Students requiring VPN access visit this information site.

Working from Home?

If you are arriving at this page because you are planning to work from home, please visit our Work from Home checklist, as many faculty and staff-facing systems do not require establishing a VPN connection.

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However a small subset of faculty and staff-facing systems do require an encrypted VPN connection for off-campus access, and hence that you install and configure Virtual Private Network (VPN) client software in advance, in order to access them:

  • Network drives (W, V, P)
  • Travel & Expense workflow
  • Banner
  • Remote Desktop

How to Connect to Carleton’s Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Multifactor authentication (MFA) is required when using the Cisco AnyConnect Security Mobility Client. Read more.

Azure Multi Factor Authentication

Staff and Faculty require Azure MFA for some resources

Map Network Drives

Once you have established a VPN connection, you can map your network drives.

Remote Desktop Connection

Microsoft Teams

Carleton Teams info site.