Accessing the HIPAA Secure Research Environment (SRE)

Use the Web Client:

Note: The web client requires HTML 5. The latest version of most browsers supports HTML 5.

• Navigate to pi.tt/vdesktop(https://client.wvd.microsoft.com/arm/webclient/index.html)
  • Enter your University email address. You are redirected to the Pitt Passport login screen
  • Log in using your University Computing Account username and password
  • Double click Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection under the heading Secure Enclave Access
  • Enter your University Computing Account username and password to complete the login process

Use the Remote Desktop Client:

Download the Client

• Navigate to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop
  • From the Connect to Windows Virtual Desktop section, click on the link for the type of device you are using
  • Follow the directions on the page to install the client and connect to Virtual Desktop
  • To add a workspace, in the Remote Desktop client select the Workspaces tab. Click the "+" sign and choose Add Workspace
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  • Enter your  University email address, and click Add. (Alternatively, you can enter https://rdweb.wvd.microsoft.com/api/arm/feeddiscovery as the workspace URL, and then click Add.)

Launch the Client:

• Launch Remote Desktop by navigating to the web client or opening the desktop client (e.g., double-click on the Remote Desktop icon or search for the program from the Start menu.)
• If you have never used the client before, the “Let’s Get Started” screen displays. Click Subscribe to log in with Pitt Passport (Windows only), or click Subscribe with URL, enter your Pitt email address, and click Next.
• Log in using your University Computing Account username and password
• Double click Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection under the heading Research Enclave Access

Connect to the SRE Data Science Virtual Machine:

• You will be connected to the Microsoft Remote Desktop application
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• Enter your University Computing Account email and password and click Submit to complete the login process. Wait for the Remote Desktop Connection to appear
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• Enter the IP Address of the SRE Data Science VM
  • The Data Approver will be able to provide the IP Address of the Data Science VM
  • You will only need to enter this value and connect one time – the information will be saved in the drop-down for the next visit.
• Click Connect
  • If you are presented with a Remote Computer Identity popup, tick the ‘Don’t ask me again for connecting to this computer’ checkbox and select ‘Yes’
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• Log in using your University Computing Account username and password at the XRDP Login Window
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• Click OK to Login and you will be presented with a GUI Desktop Operating System
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