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You will find resources on this page that can be used to work remotely for during campus closures for inclement weather, delayed openings, scheduled telecommuting, or other emergencies. 

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Off-campus access to certain internal IT resources requires connection to the Virtual Private Network (VPN) service. This service is available to UT Austin faculty, students, staff, official visitors, and certain affiliated workers. You'll want to connect to this to get started working remotely. 

https://vpn.utexas.edu

Connecting to the UT VPN Service

UT VPN Service with Two-Factor Authentication


Remote Desktop - 

Remote desktop software allows a desktop computer to run in one location, while being accessed from another. Ex: you can access and interact with your university machine with a personal laptop. Search "remote desktop" from your Windows Start menu or from the iOS Finder to open the remote desktop program. 

Using Remote Desktop


Communication 


UT Telephones through MS Teams

Basic and Business phone subscribers may now activate MS Teams Phone Calling Service to receive and place calls using their UT phone number. The calls are fully encrypted and secured.


Call Forwarding and Voicemail -

Incoming calls you receive on your office phone can be forwarded to a home or mobile phone while you are out of the office. Voicemails can be accessed over the web from anywhere. 

Configure Call Forwarding

Check Voicemail Online

Reset Voicemail PIN

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Web conferencing tools like Adobe Connect, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, and Zoom enable faculty and staff to create and share presentations and online training materials.

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Teams Meetings and Calls

Zoom Help Center

Google Hangouts Help


Office 365 Services -

Office 365 productivity tools are available to university students, faculty, and staff with an Office 365 mailbox. These tools assist with document management and storage, communication and collaboration, workflow automation, task management, project management, and more. 

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  • Forms - create surveys, polls and quizzes
  • Office Online - Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneNote
  • OneDrive - Store files you can access from anywhere
  • OneNote - Digital note-taking
  • Outlook - Manage your mailbox, calendar, and contacts
  • Planner - Organize and assign tasks and projects
  • Power BI - Create visual dashboards and reports
  • Project Online - Premier project and portfolio management
  • Sharepoint Online - create and manage team content, sites, and document libraries
  • Stream - Create, upload, share, and discover video
  • Sway - Presentation publishing tool with modern digital design features
  • Teams - chat-based hub for teamwork and collaboration
  • To-Do - Personal to-do lists for any project or task
  • Visio Online - create vector diagrams 
  • Yammer - Office 365 integrated employee social network

Learn More 

Project and Task Management


Microsoft Planner Timekeeping

Workday

Microsoft Planner is a task management software making it easy for your Team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, and chat about what you're working on to get updates.

Planner Documentation

Microsoft Project - 

Microsoft Project is a tool you can use to streamline project, resource and portfolios to keep track of projects successfully.

Project Documentation

JIRA - 

Meet the New JIRA

JIRA Server Information

GitHub - 

GitHub Help

GitHub Enterprise

GitHub Administrator guides

Pro Git

GitHub ClassesWorkday is The University of Texas at Austin's new system for human capital management and payroll (HCM/Payroll). 

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Getting Help

UT Service Desk - 

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