Author Archives: Pirjo
How to change your account’s password
The password of the university and Oamk students and staff user accounts, as well as temporary UFO user accounts, must be changed at least once a year. You will get a reminder to your e-mail if you have not changed your password during the year. When you are choosing a new password, check out the […]
Creating an OpenVPN profile (OAMK)
This guide is intended for the students and staff of Oulu University of Applied Sciences. Click here for the University of Oulu guide. The use of OpenVPN Connect client for remote connections of Oamk requires the creation of a personal OpenVPN-profile file and importing it to VPN client in the computer. First create the profile […]
FortiClient installation and VPN connection
These instructions are aimed for students and personal devices. Instructions for staff and work devices can be found here. Install FortiClient on the computer, tablet or phone on which you want to use a secure VPN connection to university or OAMK services outside the campus network. As an alternative to FortiClient, you can use OpenVPN […]
DisplayLink Manager in macOS device
If you want to connect your macOS device to halls or classes presentation technology, there should be an application DisplayLink Manager installed and running on the macOS device. In addition to these, you must enable “screen recording” in the system preferences. The contents of this instruction: Install Use Remove Install 1. Before you start installing, […]
Sign in systems with your student user account
The systems used by web browser have mostly shifted to use Entra ID authentication and a unified login method. This effectively means logging into our systems with your long username (MS account) and password, as well as securing the login by your phone. However, the exception is the electronic examination system Exam, which does not […]
Information security deviation and notification
In case of information security deviations or cases related to them, the safest thing to do is to ask Campus ICT for advice. If you observe or suspect misuse of a network, services or an account, you can also send an e-mail notification to tietoturva@oulu.fi. In this instruction: What is an information security deviation? Reporting […]
M365 language settings
Microsoft 365 Education service’s language settings a) When using M365 service with a web browser, the online applications are affected by the following language settings: Your M365 profile’s language setting Region settings in M365 and/or OneDrive (in some cases/apps) Language settings for the browser you use (affects the front page view of the M365 portal). […]
Mobile Security Guidelines for staff members and students
Mobile devices (smart phones and tablets) can easily get lost or stolen. Therefore, they entail the risk of unauthorised access to the user’s or university’s data. Unauthorised users can also pose as the device owner and send e-mail in his/her name. Hence, it is important to know the information security risks and act accordingly. Contents […]
Information Security Guide for staff
This Information Security Guide is primarily intended to serve as a general guide for university staff members, regardless of their place of work. It has been produced as a collaboration between universities and has been aimed at making it suitable for all universities. This Information Security Guide is the product of collaboration by the University […]