There are a variety of SENS and UBIT technologies and services that can be accessed from remote on-campus locations and off-campus locations. Uses include remote computation, remote learning, and work from home scenarios.
To protect the integrity of SENS and UB computing and network services, direct connections from computers outside of the local UB network are blocked. However, UB supports the Virtual Private Network (VPN) protocol, which allows for secure access from off-site systems. The UB VPN page has instructions on how to configure your computer to use the Cisco Secure Client software.
We have created a list of prerequisites for working from home or another off-campus location. Please review it before proceeding with the other information on this page.
UBIT has published instructions, shown below, on how to access your work computer from home. Please note that it must be powered on, and it needs to have been configured by SENS for remote access. Please contact SENShelp if you need to access your work computer from a remote location.
Also, you must have Duo configured to automatically push requests to your phone app or have it call your phone. You can do this from the Duo Two-Step Verification Manager page.
Once you connect, you will see your work desktop on your home computer, and will be able to do the same computer activities that you would normally do at your desk.
SENS has a procedure to automatically perform the steps listed in the instructions on the UBIT remote access web pages (see below). Please contact SENShelp and we can provide you with a ".rdp" file that will configure your remote desktop client automatically.
Here are instructions for off-site Windows and Macintosh systems, if you do not wish to use the SENS automatic procedure or if there is a technical issue preventing you from doing so:
The SENS Virtual Desktop provides VDI access to supported software from on or off campus.
The SENS timeshare systems allow remote access.
For more details on our timeshares, please refer to the SENS Timeshares page.
Please see the previous section, as the instructions also apply to the UBUnix timeshare systems.