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FDU Virtru Email Encryption Tutorial

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Virtru email encryption is a security enhancement to FDU’s Office 365 and Microsoft Outlook email environment, which provides Faculty and Staff the option of sending and receiving encrypted emails using their FDU email account. What is Virtru Email Encryption Virtru email encryption is a security enhancement to FDU’s Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Outlook email…

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FDU Wireless Network Coverage Maps for NJ Campus’

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The buildings at Fairleigh Dickinson University with wireless networking on the Metropolitan Campus, and College at Florham.

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Finding your Computer Name

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Open a Command Prompt Go to the lower left corner of your desktop you will see 4 white squares Right Click a menu will pop up from the menu select “Command Prompt” A window will open on your desktop at the blinking cursor Type “Hostname” (without the quotes) then hit enter The computer name will…

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Foxit PDF Editor Pro Quick Start Guide

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About Foxit PDF Editor Pro is Fairleigh Dickinson University’s replacement for Adobe Acrobat Pro. Foxit PDF Editor improves document productivity and efficiency. FoxIt PDF Editor Pro can create, convert, edit, and sign PDFs across devices and is available from the FDU Self-Service Portal under “Software” for all full-time faculty and full-time staff only. Due to…

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Home/Department Shared Drive Quota Limit Email

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Home drives and departmental shared drives come with a limited capacity of data storage, known as a quota. When a drive reaches 85% of that quota, both the departmental shared drive manager as well as the user uploading the content that puts a drive over that threshold will receive a message from psadmin@fdu.edu as seen…

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How do I use Oracle on Opus

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What’s Oracle? Oracle is a multi-model relational database management system, mainly designed for enterprise grid-computing and data warehousing. It is one of the first choices for enterprises for cost-effective solutions for their applications and data management. It supports SQL as a query language to interact with the database. Now let’s discuss how to use Oracle…

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How to Access OneDrive

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This article provides information about how to access OneDrive using browsers, mobile devices and in computers. You can access OneDrive using browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Safari, Google Chrome or Firefox. You can access OneDrive in your iOS or Android devices.

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How to Access UTAC

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The Fairleigh Dickinson University Technical Assistance Center (UTAC) serves as the primary help desk for all university technology-related support. Students, Faculty, and Staff can easily reach out to UTAC through the SAMI Support portal, email, or phone for assistance with application software, desktop setups, peripheral devices, network issues, password management (such as for Microsoft 365),…

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How to access your Home Drive or Department Shared Drive Off Campus

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The ability to access a home drive or department shared drive remotely is only supported for FDU-owned equipment. First, you need to ensure you have launched your Virtual Private Network (VPN) and logged in using your NetID and password. In the case of your home drive this will follow the convention of: Pressing the “+”…

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How To Change Your FDU NetID Password and Display Name

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There are a few different ways to change your University NetID password. However, Computing Services strongly urges everyone to change their FDU NetID password using a provided Apple or Windows university computer. The process for changing your FDU NetID password on a macOS device differs from a Windows device, so please follow the instructions provided…

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