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- What new hires need to do IT-wise before their start date to ensure they hit the ground running
- Safe Computing at MIT Best Practices: Safe Computing presentation.pdf
- How to connect to MIT Secure (MIT Secure WiFi or direct ethernet cable connection to MITnet is required for printer access)
- Register your computer to MIT's network (All new machines must do this registration or they will stop connecting to the network properly after a few weeks. You must do this separately for the wireless AND wired connections if you're using DHCP. Machines using static IPs don't need to be registered.)
- Get MIT Certificates and Get MIT Certificate Authority
- How to Set Up Your MIT Email
- How to Setup Exchange Email in Apple Mail
- Proper Care and Feeding of your Exchange Email and Calendaring
- How to use Spam Quarantine to stop spam emails
- If you're using Spam Quarantine, you should turn off Apple Mail's Junk Mail filter
- How to create your own DLC or personal website with MIT's Drupal Cloud Service
- Travel safely with these IS&T Traveler's IT Tips and information from MIT's OSP
- In accordance with Massachusetts state law, all administrative staff are required to adopt recommended practices to protect sensitive data. In particular be vigilant of PHISHING attacks.
- How to add an office network printer via IP address in Windows 10 (for this you will need the printer's actual IP address. All printers at MIT start with 18.#.#.#)
- How to add an office network printer via IP address in Mac OS X (for this you will need the printer's actual IP address. All printers at MIT start with 18.#.#.#)
- How to set up Time Machine backups on a Mac (external HD is required)
- How to set up Windows Backup in Windows 7 (external HD is required)
- Sign up for MIT's Dropbox
- Step by step set up of MIT's Dropbox
- IS&T's Dropbox for Business Initial Set up Page (general help with all aspects of MIT dropbox)
- How to install and connect to MIT's VPN on a Mac from off campus.
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