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The position of Information Technology (IT) Director consists of maintaining, coordinating, and improving upon the various technological aspects of the [[EUS|Engineering Undergraduate Society]]. This includes the [[Category:Websites| websites]], [[Zentyal|email client]], [[Infosys|infosys network]], and more. Since the position covers quite a lot of ground, this wikipedia page will serve to answer some of the frequently asked questions in regards to IT. The current IT Director position is vacant, filled in the interim by Malcolm McClintock, who can frequently be found in the [[Server room]].
The position of '''Information Technology''' (IT) Director entails maintaining and improving the various technological aspects of the [[EUS|Engineering Undergraduate Society]] and managing the [[IT Committee]]. This includes the, [[Zentyal|email client]], [[Infosys|infosys network]], this Wiki and more. The IT Director has a pseudo-office, you can often find them working away in McConnell 9, the server room (the IT office).
==Server Room==
 
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Beginning in May 2021, an extra IT Director is recruited and the term is increased to two years. This was done to improve the transfer of knowledge between directors and make the IT services more responsive. The terms of overlap 1-year, it means that the incoming IT director will be working with the senior IT director who is on their 2nd year and will then be promoted, if the performance is deemed satisfactory, to senior IT director.  
 
==Duties==
 
The IT Director portfolio includes managing the two servers and their virtual machines, email setup, and minor projects as well as aiding and supporting the various parts of the IT portfolio. The two servers are custom built machines which run in sync. They have multiple virtual machines running synchonously (in a way) between them. Each virtual machine serves a separate purpose including: DNS, [[TeN]], webserver, etc. The servers are mostly ubuntu based.
 
==TeN==
==TeN==
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The [[TeN]] manager is under the IT portfolio. The IT Director manages the servers upon which the clients rely and helps the [[TeN|TeN Manager]] in maintaining and upgrading the clients.
 
==McGillEUS Emails==
==McGillEUS Emails==
The most common task required of the IT Director is access to an @mcgilleus.ca email address. All EUS organizations are entitled to their very own email address; to request an email address, contact [mailto:it.director@mcgilleus.ca the IT Director]. Emails can be accessed through [http://mail.mcgilleus.ca/SOGo webmail.mcgilleus.ca]. The McGillEUS Emails are currently hosted through Zentyal, an open-source Linux based email client. Currently [[IT Director#Email| alternative options]] are being explored to move to a more common service such as Gmail or Outlook, but likely won't be put in place until 2016. [[image:Gmailforward.jpg|thumb|right|325px|Send McGillEUS emails using Gmail!]]
 
===Forwarding===
The most common task required of the IT Director is access to an @mcgilleus.ca email address. All EUS organizations are entitled to their very own email address; to request an email address, contact [mailto:it.director@mcgilleus.ca the IT Director]. Emails can be accessed through Google and any place where you can log into a Gmail account. The EUS has its emails hosted in Google's cloud through their architecture. Thus, any service which requires or can use a Google account can use a mcgilleus.ca email.
Forwarding can be controlled through the email portal with little hassle. Follow the steps below to forward your @mcgilleus emails to your personal email address.
 
:#Log in to the portal
==History of the Position==
:#Navigate to the gear symbol
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:#Click on the forwarding tab
!2022-2023
:#Enter in your e-mail address(es) you'd like to forward to
!2021-2022
===Responding using Gmail===
!2020-2021
Forwarding emails is a one way street, but thanks to the SMTP protocol you can also send emails through other clients. G-mail offers the easiest integration, office365 does not offer it is an option, and thunderbird inherently supports multiple clients (see [[External Email Clients]]). To send emails throu
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==Portfolio==
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|Ali Tahmasebi
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Ivan Zhang
== Hosts ==
|Ali Tahmasebi
Catherine Van Gheluwe
|Ali Tahmasebi
| Mairead Maloney || Andrei Ungur || Alex Hale || Lou Bernardi || Malcolm McClintock || Morgan Grobin || Dan Greencorn || Josh Redel
|}
 
== &emsp;Exit Reports==
{{{{PAGENAME}} Exit Reports}}
 
[[Category:IT]]
[[Category:Directors]]
[[Category:VP Communications Responsibilities]]
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