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Calendar sharing permissions

Is it possible to share my Outlook calendar with an address outside SFA with permissions level other than "Can view when I'm busy"? If so, please share instructions.
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Jane Long Last activity on 9/19/2025 2:49:29 PM by Jane Long

Updating from Monterey to Sonoma/Sequoia

My office computer is a 2021 iMac with an M1 chip. It came with Monterey. It's compatible with Sonoma and Sequoia. Is there any SFA-specific reason that I can't or shouldn't update it to Sonoma? (I'll wait on Sequoia.)
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Randi Barnes-Cox Last activity on 9/30/2024 11:00:31 AM by Tim Lewallen

Email on mobile device

I don't see the instructions for deleting and adding email after the migration
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Lisa Mize Last activity on 9/20/2024 3:24:44 PM by Tim Lewallen

Request to unblock a website for cybersecurity course

Currently, the website www.bettercap.org is blocked on SFA wired network but is allowed on the wireless networks. What is Bettercap? Bettercap is a powerful, easily extensible and portable framework written in Go which aims to offer to security...
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Jianjun Zheng Last activity on 9/19/2024 11:09:19 AM by Tim Lewallen

Adobe Lightroom and other products

When I open Lightroom on my SFA-provided Macbook, Lightroom crashes at launch. I do not have this issue on my work Mac Mini. I've used the Self-Service app to install the Creative Cloud, as well as downloading it from the web, but neither way r...
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Dylan Parkhurst Last activity on 9/6/2024 9:23:45 AM by Tim Lewallen

Can students download Windows OS from Azure?

When my students log into the Azure Education portal at https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_Education/EducationMenuBlade/~/software , they cannot find Windows 10 or 11 to download. However, when I log into the same portal, I am able t...
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Jianjun Zheng Last activity on 8/29/2024 1:03:21 PM by Tim Lewallen

Remote desktop for Mac

Good morning,
We have a new Director starting today, and she is a Mac user. Is there a remote desktop option so that she can log into her Mac on campus from her Mac laptop?
Thanks,
Theunis
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Theunis Oliphant Last activity on 7/1/2024 12:18:30 PM by Tim Lewallen


Microsoft account

I have a university laptop that was purchased new for a grant. Tag # 140510 - I am trying to do the set up but it says I do not have a Microsoft account. I have tried it for organization use and personal use and get the same error. Pictures of sc...
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Victoria Wagner-Greene Last activity on 10/19/2023 6:16:22 PM by Victoria Wagner-Greene

Requesting a website be accessible on campus

How can we make requests for websites to be allowed?
I ask because I cannot navigate to http://scientia.mat.utfsm.cl from campus machines, although I had been able to in the past. I have confirmed that the website is still accessible off ca...
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Jane Long Last activity on 7/14/2023 1:21:41 PM by Tim Lewallen

adding my sfa email to my iphone

I am trying to find out how to put my sfa email onto my iphone
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Frankie Clark Last activity on 7/6/2023 6:47:49 AM by Tim Lewallen

Incorrect information on Article ID: 78877

Good morning,
We received a call this morning about Duo. The student said they could not get through to the Help Desk. I checked the article on Duo. The contact information is 936-468-4367 for the Help Desk, but I'm sure that is why they coul...
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Theunis Oliphant Last activity on 5/2/2023 1:16:05 PM by Robert Minshew

Create a contact list on a Mac

Each semester I setup a contact list for each my courses to enable easier email distribution. On Outlook online, I have no problem creating or seeing these lists, but in my office I have a Mac, and I am unable to create or see these lists. Is t...
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Dylan Parkhurst Last activity on 9/27/2022 2:10:55 PM by Tim Lewallen

Email & mySFA access after graduation

Hey there,
How long should a student still be able to access their jacks.sfasu.edu email and mySFA login after graduation?
Are students notified before these stop working?
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Jennifer Ironsmith Last activity on 1/6/2022 2:58:40 PM by Tim Lewallen

Connecting to department printer

I am trying to connect my Mac to the department printer, but I can't seem to be able to. I've tried using the Printer&Scanner options in System Preferences but it doesn't work. I know individuals using PCs in my department see the printers ...
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Dylan Parkhurst Last activity on 4/14/2021 8:40:59 AM by Tim Lewallen

Add-ins in Excel 365

Hi, I'm teaching my students how to do statistics in Excel, but we need access to Excel's Analysis Toolpak. This is easy enough to do with a local copy of Excel, but I seem to lack permissions to instal add-ins using the cloud-based version of Ex...
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Lauren Brewer Last activity on 2/8/2021 10:17:32 AM by Tim Lewallen

Personal Email

How do i change my personal email
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Marquel Ray Last activity on 1/4/2021 8:06:03 AM by Ashley Johnson

SFA-LAWN Connection

Whenever I try to connect to SFA-LAWN I get "Cannot connect to the network." Is there something I need to do other than enter my user name and password?
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Dylan Parkhurst Last activity on 10/9/2019 5:06:18 PM by Tim Lewallen

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