Month: February 2023

IT Professionals: As a reminder, join us Tuesday, February 28, at 2PM ET for an infoshare on the UITS Assistive Technology and Accessibility Center presented by Tomas Gregg. Tomas will walk through what happens when a department receives a request for Assistive Technology software to be installed on a workstation as part of an accommodation… Read more »

IT Professionals, The application for the IT Leadership Community mentorship program is now open. If you are interested in making a difference in someone’s career, boosting your network, growing your confidence, or otherwise becoming more engaged at work, ITLC wants you for the 2023 Mentorship Cohort. ITLC’s mentorship program is open to anyone working in… Read more »

IT Professionals: To transition to Teams Calls more effectively, we ask for your assistance in establishing a timeline for your department to migrate accounts with IP Phones and Response Groups. Please download this spreadsheet and fill it out with the phones you will need. We will contact your unit to set up a meeting to… Read more »

IT Professionals, On Friday, February 24, Safe Links will be implemented in Microsoft Teams. Safe Links, which has been implemented in Exchange since March 2022, provides URL scanning and rewriting to help protect the IU community from malicious links that are used in phishing and other attacks. Microsoft recommends that Safe Links should also be… Read more »

IT Professionals, Dell will host a repeat of its Dell Client Roadmap on Wednesday, February 22, via Zoom. This event will be provided by Dell representative, Jamie Stevens, and a Dell client technologist. They will be reviewing the new laptops and desktops that will launch in March. Note: This February 22 event has the same content… Read more »

IT Professionals, Here is a reminder that the remaining Spring EdCert courses are open for registration. Classes are taught by IU employees who are certified instructors by Microsoft and CompTIA. Classes meet 9am-4pm ET and are available online only. Aimed at raising the technical skill set of the IU community, EdCert offers fixed pricing substantially… Read more »

IT Professionals: Join us Thursday, March 2, at 1PM ET for an infoshare on the Microsoft Teams Calls migration of Response Groups and IP Phones. Adam Sweeny and Michael Morgan will review steps for IT Pros to prepare for migrating their clients and departments. They will also discuss the features that Auto Attendant and Call… Read more »

IT Professionals, On March 15, 2023, EMA will add a scheduled task to remove ‘Domain Users’ group from any other AD Group at IU. This is being done to help reduce token bloat, improve security, and make AD more responsive. ‘Domain Users’ will be automatically removed from any group on a regular cadence. Action Required… Read more »