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Prerequisites

  • To establish a remote desktop connection, you must first contact the Helpdesk to request a change to the power management settings of the computer you are connecting to remotely. Otherwise the computer will power down to a sleep state and prevent you from connecting to it.

  • Before you establish a remote desktop connection, you must first connect to

    PSU’s 

    PSU’s Virtual Private Network

    -

    (VPN).

  • If you are using a Mac, confirm that you have the Microsoft Remote Desktop

    Connection

    application installed. On a PSU-owned computer, you can download the application

    from 

    from Self-Service Software - free software for PSU-owned computers. On a personal computer, you can download the application from iTunes

    at 

    at Microsoft Remote Desktop

    Connection

    for Mac.

Connect to

your

Your PSU

workstation

Workstation

On-

campus machine setup

Campus Machine Setup

  1. Contact your technology administrator, or call the

call

  1. Helpdesk at 5-4357 when you are at your on-campus computer, to have Remote Desktop access granted to you

for

  1. on your computer for the first time setup.

  2. From

the 

  1. the Start

 menu

  1.  menu,

select Settings > 

  1. select Settings > Control Panel

 > 

  1.  > System. Record your full computer name, located in

the 

  1. the Computer Name tab. You will need this to connect later.

  2. Your machine must be powered on and and connected to the PSU network to connect.

Off-

campus machine setupmacOS

Campus Machine Setup

MacOS to Windows  

  1. Connect to the VPN.

Open 

  1. Open Microsoft Remote Desktop

Connection from

  1.  from the applications folder.

  2. In

the 

  1. the Computer

 field

  1.  field, enter: computer_name.psu.ds.pdx.edu

 and replace 

  1.  and replace computer_name

 with

  1.  with your on-campus machine’s name.

Select 

  1. Select Connect.

  2. Enter your Odin username and password when prompted, but leave the Domain blank.

Windows to Windows

  1. Connect to the VPN.

  2. From

the 

  1. the Start

 menu

  1.  menu,

select 

  1. select Programs.

Select 

  1. Select Accessories.

Open 

  1. Open Remote Desktop Connection Utility.

  2. In

the 

  1. the Computer

 field

  1.  field, enter: computer_name.psu.ds.pdx.edu

 and replace 

  1.  and replace computer_name

 with

  1.  with your on-campus machine’s name.

Select 

  1. Select Connect.

  2. Enter your Odin username and password.

  3. Note: If you are connecting from a non-PSU owned system, enter your Odin username

as 

  1. as psu\OdinUsername

  2. To disconnect,

select Disconnect from the Start menu

  1. select Disconnect from the Start menu.

Further

resources

Resources

For more information on how to find your computer's name, see reference the Find your computer's name article.