Remote Computing

TEMPORARY OUTAGE – 01/20/2025: ENGR IT physically moved the VDI hardware from Coover to Durham over winter break and there have been some snags in reconfiguration. VDI will be down until those issues are resolved. Our sincerest apologies if you are negatively impacted by this! Check back here for updates.

Need a program that’s only available on Windows and you have a Mac? Really need to log into a lab computer but campus is closed? The College of Engineering offers multiple solutions to utilize computer resources in or out of the computer labs. Most of the applications available in the engineering computer labs are also available remotely. See below for both Windows and Linux remote options.

Windows Remote Computing

IMPORTANT: You must be running the latest version of VMware Horizon Client to connect to VDI.

For instructions on how to connect to VDI from a PC, click here

For instructions on how to connect to VDI from a Mac, click here

Linux Remote Computing

There are several ways to access Linux systems remotely. The protocols that we support are the Secure Shell (SSH), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), and VMWare Virtual Desktop (VDI).

SSH, SCP, and SFTP are widely used, reliable, and there are several good free and simple-to-install programs available that you can use from your own computer. All data transferred using SSH, SCP, and SFTP are encrypted, making it difficult for anyone to steal your data or your password.

SSH is used for command line access.
SCP and SFTP are used for remote file access.

SSH Access by OS