Deployment of Multi-factor authentication (MFA) for UEF users has been done and in the future MFA will be automatically applied to all users using UEF’s Microsoft 365 environment. The deployment concerns both student and staff users. MFA will be also deployed for outside stakeholders accounts. UEF employees should take note of the deployment of MFA […]
The Microsoft 365 service offered by the university includes e.g. e-mail, personal storage, co-working spaces, digital notebook, Office tools (also available for UEF students to download to their own mobile devices and computers) and a search center. New apps and tools are constantly added to the Microsoft 365 environment. A list of tools is provided […]
During the last few days UEF users have received a large number of fake phone calls from people pretending to be from Microsoft or “Windows support”. The calls typically come from fake Finnish phone numbers and the callers speak poor English. The callers will usually claim that the user’s computer transmits harmful data communications. After […]
Students’ Mental Health Week is a campaign coordinated by the Student Well-being Network. The campaign is aimed at highlighting the mental health situation of students and building a more mentally healthy study culture. The theme of the campaign week is equality, particularly focusing on social accessibility. Check out event ideas for organizing campaign events (opens […]
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has efficiently reduced phishing of UEF user accounts and inflicted security breaches. All UEF user accounts use multi-factor authentication when logging into email and other O365 services (applies to staff members and comparable users, students, CCL students and external users). In order to guarantee information security, it is necessary to introduce MFA […]
Some of the PDF files in Kamu are shared from the M365 Sharepoint Library. These PDF files do not open at all right now. A similar issue has been identified with other M365 customers as well, and a request for clarification and correction has been made to Microsoft. UEF IT Services and Development Services are […]
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Before arriving to Finland After arriving Arriving at campuses Personal access badge You can apply for a personal access badge using this form. If you already have an access badge, you can request access rights to be added to another space (eg electronic exam) for the same access badge. You will be notified by email when […]
Grant researchers are warmly welcomed by the University of Eastern Finland to do their research here. The university offers grant researchers an opportunity to conclude a part-time (10%) contract of employment for everyone who has an external funding of at least 12 months and meets other criteria listed below. In practice this means that the […]
What personal access badge? Personal access badge is an electronic key to access electronic exam facilities. The access badges will be provided to the University of Eastern Finland students free of charge. The access badge is personal, and you may not give it to another person. Remember that when using the personal access badge, you […]
