Zentraler Informatikdienst

New at uni? To the IT basics for students

IT services at the University of Vienna

Account

u:account – personal uni account

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Password management

Multi-factor authentication

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Communication, collaboration

E-mail service

Webmail, OWA

Zoom – video conferencing

u:phone – telephony

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Wi-fi, network

Wi-fi – eduroam

Managing wi-fi password

VPN – virtual private network

IP addresses

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Study, teaching

u:space – portal for studies and teaching

Moodle – e-learning platform

u:stream – streaming and video management

Computer rooms

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Research

Azure – cloud services

PHAIDRA – long-term archive

HPC – high performance computing

GitLab – software administration of research data

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Store and share data

u:cloud – personal cloud storage

Personal storage space

Share – joint storage space

FileSender – sending large data

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Software, AI

Software for students

Software for employees

Microsoft 365

u:ai – AI software

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Work devices, printing

u:print – printing and more

Hardware for employees

Centrally managed PCs

u:screen – information screen

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Websites, server

Websites

TYPO3 – central CMS

Domain registration

Server housing

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