Migrating email and files to ONID
The College of Business will stop providing students and alumni with email or file storage service as of the start of summer 2008. This change is part of a long-term strategy to simplify the computing experience for students and eliminate duplicate accounts that require multiple log-on identities. Instead of using College of Business accounts, students will use university-provided ONID (Oregon State Network ID) email and file storage systems.
This page explains the changes and gives instructions for migrating your existing email messages and files to your ONID account. While these changes will stop providing specific services (which is always painful), it is part of a larger strategy begun in 2001 with the creation of ONID accounts to make the computing experience for OSU students easier and better.
All services currently provided by the College of Business are also provided by the ONID accounts. Every student already has an ONID account with email, file storage and basic web hosting. For more information about your ONID account go to http://onid.oregonstate.edu.
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Comparison of Student Computing Services |
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College of Business Services
To be discontinued as of Summer 2008 |
ONID Services
Initially created in Fall 2001 -- these services will continue to improve and expand |
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Log-in User Names |
Created and used only within the College of Business
Sample UserID: smij123 (for Joe Smith) |
Used throughout OSU
Sample UserID: smithjoe (for Joe Smith) |
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Typical email address |
smij123@bus.oregonstate.edu, where smij123 is your College of Business username. |
smithjoe@onid.orst.edu, where smithjoe is your ONID username. |
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Email storage capacity |
120 MB per user |
200 MB per user |
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Typical file storage area |
Off campus access: cobsftp.bus.oregonstate.edu
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Windows file area: \\cob-storage\studentpdata\smij123 |
Off campus access: ftp://ftp.onid.orst.edu
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Windows access: \\onid-fs\smithjoe |
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Typical web address |
http://students.bus.oregonstate.edu/smij123, where smij123 is your College of Business username. |
http://oregonstate.edu/~smithjoe, where smithjoe is your ONID username. |
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File storage capacity |
1GB per user |
1GB per user |
Migrating email and files
If you have email in your COB mailbox or files on the College of Business file server, you should move them before we discontinue service on June 20, 2008. We understand people may need help with the migration process. The lab assistants in the Bexell student computer lab have been trained in these instructions and can provide help. You can also contact the College of Business help desk through email or by phone at 541-737-0947.
We strongly encourage people to move email messages and files before June 20th .... but we know some people will be caught off guard. For this reason, we will backup and maintain copies of all email messages and file storage areas.
Microsoft Developer's Network Academic Alliance Program:
What is MSDNAA?
The Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) provides students and faculty in the OSU College of Business access to download and a wide variety of Microsoft products for free educational use. Some of the products available in this program include:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Project
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows Vista Business (CD/DVD)
- Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005
- Microsoft Access
- Many more!
Please note this program does NOT cover the basic Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or FrontPage.
This software is made available for educational use only. If you intend to use these programs for personal, business or administrative purposes, you need to purchase a copy of the software. More information about this program can be found at the MSDN Academic Alliance Developer Center.
Who can use MSDNAA?
Access to the MSDNAA program is available to all currently enrolled COB students and all teaching COB faculty.
How do I access MSDNAA?
New COB students will receive an email message after the second week of each term with MSDNAA account information, including username and password, and instructions for accessing the site and downloading software.
The MSDNAA Software Center is the site with login access to download software. Your username for this site is your complete COB email address (i.e. user123@bus.oregonstate.edu). Your password was e-mailed to you at the beginning of the term. If you have forgotten or don't know your password simply click forgot password enter your COB email address and a new password will be sent to your account. | 
