Technical Support

Belfer Office for Dana-Farber Innovations (BODFI)

Budget office

Clinical researchers

Clinical trial administration

Office of General Council

Pharmacy

Research administrators

Monitors and accessories

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Ordering monitors and accessories for Dynamic Work

Equipment can be purchased through Peoplesoft by navigating to eMarketplace, then Supplier Websites. Two suppliers are "The Ergonomic Group" as well as "PC Connections Sales Corp"
If you do not have access to Peoplesoft for ordering, you can reach out to the DFCI contacts listed here.

PeopleSoft

Network Access Control (NAC)

KRT9 — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:22:27 +0000

Network Access Control (NAC)

DFCI

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A component of the overall effort to strengthen the security of our environment

NAC checks devices connecting to the Mass General Brigham network for compliance with specific security policies. The agent currently used at Mass General Brigham is ForeScout SecureConnector, which is already installed on most Mass General Brigham standard Windows workstations, some PEAS-enrolled Macs and mobile devices. Linux computers are exempt at this time.
Please see the DFCI Online NAC page for more information

Clinical researchers

Research administrators

Access Outlook on the web

DFCI Online NAC page

Email web access

KRT9 — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 14:22:25 +0000

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Outlook on the web

You can check your email anytime via Outlook on the web. At the first screen, use your email address and at the second screen where it says Access Office 365, enter your Partners username and email password.

IS Service Hub

KRT9 — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:22:34 +0000

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Submit a web ticket to the IS Service Desk

For urgent issues, please do not submit a web ticket. Call the IS Service Hub at 617-632-3399 for these issues and indicate the priority.
Non-urgent issues can be submitted via a web ticket. Find detailed instructions here.

Open a ticket

Lab Websites

KRT9 — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 13:14:41 +0000

Lab Websites

DFCI

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Develop and maintain lab websites

DFCI's Communications Department offers a Lab Website Program (LWP) at no cost, utilizing DFCI branded templates designed for non-technical professionals to learn and use.
Contact to get started: Luise Dittrich - Project Manager, LWP.

NIH STRIDES Initiative GCP Account

KRT9 — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:14:53 +0000

NIH STRIDES Initiative GCP Account

DFCI

KRT9 Wed, 03/18/2020 - 16:14

Researcher Application form: GettingStartedwithSTRIDES.docx
The application form must be filled out and sent to Jim Coyne at Onix in addition to submitting a request on the Research Computing Infrastructure request form

As of Monday April 20, 2020 DFCI will be participating in the NIH STRIDES Initiative. Joining the initiative will give researchers with NIH funded grants, access to discounts for services offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The NIH STRIDES initiative promotes the use of cloud technologies in research. Currently the NIH has negotiated with Google and Amazon to provide discounts to those researchers that would like to use these technologies. The NIH promises that in the near future, data sharing by funded institutions as well the NIH itself will be available.
From the NIH Website “STRIDES Initiative”
“…NIH to explore the use of cloud environments to streamline NIH data use by partnering with commercial providers. NIH’s STRIDES Initiative provides cost-effective access to industry-leading partners to help advance biomedical research. These partnerships enable access to rich datasets and advanced computational infrastructure, tools, and services.”

Additional reference documents: GoogleCloudforStrides , STRIDESGCPProfessionalServices

Clinical researchers

Research Computing Infrastructure request form

Encrypted USB flash drive

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DFCI approved encrypted flash drive

Dana-Farber encryption policy requires anyone using a flash drive (thumb drive) to use a hardware encrypted flash drive.
Kingston 32GB DataTraveler Vault Privacy 3.0 Flash Drive is one of the approved encrypted USB flash drives available from PC Connection.
Contact Beth Gosselin to order.