you may install USD's version of Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition on your personal computers at no charge.  Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition is available for download.

To download Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition, you will need three things:

1. USD username and password
2. Windows computer
3. High Speed internet connection

If you are using an Apple/MacIntosh computer, or have a dial up connection, you may check out a disk from the ITS Help Desk.