UC Merced IT Department - Guides & FAQs: Directory (LDAP) Services

Directory and Calendar services

Directory and calendar services overview

UCM Calendar desktop clients

Oracle Outlook Connector

Oracle 2003 integration - how to install and setup Oracle 2003 to check your email, interact with UCM Calendar, and integrate LDAP (directory) searching

Setup your Mac to search the LDAP directory
Guides & FAQs

Email configuration - Find out more information about your email account, access and setting up email clients.

Directory and Calendar services - Information about UC Merced's central electronic directory and the services it helps drive.

Safe computing - Information about viruses, spam, firewalls, operating system updates, and other methods of insuring the safety of your computer's data.

Document management and file storage - Information on the two complementary facilities available for document management and file storage.

Wireless networking - Information on and help with the wireless networking services being deployed throughout UC Merced on an ongoing basis.

Remote access - Information about ISPs and the UC Merced VPN (Virtual Private Network) facility.

Using web services - Including myUCMerced, UCM Mail, UCM Calendar, and other UCM web services.

Interim CMS - An introduction to UC Merced's Interim Content Management System.

Using UCMCrops - Guides to using UCMCrops including the Blogger.

Faculty CMS - A guide to the Faculty Content Management System.

Illegal File Sharing Notice - No Illegal File Sharing.

Banner INB - A guide to Banner Student Information System.

Web Site and Application Design, Development, and Hosting - Information and help for faculty, staff and students.

Information About Mobile Devices - Information about cell phone acquisition, cell phone coverage, and calendar and email synchronization on PDAs.

Printing to Public Access and Departmental Printers - Information about setting up access to printers with CatCard readers and Departmental printers for staff and faculty.

Information About Microsoft Windows Vista - Information about updating to Vista and which version of Windows is recommended by UC Merced IT.

How to protect your Digital Information - Tips and guidelines for backing up data, recommended storage media, and resources to keep information safe.

Desktop Support for Faculty/Staff computers - Information regarding request resolution timelines and outline of what services are offered.
IT Service Centers

Who should I contact? - Help deciding which IT Service Center you need to contact for your problem.

IT Help Desk - List of provided services, hours of availability, and contact information.

Identity Management Office (IDM) - An explanation of what the IDM office does, its hours of availability, and contact information.
IT Site Links

About IT - Mission statement & strategies

IT Jobs - Find IT jobs at UC Merced

Policies - Service policies & legal notice

Updates - Periodic info on service updates

Directory and Calendar services

Introduction

UC Merced uses a central electronic directory utilizing LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) to store information about and on the behalf of students, faculty, staff, and others. The directory may be searched from our web site as well as from many email clients, but is also used behind the scenes by many applications, including email and calendaring.

UCM Calendar

UCM Calendar provides calendaring services to UC Merced staff. Faculty may also use the service, but are not given accounts by default. There are a number of ways to access the information stored by UCM Calendar:

Via a modern web browser and going to http://webcalendar.ucmerced.edu/.
By downloading a desktop client for Windows or Macintosh computers.
Using Outlook, download the Oracle Outlook Connector and follow the instructions detailing how to setup Outlook to check your email, interact with UCM Calendar, and integrate LDAP (directory) searching.

Calendar Support for WinXP/Vista

Upgrade native client of Corporate Time version 9.x to 10.x
Upgrade the Oracle Outlook Connection version 10.1.3.0.10 to 10.1.3.0.11

Directory searching

There are a number of ways to search the UC Merced LDAP directory.

Via a modern web browser and going to http://directory.ucmerced.edu/.
Checking the email program list to see if a document has been posted detailing how to setup your email program of choice with integrated LDAP searching.

Looking for help?

We offer a number of tutorials and FAQs available in the Guides & FAQs section.

If you have any questions, problems, or comments, please contact the IT Help Desk via email at helpdesk@ucmerced.edu, via phone at 209.228.HELP (4357), or visit them in the Classroom and Office Building room 132A.