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Faculty/Research Apps and VPN Requirements
Faculty / Research Apps and VPN Requirements
Below is a list of applications accessible from off campus
- VPN: refers to applications accessible from your home computer while connected to Caltech VPN
- No VPN: refers to applications accessible from anywhere without VPN
- Remote Desktop: refers to applications available from your work computer. Requires that your home computer is connected to Caltech VPN and that you Remote Desktop to your work computer.
Apps for Faculty & Research
NOTE: When using access.caltech applications requiring VPN, please select the Group: 2- Tunnel- All -Traffic option when connecting to Caltech VPN.
| Application | VPN | No VPN | Remote Desktop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Title IX | x | ||
| AiM Customer Portal | x | ||
| Box | x | ||
| Bursar Billing and Payment (CASHNet) | x | ||
| Caltech Card | x | ||
| Caltech Help | x | ||
| Caltech Ready | x | ||
| CardQuest | x | ||
| Central HPC | x | ||
| Controlled File Servers (EAR1 /NIH1) | x | ||
| Course Book Requirements (AdoptaText) | x | ||
| Course Catalog Update (Cataloger) | x | ||
| Course Management (Canvas) | x | ||
| Einstein Papers Project Files and Publishing | x | ||
| Electronic Paycheck Stub (Online Payslip) | x | ||
| Electronic W2 (Online W2) | x | ||
| Email & Calendar | x | ||
| File Services (numerous file servers) | x | x-required by some file servers | |
| Google Docs | x | ||
| Google Drive | x | ||
| Google Forms | x | ||
| Google Hangouts Meet | x | ||
| Google Jamboard | x | ||
| Google Sheets | x | ||
| Google Slides | x | ||
| Gradescope | x | ||
| G Suite Enterprise for Education | x | ||
| Gym Membership | x | ||
| IACUC Protocol Application System | x | ||
| Internal Charges | x | ||
| IRB Submission and Review | x | ||
| iThenticate | x | ||
| LabArchives | x | ||
| LD Effort Scheduling | x | ||
| Mail Protection Gateway | x | ||
| Mailman Lists | x* | ||
| Maple | x | ||
| Mathematica | x | ||
| MATHWeb | x | ||
| Matlab | x | ||
| Mentor Graphics | x | ||
| Microsoft Bookings | x | ||
| Microsoft Forms | x | ||
| Microsoft OneDrive | x | ||
| Microsoft OneNote | x | ||
| Microsoft SharePoint | x | ||
| Microsoft Teams | x | ||
| Microsoft Whiteboard | x | ||
| My Personal Information | x | ||
| MyBenefits | x | ||
| MyLearn | x | ||
| Office 365 | x | ||
| Parking | x | ||
| Patent and Copyright Agreement | x | ||
| Payroll Distribution Confirmations (PDCs) | x | ||
| PHS NIH COI Training | x | ||
| Registrar Information Systems (REGIS) | x | ||
| Remote Desktop: Managed Computers and computers restricted to campus | x | ||
| Research Ethics Education (CITI) | x | ||
| ScientificWorkplace | x | ||
| Site Licensed Software | x | ||
| Solid Works | x | ||
| Teaching Quality Feedback Report (TQFR) | x | ||
| TIAA Account Overview | x | ||
| Training and Professional Development | x | ||
| Writing Center Scheduling | x | ||
| Zoom | x |
*Mailman Lists - VPN is required for users to subscribe to a list via https://lists.caltech.edu//listinfo. List administrators do not need VPN to access a list's admin page.
Administrative Applications
NOTE: When using access.caltech applications requiring VPN, please select the Group: 2- Tunnel- All -Traffic option when connecting to Caltech VPN.
| Application | VPN | No VPN | Remote Desktop |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1098T Data Management | x | ||
| Administer My Student Documents | x | ||
| Advance to Oracle Gift Interface Queries | x | ||
| AdvanceCaltech | x | ||
| Advocate Title IX | x | ||
| AiM Customer Portal | x | ||
| Applicant Tracking System (Taleo) | x | ||
| ASIC Services (SQL/WEB/Terminal) | x | ||
| Box | x | ||
| Building Space Data System | x | ||
| Cadence | x | ||
| Caltech Help | x | ||
| Caltech Ready | x | ||
| CardQuest | x | ||
| CARS2 (manages award report reminders for Office of Sponsored Research and Project Accounting) | x | ||
| CBORD (Dining) | x | ||
| CLAS | x | ||
| Compensation Workbench | x | ||
| Conflict of Interest | x | ||
| Controlled Substance Tracking | x | ||
| Cost Transfers | x | ||
| Data Load Utility (DLU) | x | ||
| Data Warehouse (Cognos) | x | ||
| Data Warehouse (OBI) | x | ||
| Delphi (Athenaeum Event Planning) | x | ||
| Digital Media Center (DMC2) | x | ||
| Directory Mailer | x | ||
| Division Personnel Management | x | ||
| ECAS3 – Phone services | x | ||
| Electronic Paycheck Stub (Online Payslip) | x | ||
| Electronic W2 (Online W2) | x | ||
| Email & Calendar | x | ||
| Enterprise Risk Management Tool (ERM1) | x | ||
| Envision (Dining) | x | ||
| Equipment Image Viewer | x | ||
| Equipment Tracking | x | ||
| Events Management | x | ||
| Exeter Student Systems | x | ||
| Controlled File Servers (EAR1 / NIH1) | x | ||
| File Services (numerous file servers) | x | x-required by some file servers | |
| FileBound Document Management System | x | ||
| Financial Projection Tool | x | ||
| Financial Queries | x | ||
| GL Balances and JE Detail Query | x | ||
| Grants Proposal | x | ||
| Grants Transaction Interface | x | ||
| Gym Membership | x | ||
| Higherground | x | ||
| HPC Center | x | ||
| IACUC Protocol Application System | x | ||
| InnFinity | x | ||
| Internal Charges | x | ||
| International Tax Navigator (Windstar) | x | ||
| IRB Submission and Review | x | ||
| iThenticate | x | ||
| KNI Cleanroom Billing | x | ||
| LabRunner (KNI-LR) | x | ||
| LD Effort Scheduling | x | ||
| Mail Protection Gateway | x | ||
| Mailman Lists | x* | ||
| Michelangelo Pro | x | ||
| Microsoft Bookings | x | ||
| Microsoft Forms | x | ||
| Microsoft OneDrive | x | ||
| Microsoft OneNote | x | ||
| Microsoft SharePoint | x | ||
| Microsoft Teams | x | ||
| Microsoft Whiteboard | x | ||
| My Housing | x | ||
| My Personal Information | x | ||
| My Student Documents | x | ||
| MyBenefits | x | ||
| MyLearn | x | ||
| New Hire Onboarding Tasks | x | ||
| Northstar | x | ||
| Office 365 | x | ||
| OLAR Services | x | ||
| OPE Database Server | x | ||
| Oracle Applications | x | ||
| Parking | x | ||
| Patent and Copyright Agreement | x | ||
| Payroll Distribution Confirmations (PDCs) | x | ||
| PGCalc (Planned Giving Manager) | x | ||
| PHS NIH COI Training | x | ||
| Point N Click (Young Health Center) | x | ||
| PowerFAIDS | x | ||
| Protocol Application System (PAS) | x | ||
| RapidRecon Lookup | x | ||
| Registrar Information Systems (REGIS) | x | ||
| Remote Desktop | x | ||
| Repository for Administrative Documents and Records (RADR) | x | ||
| Research Ethics Education (CITI) | x | ||
| Site Licensed Software | x | ||
| Sprintax Tax Prep | x | ||
| Tableau | x | ||
| Taleo Talent Center | x | ||
| TechMart Purchasing | x | ||
| TechMart System Approved Invoices | x | ||
| TIAA Account Overview | x | ||
| Time Keeping (Kronos) | x | ||
| Time Keeping Limited (Kronos Limited) | x | ||
| Training and Professional Development | x | ||
| TrialWorx | x | ||
| Windstar | x | ||
| WinPak | x | ||
| Worldox | x | ||
| Zookeeper | x | ||
| Zoom | x |
*Mailman Lists - VPN is required for users to subscribe to a list via https://lists.caltech.edu//listinfo. List administrators do not need VPN to access a list's admin page.