How to Purchase Software

• Microsoft Products
• Apple Software
• Academic Software through ERIS  (GraphPad Prism, MATLAB, Stata, SAS, BioRender & NVivo)
• Adobe Software
• All other software

Microsoft Products

1. Mass General Brigham Standard Workstations:
   
   • Office 2016 Pro is the official standard.
   • To request software, please open a ticket with the Service Desk: https://partnershealthcare.service-now.com/phsess/open_ticket.do
   • Office will be provisioned electronically.
2. Non-Standard Windows (PC's without the Mass General Brigham screensaver*):
   
   • Office 2016 is now available.
   • To request software, please open a ticket with the Service Desk: https://partnershealthcare.service-now.com/phsess/open_ticket.do
   • Office will be provisioned electronically. The Service Desk will provide the user with instructions to download directly from Microsoft's website.
3. Macintosh Users: 
   
   • Office 2016 for Mac OS X available. This requires an Intel processor and Mac OS X 10.5.8 and up.
   • Mac users need to register with PEAS (http://rc.partners.org/peas_enrollment) to obtain Office. 
     
     • Step-by-step instructions on How to Enroll in PEAS.
   • Office will be provisioned electronically through a Self Service application that is enabled when the user enrolls in PEAS.
     
     • Step-by-step instructions on  HOWTO: Install Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac   HOWTO: Activate Office and setup Outlook 2016 for Mac

Please Note:  The agreement allows each user to install Microsoft Office on up to 5 computers used for business-related purposes. 

*To learn more about what is a "standard" vs "non-standard" computer, please read this Knowledgebase article

Academic software through ERIS

• Enterprise Research Infrastructure & Services (ERIS) provides a growing list of desktop and server software from vendors that is tailored to a researcher’s unique computing needs.
• BioRender, ChemDraw, Endnote, FlowJo, GraphPad Prism, JMP, MATLAB, NVivo, SAS, Stata and SPSS are the current licenses available.  
• As a service to the community, software requests are gathered from researchers and processed in bulk orders at academic pricing. The "group buy" affords a lower price per license. Researchers reimburse the core for the cost of the software.
• Visit the Research Computing Core Facility Academic Software Licenses Webpage for details, RC Services to order, and contact @email with questions.

Adobe Software

• NOTE: We were recently informed by Adobe that MGB no longer qualifies for educational pricing despite our affiliation with Harvard University. Adobe now requires health care organizations to be wholly owned subsidiaries of educational institutions to qualify. Insight, MGB Digital, and MGB Contracting leadership continue to appeal this decision and proposed pricing to Adobe management. We are actively engaged in exploring a low-cost alternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro.Please see INFO: How to Purchase Adobe Software

All other software

1. You can also request software title quotes from Mass General Brigham's software vendor, Insight: MGB@insight.com.
2. Once you get the quote .pdf, place the order in eBuy and attach the quote .pdf.