Enhancing Collaborative Computing Solutions at VT: Update and Services Overview
Discover the latest updates and services provided by Virginia Tech's Collaborative Computing Solutions, including Active Directory, mail services, account management improvements, and SaaS offerings like G Suite and O365. Explore how faculty, staff, and students benefit from these solutions for a seamless user experience.
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CCS Services CCS-ITEE-NI&S Advisory Subcommittee Spring 2018 Update Collaborative Computing Solutions Presenter: Marc DeBonis Date: 4/24/2018
Service Areas 01 02 03 04 05 06 Windows Active Directory Mail Services Cloud Services Virtual Environments Research Consultations SaaS
Windows Active Directory (AD) Hokies Accounts University Services Domain Central Services Domain User accounts in VT Windows AD provisioned during VT Onboarding. Used also for Office 365 and Exchange Online Users can use ADadmin to add their computers to the VT Windows AD Department managed users and computers within VT Windows AD IT Service Catalog IT Service Catalog
VT Account Management Improvements (also called VT Onboarding) launched 1/29/2018 For new faculty, staff, and students, Hokies accounts are now created at the same time as VT Usernames (PIDs). Passphrases are synchronized as the default option Hokies Accounts Update Hokies accounts were automatically provisioned for all faculty, staff, and students Related Office 365 (O365) Update on 3/15/2018: O365 Core Licenses are now automatically provisioned for faculty, staff, and students PowerBI (free) is now part of O365 Core
Mail Services VT Gmail VT Exchange Online Individual Mailboxes: Available to all faculty, staff, students, alumni, and retirees Individual Mailboxes: Available to all faculty, staff, and sponsored students IT Service Catalog IT Service Catalog Departmental Mail Option: Google Auxiliary Email (uses mailbox delegation) Departmental Mail Option: VT Pace Account (uses VT Windows AD security groups) IT Service Catalog IT Service Catalog
SaaS G Suite O365 Slack Core Components Available to Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni, and Retirees Core Components Online Version - Available to Faculty, Staff, and Students User Licenses Departments can purchase user licenses for Faculty, Staff, and Sponsored Students O365 ProPlus Downloadable Version - Available to Licensed Individuals through ITPALS IT Service Catalog IT Service Catalog IT Service Catalog
Full Members Available now (launched 4/5/2018) Departments may purchase annual licenses for $17 per user (prorated through December 19, 2018) Slack Service Launch Multi-Channel Guests Coming Soon Non-VT users working in more than one channel License required Single-Channel Guests virginiatech.slack.com Coming Soon Users with access to only one channel Tenant-wide limit based on the number of paid licenses Guest accounts with set expiration dates No additional cost
Workspace Settings Version is Slack Plus Single Sign On enabled with the VT Login Service Display names set to VT Username (PID) Invitations disabled (use IT Service Catalog) eDiscovery Message editing limited to 5 minutes Message deletion disabled Members can create their own channels (Note: Public channels are university wide) Slack Service Launch virginiatech.slack.com App Integrations Visit Approved for this Workspace to view the list of pre-approved apps Use Software License Agreement Review Request to request new app integrations
CCS Services Data Compliance Callouts
What are Online Collaborative Spaces? Online Collaborative Spaces represent cloud-based work areas where members can share documents and electronic media, chat, meet online, schedule events, and perform other actions that support their collaborative efforts. Online Collaborative Spaces IT Knowledge Base
Why are Online Collaborative Spaces Important? One example is how we share files. Email Personal Cloud Drives Team Online Attachments Cloud Drive Collaborative Spaces Recipient Owned Fragmented Collaboration Multiple Distributed Versions Individually Owned Group Collaboration Ambiguous Source Locations Team Owned Team Collaboration Centralized Source Disconnected from the Conversation Team Owned Team Collaboration Centralized Source Part of the Conversation
Online Collaborative Spaces Options G Suite O365 Slack Multiple Google Apps can be used in combination Use Microsoft Teams for a single, integrated experience Chat focused Add integrations to gain more functionality
Join the conversation! Google Hangouts Chat: Online Collaborative Spaces Online Collaborative Spaces Microsoft Teams: Online Collaborative Spaces Slack: #onlinecollabspaces
Room Details: (coming soon) View capacity and room resources while scheduling Exchange Online Calendar Updates Room Finder & Room Details Room Finder: Locate available rooms by building
G Suite / Exchange Calendar Interop Calendar Interop Update The feature is not ready for production DEV implementation resulted in duplication of Exchange Online account objects CCS is exploring alternative approaches
Cloud Services Cloud Consultations Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Have questions about the cloud? Need assistance understanding VT service options? Request an AWS cloud account Request an Azure cloud account IT Service Catalog IT Service Catalog IT Service Catalog
Virtual Environments Virtual Machine Environments (VME) Secure Research Environment (SRE) VME + PHI Linux and Windows Virtual Machines for general use by Departments or Faculty/Staff Linux and Windows Virtual Machines for PHI research or contractual agreements involving compliance with HIPAA Linux and Windows Virtual Machines and Secure Access Points for Researchers with Technology Control Plans involving Controlled Unclassified Information CCS Managed (Optional Service) CCS Managed CCS Managed IT Service Catalog IT Service Catalog IT Service Catalog
Now available Research Data Compliance and IT Consultations In partnership with ARC, ITSO, OSP, and OESRC Designed for faculty and staff with research compute or data needs Helps researchers understand and leverage Division of IT resources and services IT Service Catalog
