IT Professionals, I’m writing to inform key university stakeholders that the revised version of Policy IT-12 (Security of Information Technology Resources) and its associated standards have been posted for community review and comment. IT-12 has been the primary university policy addressing the security of information technology resources and is being revised to better align with… Read more »
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End of Life for Windows 10 versions 21H2, 20H2
In May and June there is end of servicing for several Windows 10 versions. End of servicing for Windows 10, version 21H2 Home, Pro, Pro Education, and Pro for Workstations On June 13, 2023, the Home, Pro, Pro Education, and Pro for Workstations editions of Windows 10, version 21H2 will reach end of servicing. The… Read more »
Examity Maintenance – May 20
IT Professionals, This Saturday, May 20, from 12–7:30am ET, Examity online proctoring will be unavailable while the vendor performs routine maintenance. As always, we will continue to provide timely communications concerning future updates. –IT Community Partnerships on behalf of The eLearning Services team
Canvas Scheduled Maintenance
IT Professionals, On Saturday May 20, between 8am and 12pm ET, Instructure (Canvas) will be performing a regularly scheduled monthly release to the IU Canvas instance. Included in this release are: Updated Feature: SpeedGrader quick links are added to Options menus for Assignments, Graded Discussions, Modules, Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes Upcoming Enhancement: The Rich… Read more »
Disable S/MIME certificates
IT Professionals, The Information Security Office, Mail Admins, and Exchange teams at IU now recommend that clients disable S/MIME certificates on their mail. This is also recommended for any services you may own that send mail on behalf of your IU accounts (e.g. Salesforce, etc). This change in policy is due to additional security provided… Read more »
EdCert – Fall 2023
IT Professionals, We are pleased to announce the Fall EdCert schedule. Aimed at raising the technical skill set of the IU community, EdCert offers IT courses to IU employees at fixed pricing substantially below costs to the public sector. EdCert’s Fall semester has courses from fundamental to advanced levels from Microsoft, CompTIA, CertNexus, and ISC²…. Read more »
ITCP Weekly Update May 8 – 12
ITCP Weekly Update May 8 – 12 – A weekly digest from IT Community Partnerships of what IT Pros need to know In today’s issue Announcements Upcoming events Mailings Resources for IT Pros Did you know… Announcements No new announcements Upcoming events Thursday, May 18 IU REDCap Day 9:30am-3:30pm ET Online participation via Zoom is… Read more »
Apple Office Hours – May 10 & 11
IT Professionals: Apple would like to invite you to Office Hours on Wednesday, May 10, at 2pm ET or Thursday, May 11, at 10am ET. Join Systems Engineer Mike Kimmel for a session on two topics: Unified Logging: All Apple devices now use the same logging system. This session will provide an overview of what… Read more »
Skype Transition Update
Dear colleagues, For the past few months, the UITS Communications Planning and Implementation team has been updating IU’s telephony system, moving from Microsoft Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams Calls. This change was necessary due to Microsoft Skype for Business’s impending end-of-life date of January 2024. By moving to Microsoft Teams Calls, we expect to reduce… Read more »
ITCP Weekly Update April 24 – 28
ITCP Weekly Update April 24 – 28 – A weekly digest from IT Community Partnerships of what IT Pros need to know In today’s issue Announcements Upcoming events Mailings Resources for IT Pros Did you know… Announcements No new announcements Upcoming events Friday, April 28 ITLC Conversations on leadership: Profiling yourself – improving your LinkedIn… Read more »