New Employees (accounts and software)

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Setting Up New Employee Accounts

The following is a list of the software and accounts required for a New Miami University employee:

Some things to consider:
If employee is coming from another department at the University they may already have some of the accounts created for them. It is important for you to consult the new employee and see what type of accounts they previously had.

Account Information

Banner:
Banner is the software system for administrative computing at Miami University. Banner contains modules for student services, such as Admission, Financial Aid, Registrar, and Bursar, as well as modules for business services, such as Accounting, Planning and Analysis, and Budgeting.

To access Banner do the following:

1. View Banner Account information
2. Search the Knowledge Base by using the key words "Setup a computer to use Banner".
3. Training and support is also provided for Banner.

Eudora Pro:

Eudora Pro, is site licensed for use by current Miami students, faculty and staff for desktop e-mail. It is included as part of the standard MUnet installation, but may also be found elsewhere on Miami's network.

Complete the following steps:

1. Register the primary email account (if applicable)
2. Install Eudora
3. Configure Settings in Eudora
4. Search the Knowledge Base for other related information
   

Meeting Maker:

Meeting Maker is a group scheduling tool that makes it easy to schedule meetings, plan activities, keep a prioritized to-do list, and coordinate your calendar with other Meeting Maker users on a network.

To begin using Meeting Maker you will need to:

1. Have an account created on the Meeting Maker server or transfer an account if employee needs to retain all calendar data and proxies from a previous employee which already had a Meeting Maker account.
2. If employee is coming from a different department at the University and would like to retain there previous Meeting Maker account that account should be transferred.
3. Don't forget to use the naming guidelines
4. Install the software on the machine,
   
5. Configure and sign in.

WinFrame:

WinFrame is the supported solution for connecting to the Banner Administrative System from the Hamilton and Middletown campuses, from home, and from Mac OS-based computers. The WinFrame client allows you to connect to and run applications on a Windows NT server. A Winframe Account should be created before installing the Winframe. application.

Novell:

Universal Disk Space:

While some departments and divisions provide workspace for their employees, Universal Disk Space provides an additional 50Mbs of storage for documents, spreasheets,imagesor webpages. The users Universal Disk Space, remains assigned to a user until they are no longer associated with the University and will be available to them anywhere they have access to MUnet servers. Complete instructions for using the space are available.

• MacOS
• Win9x
• Server Locations for UDS