 Communication & Collaboration

General information and guides for requesting a Purdue-owned cellular/MIFI device.

Purdue email existing users who have previously had their purdue.edu email automatically delivered to a non-Purdue email address will be impacted by a change to Purdue's email system on May 20 and need to take steps to  ensure their emails are routed properly.

Answers to frequently asked questions about the Spring 2024 email delivery changes

OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud-based online storage solution. Being associated with Purdue University, everyone has access to 1TB of OneDrive Storage.

Instructions for deleting a Listserv mailing list.

Using SSH, or Secure Shell, it is possible to sign in to a Unix account from a personal computer. The instructions provided here explain how to access a UNIX account from a personal computer.

Instructions for adding Microsoft Office 365 to your computer.

Instructions for logging into Zoom for Purdue users.

Instructions for adding an alternate @purdue.edu email address

Instructions for allowing all email from @purdue.edu addresses to post to your Listserv list.

Instructions for allowing non-subscribers to post to a Listserv.

Instructions on how to change a list's owner, moderator or editor.

The names used in Office 365 after activation with your Purdue career account will be the same as those that are listed with the Registrar's office on your official records.

This article provides step--by-step instructions for how Purdue Research Foundation employees can change their Microsoft 365 password.

This article provides step-by-step instructions for configuring your iPhone to retrieve and display Microsoft 365 email.

This article provides step-by-step instructions for Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) employees to configure an iPhone to connect to Microsoft 365.

Instructions how any Purdue faculty or staff member can have a Listserv created for official, academic, research, and/or administrative duties.

Instructions on how to find out who owns or maintains a particular website at Purdue University West Lafayette.

How to fix my Web page permissions on a Mac

Instructions on how to forward my Cisco VOIP phone to ring on a different number.

Instructions and help for access your personal webspace at Purdue West Lafayette.

This article provides links to Microsoft  articles to assist in importing calendar events to your Microsoft 365 calendar.

This article provides step-by-step directions for importing a Contacts file into Microsoft 365.

Instructions for logging into ListServ.

Instructions fo making a list visible on the front listserv page.

Office 365 distribution lists have the ability for an "Owner" (or owners) to be assigned, so they can manage multiple facets of the group. Owners can modify the members within the group, the name, and whether or not to have the group be moderated to name a few. Even though you can modify the group membership through an Outlook client, the below information is going to focus on OWA (https://outlook.office.com) since this is where all the options can be found.

Purdue faculty, staff and students can modify their pronouns on their Microsoft 365 profile by following the the instructions from Microsoft Support.

This article provides instructions for moving  your data from  your W:drive (home directory) to OneDrive on an ESS (formerly CSDS) supported computer.

If you do not own a smartphone, or plan to be in a part of the world where you will not have Internet access and are therefore unable to use Microsoft Authenticator, a physical token may be utilized.

Instructions on how to leave a team in Microsoft Teams

This article contains a link and instructions for requesting a redirect.

This article provides step-by-step instructions for configuring an Android device to the Microsoft365 email for Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) employees.

Instructions to set up Purdue email (which uses Microsoft 365’s Exchange email service) on an Android mobile device

How to submit a request for a Purdue-owned basic cell phone.

Instructions for requesting a MIFI device, smartphone, or a service (only) plan with sim card.

Instructions for requesting a Purdue-owned pager.

Instructions for how to subscribe or unsubscribe to a Listserv mailing list

This article provides guidance on transferring your Purdue email to an alumni account after graduation.

Instructions for solving common problems associated with Career Account Web Space.

The content of this article, along with additional SharePoint resources, can now be accessed at https://www.itap.purdue.edu/infrastructure/coll...

An .htaccess file is a text file that gives direction on how to handle specific page requests.

This article provides information about support for using a Meeting Owl device.

For Purdue IT to provide services related to a Student Org Account, only the Club President & Faculty Advisor ON RECORD are allowed to request service.

The name of a list is a concise name by which the list will be identified.

You can add or change your profile photo in Microsoft 365 from Microsoft365.com, or while using Microsoft 365 applications on your computer or in a browser on your phone.

Instructions on how to change Listserv List subscribers/members .

Article provides instructions on how to change the Owner, Moderator, or Editor of Listserv Lists.

This article describes how to configure PRF email for Outlook.

If you have any questions about a specific list, direct them to the list owner. The list owner is always reachable by email at an address formatted like this: listname-request@lists.purdue.edu

This feature in LISTSERV allows a sender to send a message to a main list, and the message gets sent to people on different sub-lists without being marked as spam. It makes sure that each person gets only one copy of the message, even if they are on multiple sub-lists.

Article explains how to request access to another user's email mailbox.

Article connects to Microsoft Support to help users set up automatic replies in Outlook.

Instructions to set up Purdue OneDrive on a personal laptop

Instructions for setting up Purdue email on an Apple Device

Article points to Microsoft Support's instructions for calendar sharing.

A change in security settings to Microsoft’s OneDrive application for ESS (Endpoint Support Services) supported computers has blocked the ability for the desktop application to connect to personal OneDrive (non-Purdue owned) accounts.

Instructions for newly admitted student to set up my Purdue career account and email.

How to set up Purdue email if you receive "No Mailbox" error.

This article provides links and a request button for assistance.

Purdue Fort Wayne users can follow steps in this article to access their Office365 account.

This article will assist Purdue Fort Wayne faculty, staff and students on the process to create their Zoom account.

The document provides information about the computer labs in student housing at Purdue Fort Wayne, including their location, availability, guidelines, and webprint service.

The document explains how to register a device for a wired network connection at Purdue Fort Wayne by using the mydevices.pfw.edu website and entering the device's name and MAC address.

Purdue Fort Wayne residents of Student Housing can use this article to assist with registering their game consoles or streaming devices.

Purdue University Fort Wayne can now utilize a cloud-based application, SecureW2, to automate and simplify connecting devices to campus Wi-Fi.

Using voting buttons/tracking responses, to know if some agrees or disagrees with certain topics in Microsoft Outlook.

A brief overview of what is a mailing list.

Article provides overview of limits to a Purdue Office 365 email account.

This article contains information about obtaining telephony devices for departmental use..

An overview of the Purdue university mailing list service terms of use

A webpage is a specific type of file that can be viewed in a web browser (IE, Firefox, Safari, etc); usually an HTML file. When you type an address into the address bar of your browser, you've directed your browser to pull up a specific file on the Internet located at that address. This file is a webpage.

A website is a collection of webpages and all other associated files that have a common purpose.

What to do if you have run Webfix and am still getting a '503: Forbidden' error?

Information about how to connect to save old messages.

Upon separation from the university, faculty, staff and students will lose access to the Office suite products (free Office for download, OneDrive, and Office online) and will need to remove any files from OneDrive that you want to keep prior to your last day. Files stored on your personal computer will be fine. Students who graduate will continue to retain their @purdue.edu email address for 3 semesters through Office 365 (but lose access to the Office suite of products).

Course Email Lists are mailing lists that allow Instructors to reach all of the students in a section or course.

A moderated mailing list is one configured so an individual is assigned the authority (gatekeeper) to determine whether a message sent to the mailing list will be distributed.

A Purdue University Alumni email account is an email account (@alumni.purdue.edu) provided to graduates of Purdue University for personal use after graduation.

Alertus is a component of the Purdue Emergency Notification system.  Purdue has desktop notifications and Beacons installed.

Cascade is a content management system used to create web pages.

This article provides information about Four Winds digital signage, its cost and how to request a digital sign.

LISTSERV is an email list management software program.

Localist is a cloud based web application sold by Localist. The application provides a way to submit, approve, and post events of interest to the Purdue Community and the General Public

Microsoft Multi-Factor Authentication (MFa) is used to protect Purdue email and Microsoft accounts.

WebEx is a web conferencing tool for Purdue faculty and staff.

Zoom is a video conferencing tool that is integrated for use in the Brightspace learning management system and is available for student, faculty and staff use.

This article contains step-by-step instructions for viewing the training videos provided by Four Winds.

Purdue IT's Video Production team offers faculty, staff and students a video conferencing facility ideal for long-distance meetings, interviews, thesis defenses or any other information-sharing sessions in Stewart Center (STEW), Rooms 209 & G52.

This article provides links to documentation and training videos for Four Winds Digital Signage.

Microsoft SharePoint is a collaboration platform that allows multiple users to share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and seamlessly collaborate across the organization.

This article provides links and other information for changes to Purdue websites.

This article contains information for requesting for updating Purdue IT websites.

The use of the @lists.purdue.edu domain enables the Mailhub group to offer this service to a wider audience, provide mailing list-specific features, and clearly mark the address as a mailing list (not an individual’s email address).

This article contains a list of reasons why a Couse Email List may not be working.