In order to simplify access to the different IT systems available at the OICE, every user will be presented with a single sign-on, central account that can presently be used at the following systems:

• https://gosa.oice.uni-erlangen.de <div indent>The central user database administration interface (GOSA). Use this to change your password, especially your initial password, centrally for all other systems. You can also change your personal information like your email address, name, etc. </div>

• https://ppms.eu/oice-erlangen: <div indent>The booking system used to reserve time on the microscopes, tracking usage times and handling incident reports as well as invoicing. </div>

• https://romulus.oice.uni-erlangen.de: <div indent>The OICE Open Microscopy Environment Remote Objects (OMERO) server acts as a central storage for all image data acquired with OICE devices. OMERO enables an easy way of sharing, annotating and exporting images to various formats. Limited analysis is also possible. The link will lead you to the web interface of the OMERO server, but there is also a client software for all major operating systems available at http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/omero/5.0.0/ which is easier to use and has more features than the web interface.</div>

• https://romulus.oice.uni-erlangen.de/wiki: <div indent>The OICE's wiki (where you are right now). In the future, this will also feature some basic manuals for the existing microscopes.</div>

• On-Site Computers: <div indent> Users can log in with their SSO account at the on-site workstations used to control the equipment. Most workstations are currently running Windows and users are provided with a domain login.</div>

• Storage, backups and OMERO-Dropbox: <div indent> The OICE provides a locally operated storage server to hold user images and data. The server is secured against hardware failure and additionally backed up with the RRZE in regular intervals. To use this storage server, users should make use of the OMERO-Dropbox facility, which will automatically upload all recognized image files (which includes the formats of most of the major hardware vendors, e.g. Leica's lif or Zeiss' czi format) to the current user's “Orphaned Images” directory. Alternatively, users can manually import their image files using either the OMERO-Web interface or the client software.</div>

<div important>Initial passwords have to be changed within a period of one week. For security reasons, accounts with unchanged passwords will be deactivated after this limit. If your account has been deactivated, please contact Tristan.Nowak@fau.de</div>