Resources

Virtual Meeting Room (VMR) Service

The VMR (virtual meeting room) service is a customer consultation for videoconferencing, desktop user mobile devices, and hardware based videoconferencing rooms.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft (MS) Teams is a collaboration tool for groups to create content and share the information they need to work together. The tool is operated by Microsoft as part of their MS 365 suite. MS Teams enables users across the University to connect via instant messaging, video conferencing, online meetings, and simultaneously work on a document in real-time together.

Commercial Cloud Compute Offerings

Cloud computing offered by 3rd parties.

Local Virtual Servers

Virtual server running on UBC virtualization infrastructure

Commercial Cloud

Object storage tailored to large storage needs.

Local HPC Clusters

Local High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters allow for a boost in processing speed to deliver high-performance computing.

Compute Canada OwnCloud

Shareable, Dropbox-like storage held in Canada and available across multiple devices.

Google Docs

Google Docs is a free Web-based application in which documents and spreadsheets can be created, edited and stored online.

Dropbox

Dropbox is a file hosting service that provides cloud storage, file synchronization, and can be used as a file-sharing service.

FTP/SFTP endpoints

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or SSH(Secure) File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) available servers. Provides file access, file transfer, and file management. Potentially self-managed, allowing transfer access to storage.