The following is a brief overview of the most important features to make note of when using a domain-joined laptop.
...
OneDrive - All active faculty, staff, and students are provided an Office 365 account that includes Microsoft OneDrive. To login, simply visit http://microsoft.onedrive.com/ and use your campus email address as your username. Additional details, including accessing by device type, can be found on the Microsoft OneDrive page.
Google Drive - All active faculty, staff, and students are provided a Google G Suite account that includes Google Drive access. If you are looking to login into your Syracuse University Google account, navigate to the Google sign in page and use NetID@g.syr.edu as your username. Additional help can be found on the Logging into G Suite page.
...
Windows 10 laptops are equipped with an "always-on" VPN connection, called 'Device Tunnel', that is available automatically at startup. Only SU-campus network traffic is sent over the Device Tunnel connection. When the VPN connection is established, the PC will be able to reach campus resources (network files, software installations/updates) as if it was connected directly to the campus network.
AppLocker
...
Windows devices have a security policy enabled called 'Applocker' to prevent accidental installation/execution of malicious software. Applocker blocks any executable that tries to run from outside of the accepted 'Program Files' locations. However some legitimate 'portable' or open-source programs also behave this way, so there's a process to bypass Applocker in such cases. If you are confident that the application you are attempting to run is not a virus, you can try putting the application file(s) in special folder named "Apps-SU" which you can use to 'whitelist' the application. You must first create this folder and then place the file(s) in it.
Valid locations for an "Apps-SU" folder:
- On the user Desktop
- The root of any drive letter, i.e. "H:\Apps-SU" (placing the file in your H: drive will allow the portable executable to 'travel' with you if you log in to other computers on campus).
- The root location of any USB or external drive
Q: What if I still need help getting my application to run? OR What if the application was installed by a system administrator?
A: Please contact your IT support group for assistance getting the software to run properly.
Q: What if I'm attempting to install software as an EDA user and then run it as a standard user.
A: Install the software under "C:\Program Files" when asked for a location during the installation of the software.