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News for New and Returning MCECS student users in Fall 2024

The CAT has been busy throughout the Summer, making some substantial changes to our computer infrastructure. These changes may affect both onsite and remote users. Here are some highlights: All Windows systems in computer labs have been migrated to Windows 11. All Ubuntu Linux end-user systems have been upgraded to the 24.04 (“noble”) release. The [...]

2024-09-30T02:31:33-08:00September 30th, 2024|

The Windows Terminal Server has been Retired

Our old Windows Terminal Service has now been shut down. With the advent of our Windows Remote Lab, MCECS users now have access to remote desktops that provide all the software delivered to our primary on-campus Windows Labs. Use of the old terminal server has plummeted and we seldom see more than a few concurrent [...]

2024-09-30T02:56:31-08:00September 11th, 2024|

End-Of-Life for the Old Windows Terminal Server – ts.cecs.pdx.edu

At the end of Summer Term 2024 (and before the start of Fall Term), we will be shutting down our old Windows Terminal Server. Running on scrounged hardware since 2003, the terminal server provided remote access to select Windows applications supported by the CAT. With the advent of our Windows Remote Lab, MCECS users now [...]

2024-07-30T10:09:40-08:00July 30th, 2024|

Fall 2022 Remote Windows Lab Access

New to Fall 2022 is our MCECS Windows Remote Lab (currently numbering 27 systems and soon to grow to 37 systems). These systems are dedicated to remote use and do not reduce the seat count of our onsite computer labs. We are hoping that this remotely accessible service provides sufficient capacity for remote Windows lab [...]

2022-09-26T16:22:20-08:00September 26th, 2022|

EB 325 Remote Lab Closing Down

We will be disabling the EB 325 remote lab computers. This is to make way for some system upgrades that are taking place in EB 325. For the time being, use the FAB 55-17 remote lab computers (also available through our remote lab page) for off-site access to MCECS Windows systems. The rest of the [...]

2022-07-13T16:40:02-08:00July 13th, 2022|

4/18/2022 – Adding MCECS single sign-on to rdp.cecs.pdx.edu

Starting Monday, April 18th, we will be testing the placement of MCECS single sign-on authentication "in front of" the web-based Remote Desktop application that some users access at rdp.cecs.pdx.edu. This move is to provide an additional security layer since this service allows direct logins to many of our Windows systems from off campus. It does mean [...]

2022-04-19T13:04:34-08:00April 15th, 2022|

Remote Access to MCECS Computer Labs – Spring 2022

Windows Computer Labs Remote Lab With the threat of Omicron driving more students towards remote access, for Winter 2022, many of our Windows computer labs are switching to a hybrid operation with some seats reserved for remote-use only. Portions of FAB 55-17 (MCECS FAB General Lab - aka the “Intel Lab”), EB 325 (MCEC EB [...]

2022-04-19T13:07:17-08:00January 21st, 2022|

Remote Access to MCECS Computer Labs – Fall 2021

Windows Computer Labs Remote Lab With the return to campus in Fall 2021, many of our Windows computer labs are returning to onsite-only operation. As the term begins, we will be offering a portion of FAB 55-17 (MCECS FAB General Lab - aka the “Intel Lab”) for remote access users to all MCECS students. MME [...]

2022-01-21T12:56:52-08:00September 20th, 2021|

What’s new and other info for MCECS computer users – Fall 2020

Greetings from the Computer Action Team! Fall 2020 is going to be a remotely-accessed experience for most MCECS users. Whether you’re a student, faculty, or staff, you can learn more about your MCECS account by following this link: https://cat.pdx.edu/users/getting-help/ We have built a resource that catalogs many of the most commonly asked questions we encountered [...]

2020-10-01T13:39:34-08:00October 1st, 2020|

Remote Computer Labs

To facilitate online and attend anywhere classes, a selection of Windows computer lab systems are available for remote access. Using either an RDP client or a web browser, users can interact with lab machines and use any software that they would normally find while in one of our computer labs.  This system can be accessed [...]

2024-09-29T23:18:34-08:00September 15th, 2020|
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