FS_Mail Domain
Network Engineering provides an Active Directory domain for
departments on campus. Each department has access to their own Organizational
Unit (OU), with permissions being delegated to the Departmental Computing
Administrator (DCA).
The FS_Mail domain is a fully robust service, offering the following
benefits to departments on campus:
- Free: There is no fee for an OU in the FS_Mail domain or for accounts created there.
- Delegated Permissions: The DCA has complete control in the OU, and can create objects, delegate permissions, set group policy, etc.
- Redundancy: There are two domain controllers in the fs_mail domain, housed in separate locations, and backed up by UPS power.
- Maintenance: Three full-time staff maintain the domain controllers and keep them up-to-date with the latest security patches.
- Production Standards: The FS_Mail domain controllers are monitored 24x7, and outages that may affect customers are performed only during scheduled maintenance windows.
- Support: Network Engineering does not provide desktop support for users of the FS_Mail domain, but we will provide some assistance to DCAs. Departments who are interested in full desktop support should contact Community Network.
Requirements for use of the FS_Mail domain are as follows:
- DCA: Each department wishing to create accounts in the FS_Mail
domain must have a DCA to perform this task, and be the point-of-contact for
Network Engineering staff. Departments who do not have a DCA should talk to
Community Network.
- Licensing: Network Engineering will purchase client access
licenses for departments that are not part of the Microsoft Campus License
Agreement, but it is up to each department to pay for Windows and Office
licenses at the desktop.
Services not provided with FS_Mail:
- Desktop Support: Network Engineering will consult with DCAs but we do not provide desktop support.
- Email: Exchange Email is a separate service which does have a fee - read the Exchange documentation for more information.
- Server Support: Network Engineering will charge a fee to provide support of departmental servers.
Departments interested in using the FS_Mail domain should contact Network
Engineering by sending email to net@oregonstate.edu.
