Popular Services

SFU mail is the emailing system at SFU for all SFU members.


SFU VPN is a way for faculty, staff and graduate students to remotely connect to SFU's internal network using a secure (encrypted) and private connection. SFU VPN provides access to SFU systems that are typically inaccessible while working remotely.


SFU’s Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) refers to using two or more independent items to verify your identity, typically something you know (i.e., your SFU computing ID and password) and something you have (i.e., a time-based code).


An SFU computing account is your digital ID used to access university systems, such as email, wifi and more.


The IT Service Desk provides an initial point of contact for information technology/computing issues at SFU.


SurveyMonkey is a full-featured web survey tool with a wide variety of question types and reporting. This service is provided to support surveys for university-related teaching, learning, research, and administrative purposes.


Group Management simplifies access management by letting you use the same group or role across many services at SFU.


PaperCut is the printing service for SFU & FIC students, available in computer labs and libraries across all three campuses.


Microsoft OneDrive is a file hosting and synchronization service for individual use at the university.


Video conferencing provides faculty, staff, and students with the ability to hold or attend live meetings, lectures, and presentations with colleagues from remote locations.


SFU Maillist is a web application designed to simplify the management of SFU email addresses. For email lists with External address, use SimpleLists or Campaigner


Microsoft Teams (MS Teams) is a virtual collaboration app that brings together Microsoft 365 services (such as Office and OneDrive) to keep you virtually connected to the SFU community from anywhere at any time.


Canvas is SFU's institutionally supported learning management system.


Provide wireless (Wi-Fi) connection to access campus internet services.


Remote, secure, locally hosted file storage and multi-device sync application. Hosted entirely within the SFU datacentre. Clients available for Mac OS, Windows, Linus, as well as iOS and Android. 50GB of space available to all owners of an SFU computing account.


Look up individuals in the SFU Directory to find their email address and primary department of work. Additionally, you can set your outgoing SFU Mail email address in SFU Directory.


Explore how to integrate third-party applications with the Microsoft 365 platform at SFU.


A static web page publishing service for individuals


Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences IT Support


Faculty of Applied Science IT Support


Microsoft Office (or MS Office) is a collection of productivity tools that includes Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Publisher. Most applications within the Office suite are available on desktop, mobile app, or on browsers via cloud services.


Faculty of Science IT Support


Installation, operation and maintenance of publicly available web cameras of SFU.


SFU WebSurvey is deprecated and was retired July 1, 2024.