This guide provides all of the information necessary to connect to MoFo resources from outside of the office.

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1 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE Introduction This guide provides all of the information necessary to connect to MoFo resources from outside of the office. Connect Remotely from Your Firm Notebook Using VPN Connect Remotely from Your Firm Notebook Using Citrix Connect Your Home PC or Mac to Your Office Computer with Citrix Remote PC Connect to Citrix Published Applications/Desktops from Your Personal Device Access Your Using Outlook Web Access (OWA) How to Install Citrix Receiver for Windows on a Home PC How to Install Citrix Receiver on Your Mac Remote Access Explained What Are My Remote Access Options? Citrix a good choice whether you are using a Windows PC or Mac, including a MoFo configured laptop. Citrix Desktops offer the functionality available on MoFo issued computers with commonly used applications already installed. Published applications allow you to use software not locally installed on your laptop. You can print to your local printer and listen to voic or other audio files. Citrix Remote PC a good choice when you want to use your home PC or Mac computer to connect to your office computer. Connecting this way will give you the user experience of being directly in the office on your machine with access to specific software or other network resources that are available on MoFo s network. You can print to your local printer and hear your voic or other audio files. VPN is a good choice when you have a MoFo configured Windows laptop that you want to connect to the MoFo network from outside the office. Once the VPN connection has been established, your laptop will function as it does on the network in the office. You can print to your local printer and listen to voic or other audio files. OWA (Outlook Web Access) a good option when you want quick access to Outlook and do not need access to other network resources.

2 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 2 Connect Remotely from Your Firm Notebook Using VPN You can connect to MoFo s Virtual Private Network (VPN) using a wireless, broadband DSL, or cable modem connection. Connecting to MoFo's VPN allows you to use your notebook as if you were in the office. 1. Establish an Internet connection. 2. Launch Internet Explorer and enter remote.mofo.com in the address field. 3. Select the Region closest to your current location. 4. Select VPN as the type of access. 5. Enter your Login ID, Network Password and RSA Passcode. 6. Click on the Logon button. Authentication can take a few moments; once authenticated, you will see the following:

3 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 3 7. After the MoFo Connect portal opens, you can minimize the window and begin working. 8. When you are done, you can right click on the Network Connect icon in your System Tray and choose Sign Out or simply restart/shut down your notebook.

4 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 4 Connect Remotely from Your Firm Notebook Using Citrix Firm notebooks have the ability to launch a Citrix Remote Desktop or Published Applications by using Citrix Receiver. 1. Open up the System Tray at the bottom right hand corner of your computer and click on Customize. 2. Find the Citrix Receiver application and make sure its behavior is set to Show icon and notifications Click OK. 3. Now you will see the below icon: 4. To get to your applications, double click the icon. Once launched it looks like the below: 5. Click on the plus symbol (+) to select your favorite applications. Once you click on an application it will get a green check mark and place it in your main window where it will remain as one of your favorites.

5 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 5 6. To remove one of your applications from your main window, right click the icon and select Remove. Removing an application will not delete the application; it will only remove it from your favorites view. 7. You can have as many applications as you choose on your default window. To launch an application, click on the icon.

6 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 6 Connect Your Home PC or Mac to Your Office Computer with Citrix Remote PC The Remote PC feature allows you to connect to your work computer from your personal device. You will need to install Citrix Receiver on your personal machine to use Citrix Remote PC. Click HERE for instructions to install Citrix Receiver. You must contact the Support Center or Local IT to install the Citrix VDA software on your work machine in order to use the new Citrix Remote PC from home. Note: You must login after the package is installed on your work machine so that your account can be associated with the database. If this isn t done the machine will not show up in Citrix web page. 1. Establish an Internet connection. 2. Open your web browser and enter remote.mofo.com in the address field. Note: Internet Explorer is the recommended browser to access the advanced Citrix Receiver features. 3. Select the Region closest to your current location. 4. Select Citrix as the type of access. 5. Enter your Login ID, Network Password and RSA Passcode. 6. Click on the Logon button. 7. Ignore the prompt to install Citrix Receiver if it is already installed. If prompted to Upgrade, you may do so or click on Upgrade later.

7 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 7 8. Once you login to the Citrix web page, you should see an icon for your Workstation ID similar to the picture below. If the icon for your workstation is missing, then please contact the Support Center or Local IT as the RDP component, Citrix VDA, might not have been installed successfully on your work machine. Click on your Workstation ID to launch the remote session to your work computer. 9. You can click on the Desktop Viewer toolbar to go full screen. If you have dual monitors, you can extend the desktop to both monitors. Drag the Desktop Viewer window so that it overlaps your monitors and then click Full-screen to use both screens.

8 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 8 Connect to Citrix Published Applications/Desktops from Your Personal Device You have the ability to launch Citrix Desktops or Published Applications by using Citrix Receiver from a personal device. 1. Establish an Internet connection 2. Verify that Citrix Receiver is installed. Click HERE for instructions to install Citrix Receiver. 3. Open your web browser and enter remote.mofo.com in the address field. Note: Internet Explorer is the recommended browser to access the advanced Citrix Receiver features. 4. Select the Region closest to your current location. 5. Select Citrix as the type of access. 6. Enter your Login ID, Network Password and RSA Passcode. 7. Click on the Logon button. 8. Ignore the prompt to install Citrix Receiver if it is already installed. If prompted to Upgrade, you may do so or click on Upgrade later. 10. Once you login to the Citrix web page, you can click in the Search field and type in the name of your application. When the application is located, clicking on it will save it to your default window. 11. Double click on the icon for the application or Citrix Desktop to launch it.

9 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 9 Access Your Using Outlook Web Access (OWA) With Outlook Web Access, you can use a web browser to access your Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox from any computer with an Internet connection. 1. Establish an Internet connection. 2. Launch your web browser and enter remote.mofo.com in the address field. 3. Choose your home region. 4. Select OWA. 5. Enter your Login ID, Network Password and RSA Passcode. 6. Click on the Logon button.

10 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 10 Connect Remotely from Your Tablet You can connect remotely using your tablet or Chromebook. 1. Remove any Citrix Receiver apps that may be installed. 2. From your device, use Chrome, Firefox or Safari and enter remote.mofo.com in the address field. 3. Select the Region closest to your current location. If using OWA, select your home Region. 4. Select Citrix or OWA. 5. Enter your Login ID, Network Password and RSA Passcode. 6. Tap the Logon button. 7. Ignore prompts to install Citrix Receiver. 8. Select the Desktops tab and choose the Remote Desktop you need. 9. The Desktop will launch on a new tab on your browser. Note: Citrix access from a tablet or Chromebook uses a Lite version of Citrix Receiver that requires no installation. Some Citrix Receiver features will not be available as compared to using the full Citrix Receiver client on a Windows PC or Mac.

11 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 11 How to Install Citrix Receiver for Windows on a Home PC To install Citrix Receiver, follow the steps below. 1. Go to 2. Click on Download Receiver for Windows. 3. Click Save to save the installer to your Downloads folder. 4. Now navigate to your Downloads folder which is usually located at C:\Users\<YourLogon>\Downloads. 5. Double click on CitrixReceiver.exe. 6. Click Install. 7. Click Next to start the installation. 8. Click Finish to complete the installation. 9. At the Add Account screen, leave the field blank. Click the check box for Do not show this window automatically at logon. and click on Close.

12 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE Once Citrix Receiver is finished installing, you can open Internet Explorer and navigate to to access Citrix. Note: After you ve logged on to remote.mofo.com, the MoFo Citrix web page will attempt to detect if Citrix Receiver is installed on your computer. You may receive a prompt to Install or Upgrade. Choosing either option will allow you to download and install the recommended version without going to the Citrix Receiver product website.

13 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 13 How to Install Citrix Receiver on Your Mac 1. Go to 2. You will automatically be directed to a Receiver for Mac download page 3. Click on Download Receiver for Mac

14 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE Click Open in Finder. 5. Click Install Citrix Receiver 6. At the Introduction click Continue

15 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE Click Continue 8. Click Continue 9. Click Agree

16 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE Click install 11. Enter in your Mac username and password and Select Install Software. 12. Click Close

17 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE Once Citrix Receiver is finished installing, you can open Safari and navigate to to access Citrix applications and Remote Desktop. Note: After you ve logged on to remote.mofo.com, the MoFo Citrix web page will attempt to detect if Citrix Receiver is installed on your computer. You may receive a prompt to Install or Upgrade. Choosing either option will allow you to download and install the recommended version without going to the Citrix Receiver product website.

18 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 18 How to Configure a Personal Hotspot on Your iphone A Wi-Fi Hotspot turns the iphone into a Wi-Fi router (like the one in your home).the iphone will broadcast a Wi-Fi access point that your Firm PC can connect to. The Firm PC connects to the iphone using Wi-Fi, and the iphone connects to the Internet. To create an iphone Personal Hotspot: 1. Tap Settings > Cellular 2. Tap Personal Hotspot 2.1 Set Personal Hotspot to On 3. Go Back to the Settings Menu

19 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE Select Personal Hotspot 5. Tap Wi-Fi Password and enter a suitable password.

20 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE On your MoFo computer, make sure you are not connected to a wireless network 7. On your MoFo computer, check the available wireless network names and look for the name of the hotspot listed under To Connect Using Wi-Fi (by default it is "iphone 6s"): Click Wireless Networks icon in the taskbar of your Firm PC and choose the Wi-Fi hotspot ( iphone 6s ) 8. Enter the password from Step 5 You should now be able to browse the Internet on your Firm PC or Wi-Fi ipad using the connection provided by your iphone. Additionally, you can establish a VPN session or use Citrix applications and Remote Desktops.

21 REMOTE ACCESS GUIDE PAGE 21 Remote Access Explained At MoFo, the Remote Access Team spends a great deal of time developing and optimizing our Remote Access Environment. 1. How does Remote Access work? When you connect to MoFo with Citrix, you are presented with a web page that shows you Remote Desktops and Published Applications. When you launch a Published Application, the application is actually being run from a remote server but will look and function as if it is running locally. For instance, launching Adobe Acrobat connects to the server hosting the application. The remote server will go through the same logon process that occurs on a MoFo computer. Once your user profile is ready, Acrobat will open on your local computer. File access and responsiveness will be generally better on a Published Application compared to running the application locally. This is because it is being run from a server in the same region as all the other servers hosting your data. 2. Why is it that sometimes when I launch a Citrix session it is fast and sometimes it is not? The main reason is because your profile is being recreated. Profiles are deleted from servers if they are not used for more than 21days or you are using a server new to you. Most Remote Desktops have four or more servers in load balancing, so there is the potential that even though you were on server A the next time you login you might get server B which has to again build your profile. Profiles are deleted every 21 days to keep the server performing at an optimal level. 3. Are there things I can do to my home computer improve performance? Yes, on your local computer you can do the following before going to Close all other applications. 3.2 Minimize the applications that automatically run on start up. 1) PC: Click on Start > Run and type msconfig at the prompt. Click on the startup tab and uncheck applications you don t want to launch at startup (be careful not to disable your anti-virus program). Restart your computer to apply the changes.