IT: TUT4Life, email and wifi

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Your TUT4Life account gives you Microsoft 365 (email, Teams, OneDrive). The same credentials work for myTUTor, eduroam and the i-Centre computers.
Set up multi-factor authentication at tut4life.tut.ac.za. Password expiry: the TUT4Life guide says 90 days, but the myTUTor login requirements document says 160 days, so check which applies to you. The account locks for 20 minutes after three failed attempts.
Email looks like studentnumber@tut4life.ac.za.
Wifi: eduroam, with the username studentnumber@tut4life.ac.za and your TUT4Life password. The settings are PEAP with phase 2 set to none and no CA certificate validation, and you must be in an eduroam hotspot.
Help: the myTUTor service desk, 0861 102 421 (option 4, registered students only) or mytutor@tut.ac.za. The student portal is os.tut.ac.za/StudentPortal.