LibraryApps is a virtual desktop environment provided by Yale Library to facilitate computing for researchers. It provides access to a Windows based environment containing Yale licensed software.  

Technical specs:

• 24 virtual CPUs
• 224 GB RAM
• Tesla M60 GPU
• 512GB SSD for the operating system and staging

Storage:

You cannot store data on this environment.   You can map to a Storage@Yale location, OneDrive, or other web based storage.  Contact ITS for storage questions and solutions. 

Number of Users:  

YaleLibraryApps supports up to 10 concurrent users. 

Maintenance:

Scheduled maintenance occurs on the first Sunday of each month between 6-10 am ET.  Hardware and software will be updated periodically.  We will make every effort to inform connected users if the service needs to be restarted. 

Requesting access:  Please use this form 

Logging in:  From the Remote Desktop application, select the LibraryApps icon.

Logging out:  Please disconnect from LibraryApps when you are not running a program.