Author: Andres Müller Krummenacher

New IAM system productive (ID SWS)

New IAM names Please note the new spellings and change old names. https://sherlock.sp.ethz.ch/headoffice/mc/diverse%20Dokumente/Neue_ID_IAM_Bezeichnungen_DE.pdf https://www.ethz.ch/services/de/it-services/dokumente/glossar.html Administration of ETH passwords new in the “Web Center” Since April 15, 2019, the Web application “Web Center” has to be used to manage passwords and other functions. The tool and the look have changed, but the URL has remained the […]

Private appointments in Outlook (Exchange)

A lot of people try to protect the content of their appointments by marking them as “Private”. Unfortunately, the mail server does not actually conceal the content. Exchange merely flags the appointments as “Private” in its design. It is the clients’ job to respect the marking.   Recommendation Do not publish any sensitive or confidential […]

How to detect phishing mails

Original website: https://blogs.ethz.ch/its/2019/03/18/how-to-detect-phishing-mails/ Emails are a practical and useful means of communication. However, they are often used by fraudsters to steal confidential data such as passwords or bank information. These so-called phishing emails pose a real risk. Not all of them can be automatically detected and stopped by technical email filters. This also means that […]

“Hands-On” in the Cloud – 3-day Microsoft Azure Workshop

Shortly before Christmas last year Microsoft Switzerland contacted us. They offered us a technical workshop about their cloud service “Azure” according to our wishes. After animated internal discussions, we were able to identify three typical and potentially interesting cloud patterns for such a workshop for ETH researchers as well as for ITS SIS: (i) Distribution […]

How can I find out if this is spam?

– Topic plausible? No -> Spam/Phishing/Malware – Sender plausible? No -> Spam/Phishing/Malware – Does the subject match the sender? No -> Spam/Phishing/Malware Other points that may indicate spam/phishing/malware: – Does the language match the topic/sender? German/English? – Does the salutation fit? General or personal? – Does the text look as if it has been translated […]

Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching

  See below for English.   Sehr geehrte IT-Shop-Benutzende   Am 11. Februar 2019 wurde Microsoft Imagine (früher bekannt als DreamSpark und MSDNAA) durch «Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching» abgelöst. Gleichzeitig wurde das Programm von der Kivuto- auf die Azure-Plattform gezügelt, der bisherige OnTheHub-Link funktioniert entsprechend nicht mehr.   Im IT Shop (https://itshop.ethz.ch/) gibt […]

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