Quick Summary of Services for Staff

Your UW NetID is your personal identification giving you access to UW networking and computing services. If you are working at the UW and have not already received your UW NetID, you can create your own.

Always take care to protect your password!

Use the Manage Your UW NetID Services site to forward your email, turn on a vacation message, check on how much disk space you are using, add new services and much more.

Keep an eye on your use of storage space by checking the Your Usage of UW Central Storage Space page regularly.

Need another account for work purposes or a separate project? You can request a shared UW NetID account.

If you have a visitor from outside the UW, you can sponsor an account for the person that will give them access to many UW services.

MyUW is your personal Web page, giving you convenient access to the UW information you use most in a way that you can personalize to meet your own needs. In MyUW you can manage personal and employment information with Employee Self-Service, send and receive email with WebPine, and much more.

When you get your UW NetID, you also get an email address that consists of your UW NetID followed by "@u.washington.edu". By default, email sent to that address will go to your UW Email InBox on the UW's central email system.

You can access and work with your UW email from any networked computer available to you. You can use Web browsers, email client programs, or terminal session programs to see your email.

If you prefer to receive your UW email on some email service provider other than the UW central email systems, you can set email forwarding by going to the Manage Your UW NetID Services site.

The UW maintains an online directory for all its faculty, staff, and students. You can update your own directory information by entering MyUW and going to Employee Self-Service.

Telephone, cellular phone, and paging services are available, plus many other services including voice mail and audio library, teleconferencing and videoconferencing.

Security is a very important concern here at the UW. Protect your password, work with your computer support staff to keep your software up-to-date, and use virus protection software.

Because of the danger an infected computer poses to other UW computers, all computers connecting to UW networks, whether by modem, DSL or cable, wireless, or campus network, should be well managed. Infected computers may be blocked from using UW networks.

The Software Guide provides information on computer software available to the UW community.

The UW Internet Connectivity Kit (UWICK), available on CD-ROM at the University Bookstore or by download from the UWICK pages in the Software Guide, provides all the email, terminal session, Web browser, and file transfer software you need to securely connect to and use UW computing and networking services. The kit also includes virus protection software.

Wireless connectivity is available in many locations on the UW campuses. More locations are being added every month.

Many UW employees, particularly those doing administrative computing, use Nebula computers, a system for centrally managing support and software for desktop computers.

Begin by asking about what resources, such as Web servers, templates, and training, are available within your own department. In addition to local resources, the UW maintains central Web servers for many different purposes.

Training in Web publishing is available through the Catalyst Workshops and the UW Computer Training program.

Extensive resources supporting your work are available through the UW's Faculty and Staff Guide.

UW Technology Service Center offers a wide variety of communications services, including teleconferencing and video conferencing.

Your use of UW computers and networks should with few exceptions be strictly work related. Please take time to learn the rules for proper use of UW resources.

Keep in mind that UW policy and federal law (including the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, DMCA) require that all national and international copyrights be respected. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action or termination of access to UW service.

Many jobs at the UW involve use of online administrative computing services. In your training, you will be instructed how to obtain access to these services.