Domain Membership

Why switch to the MRI Domain?

• Access to centralized printers. There are high speed color and black and white printer/copiers in both the MRL and MRI buildings. However, access to these printers is restricted to Domain Users.
  
  
• User storage space. All Domain Users are given free storage space for their 'My Documents' folder on our server. This means you can free up room on your local computer for other things. Additionally, all files on the servers are backed up nightly, giving you free disaster recovery.
  
  
• Access to the MRI Email Server. With a Domain account, you also have the option of using the MRI Email Server instead of the Penn State Email server. The MRI email requires the use of Microsoft Outlook which includes built in Calendaring, Task Lists, Email filtering, and Address Books. Also, unlike Penn State, we have utilities in place on our server to block emails with viruses before you ever see them, and a Spam Filtering program which stops 99% of Spam Email so you don't have to filter it manually. Finally, our Email server has a very easy to use, feature rich Webmail client, so you can check your email from anywhere in the world.
  
  
• Remote Application Access. In addition to checking email remotely, you can also access our Application Server on the MRI Domain. The Application server has many useful programs installed such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Microsoft Office to name a few. From any Windows XP computer with a high speed internet connection, you can remotely connect to the server and work on files that you've stored on our network.
  
  
• File Sharing. By being a member of the Domain, you can very easily share files with any other Domain User by simply copying it into their shared folder. Also, shared folders can be set up for groups of people to allow sharing of documents and data among peers.
  
  
• Backups. As mentioned, all files stored on the server are backed up nightly and can be restored from backup for a period of 2 weeks, even if you've made changes to the file and need to recover an old version. All emails on the MRI Email Server are also backed nightly, so if your computer crashes, you won't lose any of your valuable emails and addresses.
  
  
• As always, you can contact us with your questions and we will do our best to provide answers.