Helpdesk telephone service is closed on Tuesday, December 1 from 11 am to 17.30 pm and on Friday, December 1 hole day due to Helpdesk meeting.


As needed, submit a request of service at
http://hd.metropolia.fi/ or  send e-mail to helpdesk@metropolia.fi.

November's tech news

News on new online tools, education technology, social media and mobile services:
https://wiki.metropolia.fi/display/socialmedia/2015.11

News are in Finnish but most of them are attached with reference links to the original English language material.

Phishing email warning!

Phishing is a common experience for email users these days. Metropolia email users often receive requests for their network/email passwords, user IDs, and other private data. Some of these emails can be very convincing and appear to be from Metropolia ITS Staff.

However, you should know that ITS will never, ever request your password! Emails requesting your password or other personal data should simply be DELETED upon receipt.

Below is the newest message of phishing email received here at Metropolia and should be deleted upon receipt.

Postilaatikkoon on saattanut-hold
 
836MB        921MB
Current size        Maximum size
Sähköpostitilisi on saattanut-pitoon meidän palvelin, et voi enää lähettää tai vastaanottaa sähköposteja, jatkaa sinun webmail, Ystävällisesti Kirjaudu tästä ja Jatka webmail
Kiitos
 
 
© Copyright 2015 Microsoft ©

If you sent your information in response to the message, change your password immediately at https://amme.metropolia.fi

** Tube outage at 4 pm today November 24**

Tube will be updated starting at 4 pm today November 24. During the fifteen minutes break the following fixes are done.

  • problem with workspace assignment returns
  • remomving non-active members of workspace

 

Note! There my be further outages during teh general maintenance outage up to midnight.

 

Due to maintenance Metropolia services there will be outages in following IT services on Tuesday, November 24 from 4 pm to 24 pm.

 

  •     Email & Skype For Business
  •     Wireless network
  •     Remote Service(desktop ja securedesktop)
  •     Financial, HR, and Building Administration services Student Administration services
  •     www-services, for example users, vhost, projects-servers
  •     www-services, for example Tube, Peppi,Moodle, ezproxy

 

   

 

The latest issue of the news bulletin of the Information Management and System Services of the Metropolia IT Services is out. It's mainly in Finnish but English highlights are available at the end of the newsletter. 


Metropolia IT Services computer sale

Metropolia is organizing a computer sale for students and other people to recycle the
removed computers. We're selling used computers and monitors.

The sale will take place in Bulevardi

Date & Time: Tuesday 10.11.2015, 14-17

Address: Bulevardi 31, mainbuilding, 2. floor, room P-214

We only accept cash for payment. We can't guarantee change, so try to bring exact change.


The sales info

Please note! There will not be enough video projectors for everyone. The sale is first come,
first served, so make sure you arrive early enough and que up if you wish to purchase one.

Please note! The computer packages do not inclue an operating system.

F-Secure anti-virus and firewall software update to version 12 is in progress. Most of Metropolia class room desktop computers have already been updated. Staff computer updates will begin next, on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Required update installs will begin on Sunday, November 11, 2015.

Laptops will be updated automatically when they are connected to Metropolia fixed network and reachable by F-Secure management.

In the end of the update process the computer will be restarted. After the restart, the computer will be in network quarantine for about 15 minutes, during which time network drives, email, and internet connection are not available.

For more information: F-secure updates and settings