2024-2025 New Student Guide

RESOURCES

Students who choose to send communications (including documents such as take-home exams or papers) from non-Suffolk e-mail addresses assume the risk of non-delivery due to a problem with the non-Suffolk e-mail system. Students who are experiencing difficulties with their Suffolk email are expected to contact the IT Service Desk at 617 557-2000 or servicedesk@suffolk.edu as soon as possible to resolve the issue.

Office 365

Your @su.suffolk.edu email account also gives you access to Office 365. Office 365 is a communication and collaboration Cloud service hosted by Microsoft, which provides 50 GB ofemail storage space online as well as access to popular Office 365 apps including: Word, Excel,PowerPoint, Teams and 1 TB of storage through OneDrive.

Hardware and other Software Offers

Hardware:

Laptop recommended specifications for law students can be found on the Suffolk ITS website page under the Hardware section: https://www.suffolk.edu/about/directory/information technology-services/services-resources/hardware

Suffolk partners with Micros Northeast for laptop purchasing options: https://www.microsnelaptops.com/suffolk/store_start.aspx

Software:

Sophos Antivirus

Suffolk University provides the Sophos Antivirus program for free to all registered students.

LinkedIn Learning

Suffolk’s e-learning resource offers a digital library of over 6000 courses covering a wide rangeof technical, business, software and creative topics. Login with your Suffolk credentials at www.suffolk.edu/linkedinlearning

Network Connection Policy

You must keep your systems up-to-date with the latest operating system security updates fromMicrosoft or Apple and current virus definitions from Sophos or your antivirus program.

If your laptop causes suspicious traffic over the network, it will be suspended from thenetwork until it is checked by Tech Support Services.

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