In the university an IT service device concept was introduced in January 2022, under which standardised computers will be acquired as service from now on. The unit using the device pays the purchase price as a service fee over the life circle of the computer. In this instruction: What is the service charge consisting of? […]

For business trips abroad, the unit can rent a laptop computer for its employees, (starting from 34,80 € / each month) which is safe to use even in the destination country. The package can include, a mobile phone abroad with a subscription, the operating costs of which are allocated to the subscriber’s cost pool. A mobile phone abroad can […]

The user accounts of the university and Oamk cluster in the Active Directory (AD) to the groups which are in accordance with the person’s cost pool. In addition to these built-in groups, other groups can be created and maintained in different systems to many kinds of needs; for team working, for granting user rights, for […]

The VISITOR account is a printing account for visitor use subject to charge. The unit may acquire a VISITOR user account and card for €170/year and lend it to a non-staff member for using the printing service. The unit is responsible for the costs arising from the separate right as well as the printing and […]

If persons without a university or Oamk user account participate in teaching in a computer classroom, the organiser of the teaching can order so-called light accounts for these persons. A light account can be used to log into the STUDENT domain, Linux servers in student use and the university Tuomi server. The account also includes […]

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Temporary UFO user account A person who has no contract in the University of Oulu (UO) or Oulu University of Applied Sciences (OAMK), but has a justified reason to use IT services for the staff, a temporary user account must be applied by her/his unit. This person could be a part-time teacher, a visiting researcher […]

Microsoft Copilot is an AI-driven chat solution available for every staff member and 18-year old student at Oulu universities. Copilot is a versatile support in various study and learning situations. Copilot is based on OpenAI’s GPT-4 language model and Dall-E 3 image model. How to use Copilot chat Copilot chat is available at copilot.microsoft.com. Additionally, […]

On the Oamk campuses, you can typically find these wireless networks: “Owlan”, a network shared by Oamk and soon also the University of Oulu Eduroam and panOULU. Always use “owlan” when possible. It is the easiest option: You don’t need a VPN connection when you are already inside the Oamk’s own network. When you need […]

If you still have your old Oamk M365 account in Office, reset the Office desktop version login using Microsoft SaRA (MS Support and Recovery Assistant) and then log in again. Remove the old Oamk account from Windows settings: Open Windows settings. Select Accounts. Select Work or school accounts. Remove the old oamk.onmicrosoft.com account. Important! When […]