Prepare for Winter Break Before You Leave Campus
Set Out of Office notices and make sure VPN works. Change your password if necessary. Then enjoy winter break with no computer worries!
Email Out of Office Notices
Notify Senders You’re Away from the Office
- Outlook Web App (OWA) – Video & Step by Step Instructions
- Outlook (PC) – Video & Step by Step Instructions
- Outlook (Mac) – Video & Step by Step Instructions
Phone Out of Office Notices
Set an Alternate Greeting on Your Office Phone
VPN
If you are doing any college work from home over winter break, before you leave make sure VPN is working and that you can connect to your network drives on your college-owned computer. On a personal computer check that you can connect using a remote desktop connection to ecfsHome-ts.
Network Password
Change Your Network/Email Password
If you haven’t changed your password since the beginning of the fall term, change it now to stay connected to email, JayWeb and Blackboard. You won’t have to do it again until April. Just make sure to remember the new password. After you change your password, change it on all your devices. Use your new password before you leave campus.
Step by Step Directions & Video
Log on to OWA to test your new password.
WiFi – Update Your Password
After you change your email password, if you connect to EC_JAYNET_LOGIN on campus you will need to change the wireless password for that connection. This is not necessary if you connect to EC_OPEN_WIFI.
Email on Wireless Devices – Update Your Password
If you receive college email on any of your devices, such as an iPhone, update your mail settings to use the new password. Step by step instructions: iPhone