vDesk Upgrade 5/24/2016 [Complete]

[Updated 5/24/2016 7:00 am] The upgrade is complete.  Thank you for your patience.

[Original Post] vDesk will be unavailable in the early hours of May 24, 2016 for our scheduled annual upgrade. The upgrade should be complete by 7:00 am. Updated versions of software will be installed on vDesk, including Office 2016. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Technology Service Desk at servicedesk@pugetsound.edu. Thank you for your patience with the upgrade process this year.

vDesk Upgrade 5/23/2016 [Delayed]

[Updated 5/23/9:45 am] Access to vDesk has been restored. Thank you for your patience.

[Updated 5/23/2016 8:15 am] Unfortunately, there was a complication, and we were unable to complete the upgrade this morning. We are working on restoring vDesk to its former state as quickly as possible.

[Original Post] vDesk will be unavailable in the early hours of May 23, 2016 for our scheduled annual upgrade. The upgrade should be complete by 7:00 am. Updated versions of software will be installed on vDesk, including Office 2016. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Technology Service Desk at servicedesk@pugetsound.edu.

vDesk Upgrade 5/16/2016 [Postponed]

[Updated 5/16/2016 7:45 am] The vDesk upgrade has been postponed to later this week.  Thank you for your patience.

[Original Post] vDesk will be unavailable in the early hours of May 16, 2016 for our scheduled annual upgrade. The upgrade should be complete by 8:00 am. Updated versions of software will be installed on vDesk, including Office 2016. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Technology Service Desk at servicedesk@pugetsound.edu.

Mac Management Announcement 2/15/2016

As a first step to improve the security of our campus computers, as well as the campus network, we will be instituting a new policy to ensure that Macs on campus are up to date with all the latest security updates from Apple. This will bring our Mac computing experience more in line with our Windows computing experience.

Effective Monday, February 22, university-owned Mac computers will automatically be prompted to download and install critical operating system updates. If the download requires a restart, you will have the ability to postpone this restart up to two times. For the third time, the restart will proceed after you click okay.

Please contact the Technology Service Desk at 253.879.8585 or servicedesk@pugetsound.edu if you have any questions or concerns.

Supervised Access feature added to Cascade

A new feature of the Account Management application allows supervisors to “unlock” an employee’s work session from a supervisor’s management page. Lockable systems are Cascade Web and Cascade database.

The following components were installed 1/27/2010 5:30-6am:
COM.INFORMATION_SYSTEM.TAB
COM.INFORMATION_SYSTEM.CON
COM.INFORMATION_SYSTEM.DML
COM.CAMPUS_ROLE.TAB
COM.CAMPUS_ROLE.CON
COM.PERSON_CAMPUS_ROLE.DRP
COM.PERSON_CAMPUS_ROLE.TAB
COM.PERSON_CAMPUS_ROLE.CON
COM.ROLE_LOCK_VIEW.VW
COM.ROLE_LOCK_VIEW.SYN
COM.ROLE_LOCK_VIEW.GRT
COM.ROLE_LOCK_API.PKS
COM.ROLE_LOCK_API.PKB
COM.ROLE_LOCK_API.SYN
COM.ROLE_LOCK_API.GRT
COM.PRIVCMD.PKS
COM.PRIVCMD.PKB
COM.DAY_TEXT.FNC
COM.DAY_TEXT.SYN
COM.DAY_TEXT.GRT
COM.DATE_TEXT.FNC
COM.DATE_TEXT.SYN
COM.DATE_TEXT.GRT
WEB.PRIVWEB.PKS
WEB.PRIVWEB.PKB
WEB.WEBSEC.PKB
WEB.CASCADE.PKB
COM.CASCADE_IS_LOCKED.FNC
COM.CASCADE_IS_LOCKED.SYN
COM.CASCADE_IS_LOCKED.GRT
COM.LOGON_DENY_LOCKED_USER.TRG
WEB.SUPERVISE_ACCESS.PKS
WEB.SUPERVISE_ACCESS.PKB
WEB.SUPERVISE_ACCESS.SYN
WEB.SUPERVISE_ACCESS.GRT
WEB.WEB_APP_MENU.DML

[Completed] ResNet Bandwidth Upgrade 3/24/09

[Update 3/24/09 6:00 AM] The bandwidth upgrade on the ResNet Internet connection is complete. ResNet now has a 100 Mbps connection to the Internet. Enjoy!

On Tuesday morning, 3/24/09, from 5:30 AM to 6:00 AM the Internet connection for the college’s residential network will be upgraded from 45 Mbps to 100 Mbps (a two-fold increase). The Resnet Internet connection will be unavailable during this time.

The upgraded connection will feature not only a 100 Mbps bandwidth, but also a new traffic shaping model, based on bandwidth, rather than type of traffic. This should reduce many of the application problems we have seen over the past few years.

8/10/2007 VPN Concentrator has been reconfigured to allow connections from PPTP/L2TP clients

The University’s VPN concentrator is now configured to allow connections from PPTP, L2TP, or L2TP/IPSec clients. Because of this reconfiguration, the Microsoft VPN client can now be used to connect to the University’s VPN. Encryption will be required when using these protocols.
Because of IPSec’s superior encryption methods, the use of an IPSec VPN client is still the recommended way to connect.

Faster Internet Connection

The University doubled the bandwidth (speed) of its Internet connection from 12 to 24 megabits per second (mbps) on June 30, 2004. The cost for the new connection is only slightly more than the old connection. The unit cost of the connection has dropped almost by half because many carriers overbuilt their networks and are loaded with excess capacity.