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SUNY Blue is the new, centralized place for SUNY staff to connect, communicate, and collaborate on a daily basis. With this Intranet, we will share documents, work on projects together, and automate much of our existing paper-based manual workflow. SUNY Blue is built on Microsoft SharePoint, and includes the following features:
The regular maintenance window for Blue will be between 8:00 and 10:00 AM on Sundays. SUNY Blue won't be down every week during that time, but when we need to do work on the servers, that will be when it will be done.
Blue is managed and maintained by System Administration's Office of Information Technology. The office's Collaboration Platforms group oversees Blue and performs day-to-day administration of the system, while the LAN Services group maintains the hardware and software that underpin it. System Administration's Office of Communications assists with the design and branding.
* If you are not on the SUNY network you may have to log in with your network credentials.
SUNY Blue has three main sections, all accessed off the home page. You may not see every option, depending on your access rights.
SUNY Blue also contains links to SUNY's various business applications, however these are not currently hosted within Blue.
Step 1: Make sure you meet the basic requirements to manage a SUNY Blue site. A site manager must have basic computer skills, including the ability to browse the Internet, use Microsoft Word, and understand files, folders, and how to manage both.
Step 2: Determine what you need. IT can provide either a "clean" site, with some starter features and a theme, but no content, or we can work with you to develop a more complete site and train you to maintain it.
Step 3: All Department's will need to identify department site owners who will be responsible for all content in the departmental site. Please submit a request form and a team member will be assigned and be in touch. An IT representative will contact you with any questions that come up in that process.
Step 4: Begin managing your site! As a site owner, you will be responsible for building and overseeing your site. You will be able to add content, create lists and apps, and add sub-sites as needed, and IT will be there to assist.
A formal policy document for SUNY Blue has not been formulated, but, in general, users should abide by the Acceptable Usage Policy for Computing and Networking when using it. SUNY Blue should not be used for any non-SUNY business, and anything posted there should be appropriate and respectful. Please also be sure you keep in mind who has access to a section before posting any documents to it. If you have any questions about a policy, or if you suspect SUNY's policies have been violated on SUNY Blue, please contact webrequest@suny.edu.
We have several resources for you:
If you have questions the above resources don't answer, please drop us an email at webrequest@suny.edu, and we'll be happy to try and help answer it.