I have now been doing business analysis in the Yukon Government for 18 months. I thought I would share of some of my thoughts on working in this environment and some of the advantages and pain points that I have experienced in my time.
If you have been having trouble connecting to the internal servers at the Yukon Government by their short name over the VPN then this tip is for you.
This tip is tested with Windows 7 and IE8. Other OSes and browsers may not give the same results.
1. Ensure you have the hosts file with the short name - the Service Desk should be able to provide this. It goes into <Windows>/System32/drivers/etc
2. Set IE8 to NOT Automatically Detect Settings. Under Internet Options -> Connections -> Lan Settings deselect the Automatically Detect Settings checkbox.
