Enterprise Cloud - Terms of use
The "Enterprise Cloud" service is used to create, manage and operate virtual machines (hereinafter referred to as "resources") that place high demands on availability, stability and maintenance and/or are to be accessible from outside the TU Dresden networks.
1. ENTERPRISE CLOUD USE
The use of the Enterprise Cloud Services is for the purpose of supporting teaching and research ONLY. Any further use or other use is strictly prohibited. Any operation of services offered by the ZIH (such as mail servers or file servers) requires the approval of the ZIH and the Office for Information Security.
2. RESPONSIBILITIES
In the application, the responsible leader, a contact person (administrator of the resource) and a deputy for the latter must be named.
For the resources, there is the option of installing operating systems supported by ZIH or a standalone operating system installation.
A pre-built and pre-installed operating system is provided for operating systems supported by the ZIH. It can be configured to automatically install operating system updates. Times for necessary reboots after updates are agreed upon in the application. Resources will not be checked for currency beyond the operating system. ZIH reserves administration access to such resources.
For operating systems not supported by ZIH and for additionally installed software, the user is responsible for updates.
Resources are regularly reviewed internally and externally for vulnerabilities.
3. RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES
When the employee responsible for a resource leaves, a new contact person must be reported to ZIH.
4. ABUSE
In the event of misuse of the services or violation of these terms of use, the owner will first be contacted and the virtual machine will be shut down if necessary.