Compliance with these standards ensures your computers and software will be supported by the ITS Support Center. Support for non-standard equipment and software will be referred to your Divisional Liaison. UCSC's Minimum Network Connectivity Requirements require devices connected to the campus network to run versions of operating system and application software for which security updates are made available.

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Standard Operating Systems

Windows Windows 7 Windows XP Professional - SP3

Mac OS X* Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (to be retired) Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (to be retired)

Supported Software

Office Suite
Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010 (Windows)
Microsoft Office 2004, 2008, 2011 (Mac)

Email & Calendar Clients
Outlook 2003, 2007, 2010 (Windows)
Outlook Express (Windows XP)
Thunderbird (Windows, Mac)
Apple Mail 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 (Mac)
Oracle Calendar 10.1.2 (Windows, Mac) 

Web Browsers
Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9
Firefox
Safari 4, 5

Desktop Security for University-Owned Computers
Sophos Anti-Virus 10.2 (Windows)
Sophos Anti-Virus 8 (Mac) 

Desktop Security for Student-Owned Computers
Microsoft Security Essentials (Windows)
Sophos Mac Home Edition

PDF
Adobe Acrobat Standard/Professional 8, 9, X (Windows, Mac)
Adobe Reader 9, X (Windows, Mac) 

Database Client
FileMaker Pro 8.5, 9, 10, 11 (Windows, Mac)

Campus Business System Support
Java Runtime Environment
PuTTY
OnNet TN3270 (Windows)
Brown TN3270 (Mac)
Stunnel (Windows)

* To check your Mac OS, go to the Apple Menu and select "About This Mac".