How do I connect to the BU VPN?
To connect to the BU VPN you'll need to install the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client. For Medical Campus resource access, please see the BUMC VPN instructions. Duo Two-Factor Authentication is required of all clients when logging into the VPN
What are the University’s core principles for remote work?
The University will be guided by the following Core Principles in administering remote work: Institutional Mission: Boston University is a vibrant, residential research university, and intense collaboration and in-person interactions between students, staff, and faculty are crucial to our work.
How do I log in to Bu without being on campus?
For example, when you are not on campus you could be prompted to provide your BU login name and Kerberos password through BU’s Web Login, or required to use VPN software; both possibilities are described below. What is Web Login? Web Login is BU’s standard method of authenticating you to BU web sites.
How can I access my files remotely?
If you store files in a folder on a server that is part of BU’s Active Directory, you can access these files remotely. You will generally need to do this over a VPN connection. Access to departmental server-based resources like shared drives, remote printing and shared FileMaker databases usually requires use of a VPN connection.
What is the mission of Boston University?
Institutional Mission: Boston University is a vibrant, residential research university, and intense collaboration and in-person interactions between students, staff, and faculty are crucial to our work. Remote work arrangements must support this mission.
How many students does Boston University have?
Boston University brings together almost 32,000 students, more than 3,700 faculty, and 6,100 staff into a community that fulfills our mission as a residential research university. The mission is intensely collaborative, carried out in our classrooms, laboratories, studios, and in countless formal and informal meetings in conference rooms, offices, and around dining tables across our campuses.
Does remote work impinge on student centered research?
Quality of Student Services: Remote work arrangements must not impinge on the student-centered nature of our residential research university.
What is VPN on campus?
Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a convenient way to access network-restricted resources on the campus network that would otherwise be unavailable from off campus. In some countries, access to the University’s VPN service may be limited or restricted.
Where is Cisco AnyConnect located?
Launch the Cisco AnyConnect Client, which is located in Start > All Programs > Cisco > Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.
Benefits
Assurance that information transmitted between your computer and the BU campus network is secured through encryption. Ability to use network-restricted resources on the campus network that would otherwise be unavailable from off campus, no matter where you are.
Key Features
Gain access to restricted resources when you are away from BU, including departmental servers (such as printers and shared drives), MyPrint, FileMaker databases, and Active Directory resources such as SharePoint.
What to Expect
This service normally will be available 24 by 7 except for standard change windows, as described in IS&T’s standard policies, procedures, and schedules for making changes. In some countries, access to the University’s VPN service may be limited or restricted.
Requirements
A BU login name and Kerberos password that has been authorized for VPN access (as determined through Accounts & Access ).
Central Printing Via Myprint
Access to Departmental Resources
- Access to departmental server-based resources like shared drives, remote printing and shared FileMaker databases usually requires use of aVPNconnection.
Remote Desktop Access
- Configuring remote desktop access requires careful security consideration. Many units and roles have different policies in place for enabling or using remote desktop services. If you are not already using remote desktop, please contact usor your department’s technical staff for further assistance. If you have a BU issued laptop, you are encouraged to bring it home with you instea…