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ITCP Weekly Update October 21 – 25

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ITCP Weekly Update October 21 – 25 – A weekly digest from IT Community Partnerships of what our IT colleagues need to know

In today’s issue
Announcements
Upcoming events
Mailings
Resources
Did you know

Announcements

The recording of the coffee hours by Endpoint Management Services, originally presented on October 18, 2024, is now live.

Pearson will be conducting two vendor-scheduled maintenances in November on select Pearson courses, whether accessed directly or via the Access Pearson integration in Canvas:

  • Mastering Health & Nutrition, Geology, and Environmental Science will be unavailable 1:00am-9:00am on Saturday, November 2.
  • Mastering Genetics, Geography, Microbiology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, and Astronomy will be unavailable 1:00am-9:00am on Saturday, November 16th.

Upcoming events

Monday, October 28
IT Leadership Community Conversations on Leadership – Whether here or then: staying present at work
2-3pm ET
We will discuss being present, mindfulness, etc., and how to negotiate it in life and work. Help us crowdsource mindfulness, whether it is good, and how to deploy. This IT Leadership Community sponsored series of informal discussions about leadership is open to anyone in the IU IT community. Whether you are a current, emerging, or future leader, these discussions are for you. Meeting Zoom link, recommended pre-work, and discussion questions are available at the event link.

Monday, October 28 – Friday, November 1
EdCert course – CompTIA A+ Core 1
8:30am-4:30pm ET
[Registration is full.  Please contact edcert@iu.edu to be placed on waitlist.]
CompTIA A+ is the industry-preferred qualifying credential for technical support and IT operational roles. CompTIA A+ CORE 1 covers mobile devices, networking technology, hardware, virtualization and cloud computing and network troubleshooting. The course is vendor-neutral and designed to assist in preparation for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 certification examination, 220-1101, one of two exams required for CompTIA A+ certification.

 Friday, November 1
Endpoint Management Services – coffee hours: Beyond Trust
3-4pm ET
[UPDATE: This post was updated Oct 30 to reflect a change in topic from that which was originally communicated.]
Endpoint Management Services (EMS) invites you to bi-weekly, one-hour Microsoft Teams coffee hours to discuss and field questions about the IU Common Build and IU Print. The EMS coffee hours session for Friday, November 1, at 3pm will cover BeyondTrust, instead of the previously announced topic of IU Print. This will be followed in two weeks with a session focused on macOS Common Build. These sessions provide you the opportunity to become more informed about these services and to ask questions.

Tuesday, November 5
Infoshare: Dell 2025 client rebranding overview
3-4pm ET
Dell will host an infoshare about the Dell client rebranding occurring at the start of 2025. Our hosts will be Dell representative Jamie Stevens, and Dell client specialist Mike Patterson.  Meeting link forthcoming.

 Wednesday, November 6
Supercomputing For Everyone Series: Storage 201: Data Management and Administration
2-4pm ET
Registration required
This intermediate-level Storage Options and Data Management Best Practices workshop will discuss techniques and best practices for administering shared access to data, ensuring continuity of access, securing research data, and establishing a data lifecycle management policy. This workshop is intended for power users, lab PIs, and collection managers actively involved in generating, managing, and/or administering data. Topics covered include migrating data from cloud providers to on-premises IU digital storage (and vice-versa), best practices for storing and managing data, the distinction between backing up and archiving, and how to manage permissions for a data share. Registration information and session prerequisites and information are available at the above event link.

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Learn about and register for upcoming trainings, infoshares, coffee hours, and more. Visit the ITCP calendar for the full list of events currently scheduled. Find recordings of previous infoshares by logging into the ITCP Kaltura page.

Mailings

  • No new mailings

Stay current on the latest service changes, security concerns, and information sharing events. Visit the ITCP blog for a searchable archive of ITCP mailings.

Resources
On the IT Community Partnerships homepage, find the tools and support you need and connect with the IT community.

Did you know…
Many Microsoft products are part of Microsoft’s Select Plus agreement with Indiana University. Generally, this is any product that is not part of the Microsoft 365 licensing agreement. At IU, licensing for these titles is administered by the UITS Enterprise Windows and Azure Administration (EWA). For assistance, contact EWA at ewahelp@iu.edu.

  

IT Community Partnerships (ITCP) supports those providing local UITS support at Indiana University through timely communications of important IT information, opportunities to connect with the IT community, and data resources to aid in decision-making for their unit or service.

 

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