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Tips for keeping your hardware and accounts safe.

These instructions are for sites hosted on the campus SiteFarm platform.

Overall, this policy offers strong protection for all UC Davis affiliates. However, researchers (and PIs, in particular) should be aware of how this policy can impact your access to research data.

LS IT publishes an every-other-week Tuesday Tips newsletter to inform our clients about upcoming IT service changes and provide tips for making the best use of technology at UC Davis.

This article explains the various options for guests and visitors to obtain access to UC Davis systems, including wireless networks, logging into computers, Library privileges, etc.

UC Davis has a service that allows you to add important academic dates to your own Outlook Calendar.

I'm planning to purchase a computer personally (on my own funds, not University funds). What do you recommend?

This document provides a quick summary of IT services available at UC Davis aimed at new faculty, staff, and graduate students. Learn about setting up your UC Davis computing account and email, getting a new computer, available software, file storage and backup, etc.

Do you need an email address or account for your group or project? This page explains the options.

As a highly distributed campus, there are many IT support groups at UC Davis. While LS IT is always happy to assist you with finding the best resources for your needs, this page provides information on the major areas of responsibility for various IT groups.

What you do on the campus network can be traced back to you, individually. Be smart about what you choose to download or share when using UC Davis network resources.

We frequently receive questions about why we prefer UC- and UC Davis-contracted vendors over non-contracted vendors, even when the non-contracted vendor may offer items at (seemingly) lower prices. This whitepaper provides some context for our purchasing policies.