Dear colleagues, The Communications Planning and Implementation team continues to update IU’s telephony system, moving from Microsoft Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams Voice. Thank you for your feedback and collaboration as we move this project along. This change will make most current, network-based desktop phone models obsolete. Faculty and staff who use network-based desktop phones… Read more »
Mailings
Copies of mailings sent to the IT Pro community email lists.
Removal of Skype button from Exchange
IT Professionals: On Friday, December 2, the “New Skype Meeting” button in Exchange calendars will be removed, helping to smooth the transition from Skype for Business to Teams that will occur early in 2023. About 1-2% of all meetings use Skype for Business, so the expected impact is small. We are making this timely… Read more »
Empty Google Shared Drive Deletion
IT Professionals, In order to meet the new storage requirements outlined by Google and to aid with the ongoing migration efforts, Google Shared Drives that contain no data will be deleted in fourteen days. The mailing below will be sent to account owners and co-owners on November 30. If you have any questions on this… Read more »
Default OS for Dell Computers
IT Professionals, We would like to inform you of a change to Dell purchases as part of the hardware standardization initiative. Going forward, the default operating system in the Buy.IU Dell store is Windows 11 Pro. Windows 10 Pro is still available but is no longer the default. We recommend clients take advantage of the new… Read more »
Canvas Maintenance and Updates – November 19
IT Professionals, On November 19, between 8am and 12pm ET, Instructure (Canvas) will be performing a regularly scheduled monthly release to the IU Canvas instance. Updates in this release include: Calendar: Account Calendar Admin and Sub-account admins can create an account calendar with events and important dates. In Canvas Calendars, there is the option to… Read more »
Reminder: Apple Office Hours – November 16 & 17
IT Professionals: Apple would like to invite you to Office Hours on Wednesday, November 16, at 2pm ET or Thursday, November 17, at 10am ET. Join Systems Engineer Mike Kimmel and several teammates for a discussion about new features in macOS Ventura and iPad OS 16. The session will focus on enhancements, new features and… Read more »
Apple Office Hours – November 16 & 17
IT Professionals: Apple would like to invite you to Office Hours on Wednesday, November 16, at 2pm ET or Thursday, November 17, at 10am ET. Join Systems Engineer Mike Kimmel and several teammates for a discussion about new features in macOS Ventura and iPad OS 16. The session will focus on enhancements, new features and… Read more »
SSSP Updates and Improvements
IT Professionals, As mentioned in the recent infoshare, the Software and Services Selection Process (SSSP) form has been moved to ServiceNow starting on November 1. This move will improve the submission process by making it simpler and more transparent to requestors. In addition to moving to ServiceNow, we are now offering three different… Read more »
Zoom’s new software lifecycle policy
IT Professionals, On November 5, 2022, Zoom’s new software lifecycle policy will take effect. This policy will apply to all Zoom desktop clients and mobile apps. These accounts are associated with a device running an older version of Zoom that will not be supported under this policy. They were notified directly on October 28 with… Read more »
Group Accounts in Google My Drive
IT Professionals, In order to meet the new storage requirements outlined by Google, group accounts in My Drive will receive quotas, and those with data stored will be migrated. The mailing below will be sent on October 28 to account owners for any group account that has data. All other group accounts with no data… Read more »