Working at home - with flexible IT

In the winter months, severe weather can hamper travel to work and require many more people to work from home.

If you're stuck at home, find out what your options are for accessing email, calendar, Hantsnet pages, applications and documents.


Email & Calendar	Work with documents
Everyone with a Hantsnet ID can: read/send emails view/update their calendar put on 'out of office' with OWA. Passport users can access all Outlook functionality with Passport. Smartphone users can register to receive work emails and view their calendar on their personal smartphone. Hantsnet PDA users can download their email, contacts and calendar items on their PDA to view offline.	Everyone can view MS office files linked from emails (if you have office software) HantsFile document links in emails or Hantsnet pages. Passport users can access and edit I and F drive documents with Passport. Hantsnet PDA users can view attachments in emails with PDA versions of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint viewer.
View Hantsnet web pages	Hantsnet applications
Everyone with a Hantsnet ID can view most Hantsnet Pages, including Learn.IT with Hantsnet Pages Anywhere Passport users can view all Hantsnet Pages with Passport.	Passport users can use Passport to access Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint any applications accessed through Hantsnet.

Also, don't forget....

Many people take the security of the Council’s IT systems for granted, but you could be the weak link if you access our systems from a home pc without the right security on your device - check out our IT security information.
You should not work on documents on your device which are confidential or contain personal data unless you are accessing them through Passport.
If you manage staff and need to contact them, and have access to MSS, you can find out all of their contact details in one simple summary screen.

Tip: Send yourself an email home with a link to this page and save it as a favorite on your home pc!