Network services provided by the University

• Software Center
  Installing additional software on university workstations
   
• Managed Software Center for Mac computers
  Installing additional software on university Mac workstations
   
• Download Centre
  Downloading software on your home computer

• Microsoft 365 FAQ
• Outlook Web App (OWA) – Browser-based email
• Teams
• Viva Engage (former Yammer)
• Microsoft OneDrive for Business (cloud storage service) 
• Reporting junk mail and phishing:
  • Reporting junk mail and phishing: Outlook
  • Reporting junk mail and phishing: Outlook Web App (OWA)

Funet FileSender – An online tool for transferring large files

• Teams offers a single location for meetings, tools and content. You can create and edit files, communicate via video or instant messages and use other Office 365 software directly through Teams.
   
• Jabber is an instant messaging network that allows you to join group discussions or send private messages to other Jabber users. You can also set up new discussion forums. You need separate client software to use Jabber.

Flamma Workgroups

Instructions for setting up and maintaining a workgroup

Wiki

The University will replace the previous Confluence-based wiki service (wiki.helsinki.fi) with the open-source XWiki service in 2024. The change is due to costs as the current wiki service provider Atlassian will significantly increase the pricing of its products. Like the current wiki, the new XWiki service is suitable for producing and managing content that must also be accessible from outside the University (without logging in to the University’s services).

• XWiki basics

The University’s blog service can be used to set up blogs for various uses related to or touching on the University’s activities.

Read more about the blog service on the Educational Technology Centre’s website.

SAP HR

All the University’s employees are users of the SAP HR personnel system. Employees use this system to apply for annual leave and report absences, for example.

• Log in to SAP HR here.
• Can’t you see the pop-up windows? See the instructions under SAP Finance.

SAP Finance

The SAP financial administration system is a tool for managing, posting and approving invoices.

In the University’s internal network, the service can be found at: https://msap.helsinki.fi/flp

To use SAP from outside the university network, install the HY-VPN application on your computer.

• When processing invoices, the top and bottom edges of the window are hidden

Are you looking for SAP HR and SAP Finance instructions? You can find them in Flamma (requires logging in with university username).

Applying for and renewing a user role in the HERO system

The University of Helsinki offers a virtual desktop environment (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure; VDI environment) used with the VMware client software (VMware Horizon Client) or a browser at vdi.helsinki.fi. The virtual workstation environment enables university workstations to be used safely from outside the University.

Staff members can use both Windows and Cubbli virtual desktops. Students can use Cubbli.

• Installing the VMware Horizon Client (Windows and Mac)
• Using the virtual workstation environment with VMware Horizon Client
• File management in a VDI environment

Log in to Moodle at https://moodle.helsinki.fi/

The service is available at  https://unisign.helsinki.fi/

• The system is used for documents that are not signed in Riihi or that have been agreed upon to be signed by hand.
• ​​​​​University staff and students log in to the system with their university username by clicking on the “Log in using your organizational account” in the login window.
• The authentication of signatories from outside the University of Helsinki takes place in two stages (email + SMS).

More detailed UniSign instructions are available on Flamma

Do you need a dictionary? You have access to Sanakirja.fi (or MOT Kielipalvelu), which requires you to log in.