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Wrapping "IT" Up for the Holidays!


ETS has put together some recommendations for managing your technology while the College is closed for the holiday break.

SYSTEM STATUS:
If you are working from home and you need to know the status of any particular system, you can click the following link
https://www.monroecc.edu/go/status and find out its availability.  ETS will keep this web site up-to-date when we take down any system for maintenance over the holiday break.

VOICEMAIL:
Record an “out of office” greeting advising callers that the College is closed and when your office will reopen.   This will block callers from leaving a voicemail message.

Instructions for recording an “out of office” greeting:
1.      Access your mailbox
2.      Press 4 for Greeting
3.      Press 7 to record an “out of office” greeting
4.      When you return, access your mailbox and the system will prompt you to turn your “out of office” greeting off.  Your regular greeting will begin to play.

PC and MONITOR:
Turn off your PC and Monitor and remove disks/CDs/DVDs/USB drives.

OUTLOOK/EMAIL:
Please set the “Out of Office” Assistant if you will be out for an extended period of time over the holidays.  Try your best to clean your email box of non-essential mail.  ETS will be upgrading email servers and this will save migration time.

PRINTERS/COPIERS/FAX MACHINES:
Please turn printers/copiers and fax machines off.

PDAs:
PDA owners should plan to take their PDAs home.  Remember to also take home the PDA power adapter and/or the cradle if the PDA does not have a separate cable for the power.

LEARNING CENTERS and CLASSROOMS:
Learning Centers will be closed 12/24/2010-1/3/2011 and Classrooms will be under maintenance 1/3/2011 to 1/21/2011.

Don’t forget you can call the Call Center (Help Desk) option 1 with any questions through December 23 and starting again on January 3, 2011.  The Call Center will be closed 12/24/2010-1/2/2011.

ETS Call Center:
On Campus:   ext. 4357
Off Campus:  292-2000 ext. 4357

Happy Holidays to all from ETS!

Donna Pogroszewski
Communications and Network Services
12/16/2010