Protect your work and home computers with Sophos Home Premium anti-virus software, available at no cost to faculty, staff and students.
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Accelerate your research at the UW
Find up-to-date tools capable of handling your research needs, tap the power of the UW’s own supercomputer, and get a one-on-one consultation about your research computing needs.
Connect to UW network resources from off campus with Husky OnNet
Need to access files on the UW network from home? Use a UW secure virtual private network (VPN), like the free Husky OnNet for current students, faculty and staff. Off-campus access to UW resources on the UW network through remote desktop or a file-sharing application require a VPN.
Observe World Backup Day on March 31 by protecting your data
Theft or a security breach could mean your data could be gone in an instant. Learn what you need to do to keep you from losing your valuable work or exposing the UW to institutional harm.
Get a backup solution in time for World Backup Day on March 31
Get CrashPlan from UW-IT — a modestly priced desktop backup solution that runs silently in the background on all devices and provides real-time recovery. Available for faculty and staff, the plan is particularly important for researchers and investigators who keep lots of important data on their devices. Don’t lose important work! Get CrashPlan today.
Students successfully meet new Title IX requirement and register for spring classes
More than 43,000 students registered for spring classes without a glitch thanks to key technical support from UW-IT. Students for the first time were required to complete a Title IX course before being allowed to register.
Rev up your classes with Jupyter Notebook
UW-IT’s JupyterHub services allow faculty to bring the full power of cloud computing into the classroom.
UW answers 6 a.m. call
It’s 5:59 a.m. on a Friday in February and fingers throughout the Puget Sound metropolitan area rest on keyboards waiting to click “submit.”
Bad Bunny in town for a big concert? Try again!
One simple “Reference Number” per help issue starting 3/18
When you need help that’s managed in UW Connect — such as via help@uw.edu or ischelp@uw.edu — you’ll have one unchanging REF record per issue, regardless of supporting unit or issue type; they’ll show in My Requests.
Stay connected with MyUW mobile apps for iPhone and Android
The MyUW app is available for your iPhone or Android device to help you stay connected to resources and content you need every day, including quick links to Workday and Directory Search, among others.