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 ====== VMware ======
-As of May, 2022, VMware licensing for ICS users has been suspended as VMware has shifted educational software provisioning.
+VMware licensing is no longer available site-wide as VMware has forced its educationally purposed programs into a cost per user basis. As a result of this, ICS is no longer able to purchase licensing for all ICS affiliated users. Availability of VMware licenses will only be offered to specific ICS courses actively requiring VMware programs.
-More details can be found in the following discussion:
-[[https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-IT-Academy-Discussions/The-Kivuto-to-D2L-migration-topic/td-p/528568]]
+===== 30-day Evaluation Licenses =====
-The new licensing model mentioned in the above discussion, D2L Brightspace, is currently being reviewed, but there is the possibility that VMware may not be as widely available in ICS as was previously provided.
+Publicly available 30 day licenses can be found in the following page:
-Users with an existing license from the previous provider, Kivuto, should remain valid until the listed expiration of their key in VMware.
+[[https://www.vmware.com/try-vmware.html]]
+For Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro, expand the **Desktop Hypervisor** section under the Select a Product Trial area midway in the above link. The downloads at the bottom of the Workstation and Fusion pages is the same fully featured software used for both the evaluation and the licenses purchased by ICS. Evaluation licenses provide the same full set of functions as the purchased licenses.
-===== 30-day Evaluation Licenses =====
+Please note that the first few weeks in ICS courses will use the 30 days license before users are provided purchased licenses. This is to account for users who drop the course.
-As mentioned near the top of the 2nd page of the linked VMware discussion, it is advised to use the 30-day evaluation licenses during the transition.
+===== VMware in Computing Labs =====
-[[https://www.vmware.com/try-vmware.html]]
+Fully licensed installations of VMware Workstation Pro are available for use for those with an active ICS account in the [[https://www.ics.uci.edu/~lab | Windows based computing labs]] located in CS 364, 183, 189, and 192.
-====== As of July, 2022 ======
+====== Login Site Provided by D2L Brightspace ======
+Login page for VMware (managed by D2L Brightspace) is located in the following site. This is the site used once an invitation is issued.
+[[https://itacademy.vmware.com/account?action=login]]
-VMware's decision of using D2L Brightspace no longer allows site-wide licensing and will now be on a cost per user basis. As a result of this move, only specific ICS courses requiring VMware will be provisioned licenses.