News 2019

The statistics program SPSS is now available for download in the new version 26.
Single user licenses can - as usual - be purchased at the service counter.

Since Monday 09.09.2019, the outdated PPTP VPN service can no longer be used from outside (the university network). The use of this service from the university network and the connected student residences is still possible.
Instead of the PPTP VPN service, it is essential to use VPN access with the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client.
The corresponding instructions can be found here: https://www.uni-muenster.de/ZIV/en/services/kommunikation/vpn/index.html

In order to protect you better against e-mails with potentially dangerous file attachments and links, we now only deliver e-mails with suspicious content from suspicious senders with a warning notice.

Münster University will have a new IT centre called "WWU IT" at the beginning of 2020. The Zentrum für Informationsverarbeitung (ZIV) and the Stabstelle IT und Prozessentwicklung (StabITuP/IVV9) will join forces to tackle the challenges of digitization in a united manner in the future.

On Wednesday, 18 December, a new telephone technology will be introduced between 6:00 and 8:00 hours. During this time, incoming and outgoing calls may be affected.

To simplify our services, the WLAN with the name "uni-ms" will be switched off as of Monday, 16.09.2019. All users are asked to switch to the WLAN networks "wwu" or "eduroam" as soon as possible. If one of these networks is already set up on your mobile devices, there is no need for action. Otherwise, please follow our configuration instructions.

Starting Thursday (17.10.2019) at 5 pm, students of Münster University can register for the free courses of the ZIV. The range of topics includes office, graphics and statistics programs.