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Spartan Mail and related Spartan 365 software, including applications located at https://spartan365.msu.edu and downloaded Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), are provided to students while they attend the university and to faculty and staff members while they are employed by the university.

IPF IT supports workstation hardware and software, printer, file management, and mobile device consulting, procurement, and support.

Learning Space and Digital Classroom Support provide technical assistance for the audiovisual and IT equipment in MSU classrooms. When technology issues arise during classes, MSU IT analysts respond promptly to troubleshoot and resolve the problem, ensuring minimal disruption to teaching and learning activities.

Wireless printing and remote printing via 'print.msu.edu' - MSU Print allows you to print to specific MSU Printers from anywhere in the world using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).

Educational Technology Development provides consultation and training in the use of MSU Educational Technologies software portfolio. We are available for 1-on-1 support, or group training activities.

Fill out this form to request services from MSU IT’s Instructional Technology and Development team. We can help you with creative and technical instructional technology and accessibility in course development.

Virtual Desktop grants authorized students, faculty, and staff seamless access to licensed university software and applications via a user-friendly online portal at vdi.msu.edu.

Cryptography protects the confidentiality of many computers and applications rely on trusted SSL certificates to operate. The SSL Certificate service maintains a public Certificate Authority from which MSU can issue its own certificates and enable this strong encryption.

MSU operates one of the largest networks in the world which provides connectivity across the Internet for hundreds of thousands of users. Our computing resources are under constant attack from external threat actors so we use next-generation firewalls to provide network segmentation from the public Internet and its various internal computing environments. This is a goal of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (PR.PT-4 Segmentation and Filtering).

Learning Management Systems (LMS) provides support and troubleshooting for MSU’s LMS platforms, including D2L (Desire2Learn) and other related tools. The service covers user inquiries, technical issues, and guidance on LMS features such as course creation, content management, assessments, grading, and communication tools.

Incident Response oversees investigation of security events with the goal of identifying whether they represent compromise or breach of University security.  In either case, it falls to IR to determine the severity. We also aid in misconduct and internal investigations.

MSU business units use web sites for marketing and web applications to meet business objectives. Web Application Firewalls protect the applications from known threats and attackers by front-ending browser client communications.

Security Training, or Security Awareness Training, is an educational program designed to equip the users of IT services with knowledge and skills to protect themselves and the organization from cyber threats and security breaches. It focuses on building a security-conscious mindset and empowering users to recognize, avoid, and report potential security risks.

GRC provides services related to the creation/drafting of IT and IT security policy, review of policy, enforcement of policy, as well as general consulting about policy. This includes additional documentation as it relates to policy including standards, guidelines, and process and procedures. Additionally, GRC can provide consulting/review/assessment/attestation of numerous areas of compliance as it relates to: PCI DSS, HIPAA, FERPA, GLBA, CUI, CMMC, NIST SP 800-xxx, CJIS, ITAR, NDAA 889, NSPM-33, etc.

Health Information Security provides compliance advice and performs services required by the HIPAA Security rule.

MSU NetIDs are assigned to all current faculty, staff, students and retirees. A NetID is a unique alphanumeric identifier auto-generated from the user's name.

Your NetID is your personal identifier at MSU and serves as your login to many university computing and networking services. Your NetID also determines your MSU email address which is netid@msu.edu (e.g. the NetID msuspartan would have the email address msuspartan@msu.edu).

MSU Guest Account (formerly Community ID) grants limited access to web-based MSU services for users who are not affiliated with MSU directly. Users typically include members of the general public who sign up for non-credit courses, distance learners, and parents, guardians, and others invited by a student to access their information (such as MSU financial systems). Students enrolled in credit classes should log in to MSU resources using their NetID and should not register for a Guest Account.

Spartan Card provisioning and troubleshooting for MSU students, faculty, staff, and affiliated persons is handled by the ID Office. A Spartan Card can be used for door and parking access, meal plans, library borrowing, recreational sports facilities access and athletic ticketing. Spartan Card acquisition and usage details can be found at idoffice.msu.edu.

Provides centralized services that allow integrated applications to authenticate end-users consistent with university policies and industry best-practices balanced with ease-of-use for those end-users.

Oversight of the University's Affiliate processes. Affiliates are non-employee, non-student persons who require MSU physical access and/or login access to MSU information services. Team facilitates Vice Provost's authorization of new "Recognized Affiliate" groups, creates all affiliate and FPID records (approx. 3000 annually), troubleshoots all affiliate login issues, and produces affiliate ID cards.

Student Feedback Systems Support provides assistance with the tools and platforms used to collect and analyze student feedback, such as SPLS (Explorance Blue). This includes support for survey tools, course evaluation systems, and other feedback mechanisms that help improve the educational experience by gathering student input.

Survey Systems Support provides assistance with the creation, distribution, and analysis of surveys used within the university. This includes support for survey tools such as Qualtrics and SPLS, troubleshooting technical issues, and offering guidance on best practices for survey design and data collection.

Event Support is the process of renting and providing audiovisual (AV) equipment for events held on MSU campus. MSU IT offers a variety of AV solutions tailored to the needs of different events, including conferences, lectures, and special gatherings. With Event Support, MSU departments and campus organizations can access professional-grade AV equipment and support to ensure the success of their events.