Secure Portal Global Support                        

Also see Secure Portal and VPN Client

The Secure Portal is an alternative to VPN for secure remote connection. It is an easier and smoother method to connect to College services from home without VPN while using Windows, Mac or Linux and a variety of browsers - very accommodating. At this point only a few applications are available. For example you would still use VPN or dial-up for your N drive.

Is Secure Portal different from VPN?

Yes, there are a couple of differences.

• It is more accommodating for different operating systems, browsers and home networks
• At the moment only staff can use the Secure Portal.
• It does not yet grant access to everything that VPN does. See the chart below.

Secure Portal	VPN / AlgVPN (Anyconnect)
Online Pay (OPS)	Online Pay
OWA	OWA
MyAlgonquin	MyAlgonquin
	Genesis
	Network Drives
	Citrix
	And many more...

 

Using Secure Portal - https://secure.algonquincollege.com

• Make sure you do not have VPN or AlgVPN running. It is OK if they are installed, just not connected.
• Secure Portal will connect you to the Secure1 or Secure 2 server depending on loading.
• As of August 6th staff can access Secure Portal. More services may be added with time.
• As with VPN, Secure Portal can not be accessed inside the College, only remotely.
• Students and retirees can not use the Secure Portal.

Step One:

Using almost any browser and operating system (XP and IE7 are recommended), log into the secure site https://secure.algonquincollege.com. It appears similar to the Algvpn logon except the title in upper left is "Secure Portal". Use your regular network username and password.

 

Step Two:

This Home page screen shows any available services or applications you can use through the Secure Portal.

• Object 1: This Home button will always bring you back to this Secure Portal Home page
• Object 2: This button takes you to a help page which guides you on the use of available applications.
• Object 3: This button will run AlgVPN so you can access all College services remotely
• Object 4: This small up-arrow closes the green "Secure Portal" banner for greater display area.
• Object 5: This area displays applications available through Secure Portal.
• Object 6: This button logs you out of Secure Portal and any of its applications.

Step Three:

Selecting an application (in this case OPS) displays the OPS screen for logon and use.

Notice the address bar indicates "secure1" rather than OPS. This is normal.

At this point you should also note that there is a Secure Portal navigation button floating at the top right (or left) of the screen (in red). It will fade slightly when the mouse is not over it. It will appear for any application opened through Secure Portal. There are three buttons:

	This button moves the navigation buttons to left or right side of the page
	This button takes you back to the portal home page. Note that it logs you out of any Secure Portal application you are logged into.
	This Button disconnects Secure Portal and any applications running through it.

If you have any questions about this please contact ITS - Contact information is in the left margin.