| Connect to UTHealth network |
UTHealth Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
The UTHealth Virtual Private Network (VPN) enables staff, students, and faculty to securely connect to the university's network from home and other remote locations.
It is the responsibility of students and employees with VPN privileges to ensure that unauthorized users are not allowed access to UTHealth internal networks.
When you no longer need the access or security VPN provides, we encourage you to disconnect from the VPN server.
Enrollment in Duo two-factor authentication is required for logging into the VPN client.
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VPN |
| Securely connecting to the UTHealth network |
DUO two-factor authentication |
Two-factor authentication, also known as two-step authentication, adds an additional layer of assurance to your normal login process. This is done by both verifying something you know, such as a password, and something you have, such as a phone.
Please visit IT Security's Two-Factor Authentication site for more information on how to enroll your device.
Self-enrollment is limited to on-campus only.
Remote users must contact the UTHealth IT Solution Center at 713-486-4848.
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DUO |
| Email from home |
Webmail |
Access your UTHealth email, calendar, and contacts from any location with your web browser.
In your browser, access https://mail.uth.edu/
Login with your UTHealth username and password.
Webmail Learn more
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DUO |
| Access to Electronic Medical Records |
Citrix Remote EMR Access |
Access EPIC, Axium/MiPacs and others, remotely from any browser.
In your browser, access https://citrix.uth.tmc.edu/
Login with your UTHealth username and password.
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DUO |
| Access network drives from home |
SecureStor |
SecureStor allows you to access your network home drive files from any web browser.
In your browser, access https://securestor.uth.tmc.edu/
Login with your UTHealth username and password.
SecureStor Learn more
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DUO |
| Online meetings |
Teams Meeting |
Students, faculty, and staff can use this technology, free of charge, to schedule interactive online meetings. Teams Meetings includes Outlook calendar integration, allowing you to schedule Teams Meetings directly from your Outlook calendar. Each online Teams Meeting you host will support up to 1,000 (20 if launching a Teams Video/Audio call from an on-going chat session).
Review UTHealth's Web Conferencing options page to determine which resource best fits your needs.
DISCLAIMER: Teams Meetings are designed for office meetings and should NOT be used to interact with, treat, or diagnose patients.
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| Online meetings, Telemedicine* |
Zoom |
Students, faculty, and staff can use Zoom free of charge, to schedule interactive online meetings. Users needing a new Zoom account can simply log into Zoom using this link, https://uthealth.zoom.us will be instantly provided a license. UTHealth Faculty and Staff will receive upgraded licenses with no time limit for meetings and students will receive a basic license that has a 40-minute time limit for meetings.
Recordings of Zoom meetings will save to the Cloud as a default with the ability to download the meeting afterward. Zoom recordings will only be available to 15 days, after which the recordings will be purged.
*DISCLAIMER: NON-UTP Providers can use Zoom to conduct telemedicine sessions with a patient using a HIPAA-compliant professional license.
Providers within the UTP Practice Plan may only use Epic MyChart for telemedicine.
For Questions regarding Zoom, email: [email protected]
Review UTHealth's Web Conferencing options page to determine which resource best fits your needs
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| Access to administrative applications |
PeopleSoft applications (FMS, HCM, Campus Solutions) |
Access the PeopleSoft FMS, HCM and Campus Solutions applications for back-office transaction processing and reporting.
In your browser, access the PeopleSoft links site.
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VPN |
| Access to Self Service |
Employee Self Service |
Access UTHealth Employee Self Service functions (Timesheets, Payroll, Benefits, etc.)
In your browser, access the campus intranet, Inside UTHealth and select Employee Self Service from the global toolbar menu.
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VPN |
| Access to student applications and alumni |
applyUTH and alumniUTH |
Access UTHealth Campus Solutions for student applicants and alumni.
In your browser, navigate to the UTHealth Registrar's site and find links for applyUTH and alumni UTH in the left navigation.
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| Access enrollment and financial aid |
myUTH |
Access UTHealth Campus Solutions self-service functions (myUTH). These are used by student and faculty for enrollment, financial aid and student finance.
In your browser, access the UTHealth Registrar's site and find the link for myUTH in the left navigation.
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DUO |
| Access to Electronic Medical Records |
Provider OneSource (VDI) Access |
OneSource, Memorial Hermann Hospital System’s, physician portal operates through VDI, a virtual environment that moves with you from Memorial Hermann computers, your computer or personal devices. One of the central physician apps is Care4. https://one.memorialhermann.org/
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| Academic - Educational and collaborative tools |
UTH-Share |
UTH-Share is UTHealth’s implementation of Google's G Suite for Education--a set of cloud-based collaboration tools that allow users to create, store and share Google documents with others both inside campus and around the world.
Continue to access these solutions from your browser as you do today.
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DUO |
| Academic - Educational and collaborative tools |
Canvas Catalog |
Canvas Catalog allows you to publish non-credit Canvas courses in an attractive online catalog that is available to users outside UTHealth.
Continue to access these solutions from your browser as you do today.
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| Academic - Educational and collaborative tools |
Canvas |
Canvas is an easy-to-use online learning tool. Accessible at any time via the Internet, Canvas allows students and faculty to access class information as needed.
Continue to access these solutions from your browser as you do today.
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DUO for
faculty only |
| Password Reset |
Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) |
A web-based application that allows UTHealth students, faculty, and staff to change their current password or recover a forgotten password. A password can be recovered either through a personal email account or mobile phone if it has been enrolled through SSPR.
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| Clocking in/out of work |
Web Clocks |
The UTHealth Employee Time Clock can be accessed from off campus
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VPN and DUO |
| Lecture Capture |
Panopto |
Panopto is a lecture capture software that allows instructors to record video, audio, and screen activity on a computer and automatically uploads the content most usually into the course for which it was recorded, for viewing online.
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DUO |
| Digital Signatures |
Digital IDs |
Digital certificates are electronic credentials that bind the identity of the certificate owner to a pair of electronic encryption keys, (one public and one private), that can be used to encrypt and sign information digitally.
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| Remotely connect to UTHealth computer |
Remote Desktop |
Remotely connect to your work computer over a network connection.
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VPN |
| Remote access to voicemail |
Avaya telephone |
Remotely access your voicemail by calling at 713-500-8886 and follow the prompts to access any voicemail boxes you manage.
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| Access to Group mailboxes in Webmail |
Webmail |
To access and connect group mailboxes via Webmail
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DUO |
| Collaborative tools and productivity software |
Office 365/OneDrive |
UTHealth's current implementation of Office 365 provides several cloud-based collaboration and productivity tools. You can also download a copy of the full Microsoft Office suite to your local machine.
To go directly to Office 365. Information about UTHealth's current Office 365 implementation and enabled features can be found on the Cloud Computing Services site.
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DUO |
| Collaboration and Communication Tool |
Microsoft Teams |
Microsoft Teams speeds up communication via Teams chat and allows for collaboration between team members who are working remotely.
Teams can be accessed by using a web browser, mobile device or the Teams application that can be installed on your UT computer. Use your UTHealth email address and password to log in.
NOTE: From your home computer, only access Teams via a web browser. Do not download any sensitive university documents to non-UT computers. If you intend to use Teams on your mobile device, ensure it is secured with a PIN to protect university data.
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DUO |
| Physician Access Tool |
OneSource (VDI) Access |
PhysicianLINK has been replaced by OneSource. This portal operates through VDI, a virtual environment that moves with you on Memorial Hermann computers, your computer or personal devices.
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