How do I access my Stanford computer from home?
The remote desktop connection will appear as if you are sitting at the computer to which you are remotely connected. In conjunction with the VPN client, you can access your Stanford computer’s desktop from home. For PCs, Windows provides a Remote Desktop Connection client which allows you to accomplish this.
What can I do with the Stanford VPN?
Stanford's VPN allows you to connect to Stanford's network as if you were on campus, making access to restricted services possible. There are two types of VPN available: Default Stanford (split-tunnel) allows access to anything at stanford.edu via the VPN connection but non-Stanford traffic flows normally on an unencrypted internet connection.
What is Stanford's virtual private network?
Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a remote access technology that creates a private encrypted connection over the Internet between a single host and Stanford's private network, SUNet. Stanford's VPN allows you to connect to Stanford's network as if you were on campus, making access to restricted services possible.
What is a Stanford IP address and how do I get one?
When using VPN, your off-campus computer is dynamically assigned a Stanford IP address to connect back to Stanford's network. A Stanford IP address allows you access to Stanford's computing resources and certain campus services (e.g., departmental file and print servers).
Remote Access
Use remote access VPN to connect to Stanford's network as if you were on campus, making access to restricted services possible.
Site-to-Site
Use site-to-site VPN connectivity to deploy, host, or scale application or service environments to cloud service providers.
Cloud Gateway
Cloud Gateway, a version of site-to-site VPN, is a fully-managed service that offers a quicker set-up and connection to campus networks. Cloud Gateway is currently available for clients of Cloud Account Management Services.
Access and Accounts
Your SCVMC username will be provided by your supervisor. You can reset your password by calling tech support.
Epic
SCVHHS HealthLink Portal contains training a tips directly from SCVMC. Log in using your SCVMC email (<epic_username>@hhs.sccgov.org) with same password used for SCVMC remote portal.
Haiku
Haiku is a mobile version of Epic. Its features are limited but it can be very useful if used correctly.
Dictation
HITEC is leading a pilot program to bring Dragon to SCVMC housestaff. Check back here for updates.
How does remote desktop work on Stanford?
Remote desktop connections allow people to view and control the desktop of one computer while sitting at a computer in another location. The remote desktop connection will appear as if you are sitting at the computer to which you are remotely connected. In conjunction with the VPN client, you can access your Stanford computer’s desktop from home. For PCs, Windows provides a Remote Desktop Connection client which allows you to accomplish this. We do NOT recommend using any type of VNC connections as they are not encrypted. VNC connections may be subject to compromise.
What is Stanford VPN?
A VPN is a Virtual Private Network which encrypts network traffic from a remote computer to the Stanford VPN server, which then unencrypts it and passes it to the desired destination. General computer users in the School of Medicine can use Stanford University's Public VPN service to securely connect to Stanford resources from off-campus.
How to remotely connect to a computer?
Setting up Windows Remote Desktop Connection 1 Click on the Start menu and go to Control Panels -> System (Control Panels are sometimes under Settings in the Start menu) 2 Click the Remote tab 3 Under Remote Desktop, check “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer” and click OK. 4 Click on the Start menu and click “Run…” 5 Type cmd and click OK. 6 At the command prompt, type ipconfig 7 Under your Local Area Connection, look for a field called “IP Address” and write down that number. If you are on the School of Medicine network, it should start with a 171.65. 8 *Note* The target computer must have a user account with a password to connect using the Remote Desktop Connection. If your user account does not have a password, you should give it one in the User Accounts Control Panel.
How to connect to a remote desktop?
Click on the Start menu and go to Control Panels -> System (Control Panels are sometimes under Settings in the Start menu) Click the Remote tab. Under Remote Desktop, check “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer” and click OK. Click on the Start menu and click “Run…”. Type cmd and click OK.
