Laptop Vendors are self-service machines from which, as a university student or Oamk student, you can borrow a laptop. The university and Oamk have their own, separate laptop vendors on the campuses. In principle, the laptop vendors operate the same way, regardless who it belongs to, so these instructions work for both organisations. You can […]

This way you can check which version of Windows is installed on your computer: Press the Windows button on the keyboard (there is a picture of the flag on the key) and the letter “R”. The Run/Suorita window opens on the screen: In the Open field, type: winver and press OK. In the window that […]

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. Tämän ohjeen sisältö: What is an information security deviation? Reporting […]

Office 365 Education service’s language settings a) When using O365 service with a web browser, the online applications are affected by the following language settings: Your O365 profile’s language setting Region settings in O365 and/or OneDrive (in some cases/apps) Language settings for the browser you use (affects the front page view of the O365 portal). […]

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 […]

This Information Security Guide is primarily intended to serve as a general guide for university students, regardless of their place of study. The Information Security Guide is the product of collaboration by the University of Helsinki, University of Eastern Finland, University of Jyväskylä, University of Oulu, Hanken School of Economics and Åbo Akademi University, and […]

If you do not have a VPN client or you are unable to create the eduvpn profile needed by the OpenVPN Connect client, you will get a secure connection to the university network from outside it via the VPN Portal. In this case, the VPN connection is obtained through the window of the web browser, […]

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YuJa is a media management system. It is in use both at the University of Oulu and the Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oamk). All the students and staff of both universities can store their study or work related media files (especially videos) in YuJa and share them to other services from there. Now, in […]

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) will be introduced during February 2022 for external persons who collaborate with the University of Oulu or Oamk using our Microsoft 365 environment. This applies e.g. to people who have been invited to join our Teams or who have access to a shared content, such as files, on Oulu University or Oamk […]