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ITS provides troubleshooting and customer assistance to authorized users of Patriot Web, including tech support, and access management.


Submit a request without having to use a Mason NetID.


The Patriot Pass credentials are used to access most Mason systems (e.g., Patriot Web, myMason) and are set when you activate your account. If your password is forgotten or expired, you can reset it on the Patriot Pass Password Management page. This site is also used to manage your Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) account methods.


Mason offers free, secure, and reliable web hosting to individuals, departments, and organizations within the Mason community.


Computer labs offer the university community access to computing resources and a variety of software to support learning, teaching, and research. Labs have printers available through the pay-for-print (PFP) network. To reserve equipment and/or other lab resources, select Reserve Resources.


Banner is a closed system and an administrative interface that allows authorized users with legitimate needs to perform administrative duties within major functional areas. Patriot Web is a self-service site for students, faculty, and staff to manage their administrative records and accounts.


Office 365, Mason’s email and calendar system, contains tools to support collaboration. This includes creating distribution lists for mass mailings, generic accounts for use by departments/clubs, and blocking unwanted messages (SPAM). In addition, you can request a change to how your name is displayed.


Mason’s Learning Management Systems (LMS), contains many tools to support teaching and learning, as well as myMason for use by departments and organizations to stay connected and informed. Poll Everywhere and Honorlock are separate services available within the Blackboard environment. Mason is in the process of bringing Canvas as the new LMS.


Webconferencing tools are available for use in classes and meetings.


7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.


Active Directory (AD) is a directory service developed by Microsoft. It acts as a central database for managing users, computers, and other network resources, enabling centralized authentication, authorization, and access control within an organization's network.


Mason offers Cable Television Service for campus buildings and residence halls.


The Portfolio and Project Management Office (PPMO) supports consistent portfolio and project management practices for Information Technology Services (ITS), enabling project leaders to successfully deliver their promised value to their customers. All current projects and requests in Mason’s Project Inventory are tracked and managed via a dashboard. The dashboard consists of multiple visualizations, each offering multiple options to sort and filter the information to see what is most relevant to you.


As part of an ongoing effort to protect faculty, staff, students, and the university from malware and unsafe links, Microsoft Defender is enabled for Office 365, which includes two security features: Safe Links and Safe Attachment


Microsoft allows George Mason University to provide the latest version of Microsoft Office, Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, and other Microsoft products at no cost. Access is tied to your Mason email address.


A mapping and analytics platform with data sharing functionality. Geographic Information System (GIS) for working with maps and geographic information. It is used for: creating and using maps; compiling geographic data; analyzing mapped information; sharing and discovering geographic information; using maps and geographic information in a range of applications, and managing geographic information in a database.


Software environment for statistical computing and graphics.


Mason provides wired and wireless network access for faculty, staff, students, and guests in every campus facility.


Report issues or place a request for software used by University Life


Telephone lines and voice mailboxes are provided for faculty, staff, departmental spaces, and student organizations. These services are in transition as we work towards retiring the Avaya system and implementing the new Vonage system. For project updates, visit the Telecom System Replacement Roadmap


This service contains different offerings that can be used to automate all or part of a document process.


Salesforce is one of Mason’s customer relationship management (CRM) platforms that is used to manage the student experience at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.


Data Center Access Request is provided to members of ITS, users that departments have systems in the Data Center, or Consultant/Contractors working for ITS or other departments with equipment in the Data Center.


GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks.


Mason Korea Support aims to help students, faculty, and staff at Mason's campus in Songdo, Korea, find technical support.