MyDesk (Virtual Desktop)

About MyDesk

MyDesk provides access to many of the software options available in on-campus computer labs.

Access Student Desktops in MyDesk

Sign into MyDesk with your UC username and password and select Student Desktops on the menu. You can also install the MyDesk desktop app.

Get helpful how-to instructions for MyDesk in the IT Knowledge Base. We've linked directly to a few of them below.

MyDesk Specs (Virtual Desktop)

MyDesk Virtual Desktop graphic
  • Operating System: Windows 11
  • CPU (Processor): 2-core Intel Xeon Gold 613202.60 
  • Memory (RAM): 8.00 GB
  • Storage: 175 GB SSD 
  • Graphics: 1 GB Virtual GPU
  • Screen: Adjustable resolution up to 3840x2160 (4K)  
  • Available Features: Available on Mac and Windows, USB Integration, Audio passthrough

DTS Computer Labs Software

Use the following chart to determine if the lab you wish to use (in-person or virtual) has the software you need. 

DTS Computer Labs Software; a dash means the software/equipment is not found in the location.

Software

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MyDesk DTS Virtual Desktop

7–Zip

Yes (Win)

Yes

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

-

Yes

Adobe Creative Cloud

Yes (Mac & Win)

Yes (select applications)

ESRI ArcGIS Pro 3.x Yes (Win) Yes
Fusion (ZoomText, JAWS) Yes (Win) -

Git

-

Yes

Google Chrome

Yes (Mac & Win)

Yes

IBM SPSS Statistics 29

Yes (Mac & Win)

Yes 

Java 

-

Yes

Java SE Development Kit

-

Yes

Kaltura Capture 

Yes

-

MathWorks MATLAB

Yes (Win) -

Microsoft Office 365

Yes (Mac & Win) Yes
Microsoft  SQL Management Studio Yes (Win) Yes

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Yes (Mac & Win)

Yes

Microsoft Visual Studio Community

-

Yes

Mozilla Firefox ESR

Yes (Mac & Win)

Yes

Notepad++

Yes (Win)

Yes

PuTTY

Yes (Win)

Yes

Python 3

Yes (Mac & Win)

Yes

R

Yes (Mac & Win)

Yes

RStudio

Yes (Mac & Win)

Yes

Rtools

Yes (Win)

Yes

SAS 9.4 

-

Yes

SigmaPlot 15

Yes (Win) Yes

Texthelp Equatio

Yes (Win & Mac)

-

Texthelp Read&Write

Yes (Win & Mac)

-

Unity Hub 

- Yes

VLC Media Player

Yes (Mac & Win)

-

VMware Horizon Client (Virtual Labs)

Yes (Mac & Win)

-

Wepa Print App

Yes (Mac & Win)

Yes

WinSCP

Yes

Yes

Wolfram Mathematica

Yes (Mac & Win)

Yes

XCode

Yes (Mac) -
Zoom Yes (Mac & Win) -

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