Setting up your laptop / starting work

Setting up your laptop

• Software to use

  Once you receive your URZ ID (e.g., ce56fuk), you can request licenses for commonly used software. Use the following link to view the list of software available to FSU students and employees:

  Adobe: https://wiki.uni-jena.de/display/URZ010SD/Adobe+RegistrierungExternal link 

  Microsoft Office 365: https://wiki.uni-jena.de/display/URZ010SD/Microsoft+365External link

  Certificate: Plagiarism detection tool: Can be ordered via the ThULB. The contact person is Mr. Thomas Witzgall, thomas.witzgall@uni-jena.de

  Free Acrobat download you can find here: https://get.adobe.com/de/reader/?promoid=TTGWL47MExternal link

  In case you need a specific software that is not in the list and needs to be purchased, please discuss with Bas and Swapnil. We then get in touch with software procurement („Softwarebeschaffung") of the FSU (https://wiki.uni-jena.de/display/URZ010SD/KaufsoftwareExternal link)

  Application for software license: https://servicedesk.uni-jena.de/plugins/servlet/desk/portal/121/create/669External link 

• Microsoft Exchange Server

  As a university employee, you can use Microsoft Exchange to manage emails, appointments, contacts, and tasks, and share them with others. Most use the web client—access it here: https://wiki.uni-jena.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=68788185External link

• WiFi - Eduroam

  Please select the relevant wiki entries to set up your WIFI connection.

  Android: https://wiki.uni-jena.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44531762#WindowseduroamWLANeinrichten(CAT)-englishversionExternal link

  Windows (minimum windows 10): https://wiki.uni-jena.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=22452993External link

  Mac OS: https://wiki.uni-jena.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44531836External link

• VPN

  To work from home and access VEO group or university tools (SAP, Draco, Servicedesk, etc.), you need a VPN connection. After logging in with your URZ account, you’ll find setup instructions and downloads for popular (mobile) operating systems at the bottom of the page.

  https://www.uni-jena.de/en/vpn-windows-apple-mobile

• Printer

  1. Ricoh Printer (Dry Lab Ground Floor)

  • Only accessible to Microsoft and Mac users.
  • USB and secure printing are not supported.
  • Insert your Thoska card into the reader next to the machine before printing, copying, or scanning.
  • Your password is your birth year.

  2. Lab Printer (Wet Lab)

  • Connect via IP address: 10.226.109.250
  • Printer name: Brother DCP-L3550CDW VEO E003 or BRNB4220060A0BF
  • It's a colour printer—add it to your list of printers on PC/Mac manually.

   

• Email signature

  To maintain the university’s corporate design in our group, please use the official font, Roboto, for your email signature. Here is the format we'd like you to follow:

  Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  Faculty of Biological Sciences, Institute of Biodiversity
  Prof. Viral Ecology and Omics (VEO)
  Microverse Cluster

  Your title and name
  Your position

  Rosalind Franklin Street 1, D-07745 Jena

  Phone: +49 3641 9-49xxx
  firstname.lastname@uni-jena.de
  https://www.veo.uni-jena.de

• Getting help: FSU Service Desk

  If you need technical assistance:

  Log in to the Service Desk PortalExternal link using your URZ credentials to submit a support ticket.

  FSU contacts:

  1. Universitätsrechenzentrum (URZ)External link: Internet & communication, multimedia rentals, account issues, guest accounts, printing, scanning
  2. Personal- und ReisekostenExternal link: Travel registrations, employment information
  3. DruckzentrumExternal link: Printing posters, books, final theses
  4. SAPExternal link for questions concerning SAP

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