You may need to run an application that you do not have installed on your own machine such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft Project, SQL Management Studio, or Python. An easy way to do this is to go to the Dominican Tech Center and use one of the machines there. Those machines have access to some of the software packages that you will need. The rest of the software such as Python can be accessed on Dominican's current Remote Desktop Server, acats.2019.dom.edu.
You may need to access the Remote Desktop Server when you are not on the secure Dominican Network (duwireless, duwoned) such as when you are at home. If that is the case, you must install Dominican's Virtual Private Network (VPN) software called Global Protect. Use this document.
Whether or not you installed Global Protect, you will need to download and configure Microsoft Remote Desktop.
Download, Configure and Run Windows App for the MAC
Download, Configure and Run Windows Remote Desktop