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Overview Services

Members of the Max Planck Society (MPG), the University of Göttingen (Uni GÖ) including students and the Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (UMG) have access to numerous services for collaborative work, communication and e-learning. With a few exceptions, these are available to all users to the same extent. Details on availability (✔) and links to further information are summarised below:

E-Mail & Collaboration

For an efficient collaboration, the GWDG provides different communication and collaboration services for any requirement:

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Microsoft Exchange more information ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Microsoft SharePoint more information ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Pad more information ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Rocket.Chat more information ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Videoconferencing

The following table gives an overview of which user groups can set up their own rooms or meetings in the respective video conference tools. Entering already created rooms or participating in meetings is possible for any other users in all services.

To enter a room, you need the access data that is displayed when the room or meeting is created. In some cases, a single link containing the access information is sufficient.

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BigBlueButton more information ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔* *participating universities
of the AcademicCloud
Cisco WebEx more information ✔ ✔ in preparation ✔
Microsoft Teams more information ✔* in preparation *central administration excluded
Zoom more information ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Data Exchange

The reliable data exchange with employees and external parties via the secure servers of the GWDG is possible with the following services:

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Fileservice more information ✔ ✔ ✔
ownCloud more information ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔* *only participation in shared
folders, no own quota

External Access

In order to be able to access service resources from outside the GÖNET, for example from home, the following services are available:

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Remote Desktop Server more information ✔ ✔ ✔
VPN more information ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔