Welcome to the IT Helpdesk website of the University of Helsinki

The IT-Helpdesk serves the University staff and students via chat, e-mail and telephone. Support and instructions are limited to the most important devices in the university’s centralised administration and the standard programmes on these devices. The IT-Helpdesk´s opening hours can be found at the bottom of each instructions site page. The IT Helpdesk’s instructions site is available 24/7.

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Landing pages

Wireless networks at the University of Helsinki

The University of Helsinki has several wireless networks:

  • HelsinkiUni is a new wireless network for centrally managed university staff Windows laptops. 
     
  • Eduroam is international wireless network for staff, students and members of the eduroam network.
     
  • HelsinkiUni Guest network is intended for users who do not have university credentials or access to the eduroam network.

Microsoft 365

Sign in https://www.helsinki.fi/office365

Cannot sign in to the cloud email? Please enter an account in the form username@ad.helsinki.fi (e.g. rkeskiva@ad.helsinki.fi)

Read more about Microsoft 365

Logging in to university services

  • You can log in to nearly all university services using the standard format: username (for example, rkeskiva)
  • eduroam credentials: username@helsinki.fi (for example, rkeskiva@helsinki.fi
  • Microsoft 365 credentials: username@ad.helsinki.fi (for example, rkeskiva@ad.helsinki.fi)

NB! Your email will be in the format firstname.surname@helsinki.fi (for example raimo.keski-vaanto@helsinki.fi)

Connections from outside the University

The use of some of the University’s online services is limited to the university network for licence-related reasons. These services include the databases and electronic journals offered by the library. To use these services on a computer outside the university network, you are required to establish a secure connection between your home computer and the university server.

The most common technology for establishing such a connection is VPN (Wikipedia). To use a VPN connection, you need a valid university username. Check the installation instructions for different operating systems.

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For new University staff and students

This guide includes the most important instructions related to the use of information technology for new University staff and students. You can find more help from this instructions site by using, for example, the search. If you cannot solve the problem with the instructions, don’t hesitate to contact the IT Helpdesk.

The IT instructions of the University of Helsinki are mainly available on this instructions site, which is open to everyone. Please note that the instructions often include a short quick guide and longer instructions with images. Some instructions also include video tutorials

Multifactor Authentication (MFA)

This landing page contains links to all the University's MFA instructions.

Multifactor Authentication (MFA) improves information security by making scam attempts more difficult for cybercriminals. You can choose to ask for authentication requests every 90 days per device to avoid receiving the requests continuously. MFA is a feature that provides additional security when logging in to many of the University's services, and it uses a separate device to authenticate.

Current topics

08.05.2024

Old Mac computers will be taken out of use by 31 January 2025 – return your old device asap!

The IT Center will phase out old University Mac computers that are no longer supported and cannot run at least macOS 14 Sonoma or macOS 15 (the new macOS15 will be launched late 2024). The IT Center will centrally prevent the use of old University Mac computers on 31 January 2025 at 4 PM.

07.05.2024

Bring old University devices to IT Recycling and ask us about IT at Kumpula Campus on 22 May 2024 from 11 AM to 2 PM!

Is your old University laptop gathering dust? Are you curious about University IT in general? The IT Center’s customer support team is setting up IT recycling and University IT information pop-up points at the Kumpula Campus buildings’ Chemicum, Exactum and Physicum first floor lobbies on Wednesday 22 May 2024 from 11 AM to 2 PM!

30.04.2024

Service breaks in network connections at Kumpula/remote locations and University services on 7 May 2024 from 7 to 8 AM

Service breaks will occur in network connections at the Kumpula Campus and remote locations on Tuesday, 7 May 2024 from 7 to 8 AM. In addition to wireless and wired network connections, the service breaks concern authentication and University services (e.g. Flamma, helsinki.fi and Microsoft 365). The service breaks are due to University core network maintenance.

26.04.2024

Windows 10 AoVPN device tunnel issue resolved – restart your laptop

An issue was detected with the AoVPN (Always on VPN) Device Tunnel earlier in week 17. Due to the issue, Z: home directories were not automatically available for University staff working remotely on centrally managed Windows 10 laptops without a separate OpenVPN connection. The issue has now been resolved with a fix which is automatically installed on University Windows 10 laptops on restart via centralized management from April 25, 2024.

23.04.2024

Service breaks in all University network connections and web services on 29 April 2024 from 7 to 8 AM

Service breaks will occur in all University network connections and web services on Monday, 29 April 2024 from 7 to 8 AM. The service breaks concern wired and wireless networks, VPN connections, University web services (e.g. Flamma, helsinki.fi and Microsoft 365) and authentication. The service breaks are due to core network maintenance work.

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