Connecting to Campus Remotely - VPN or VDI
by Anonymous in remote, remote work, strategy, VDI, VPN
In an effort to be able to support our University’s remote work directive, Information Technology Services (ITS) has rolled out a new alternative solution to its VPN remote access service called Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
VDI is a web-browser-based solution that allows access to network file-shares, such as the G:\ , S:\ or Z:\ drives, as well as to most applications and services used by faculty and staff.
ITS is requesting that individuals who only require access to their network file-shares and Microsoft O365 Office products such as Office, Teams, OneNote etc., use the new VDI service instead of VPN.
Click here to start the new VDI web-based service and to get answers to questions you may have about VDI.
Please note that use of this VDI solution requires no action by ITS; VDI is an entirely self-service process that may be initiated by any faculty or staff member on their computer.
ITS continues to recommend that university work be conducted on university-owned and university-issued devices that were previously defined for remote work.
We encourage you to share this information with your co-workers, and we thank you for your support and patience during this unprecedented time of need.
Click here to start the new VDI web-based service and to get answers to questions you may have about VDI.
Please note that use of this VDI solution requires no action by ITS; VDI is an entirely self-service process that may be initiated by any faculty or staff member on their computer.
ITS continues to recommend that university work be conducted on university-owned and university-issued devices that were previously defined for remote work.
We encourage you to share this information with your co-workers, and we thank you for your support and patience during this unprecedented time of need.
