Mailings

IT colleagues:  Qualys has recently updated their vulnerability scanning service, requiring additional scanner IP addresses. If you or your clients are currently using the Qualys vulnerability scanners, we advise updating:  * Host-based firewalls * Other network safeguards that may be in place  For an updated list of IP addresses that host servers and web scanners,… Read more »

IT colleagues:  On Monday, February 3, the Microsoft 365 Administrators will contact all registered Microsoft Teams owners and co-owners requesting renewal of their teams created or registered before April 1, 2024. Additional notices will be sent periodically before teams that are not renewed are archived.  This process will be very similar to the process taken last… Read more »

IT colleagues,    We are reaching out with a reminder that on February 1, Zoom will be enforcing a new minimum version as outlined in their Quarterly Software Lifecycle Policy.   These clients are associated with a device running an older version of Zoom that will not be supported under this policy. While they have been notified… Read more »

IT colleagues:  The spring 2025 IT Training Education Certification Program (EdCert) schedule is open for registration.   All courses meet 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.  The course offerings this spring are:  CompTIA Network+ – January 27–31  This course validates the skills needed to establish, maintain, and troubleshoot essential business networks securely. Unlike vendor-specific certifications,… Read more »

IT colleagues:  Earlier this month the Exchange Administrators identified a small number of on-premises Active Directory groups that had previously been mail-enabled and then later had that functionality disabled. These groups were still mail-enabled in Azure with an unsupported Azure email address. We took steps to remove the Azure mail component to mirror the on-premises… Read more »

IT colleagues:  The Endpoint Management Services team would like to make you aware that a computer device lock command was inadvertently sent to some Macs managed in the Casper Jamf Pro service. If you receive a report of a macOS device asking for a six-digit unlock code, please assist the client in unlocking the device. … Read more »

Adobe account domain enforcement – November 25 IT colleagues:  To prevent personal data loss and protect institutional data, as of November 25, it will no longer be possible to create a personal, non-institutional Adobe account with an email address that is tied to any of the following domains:  iu.edu  indiana.edu  iue.edu  iufw.edu  iuk.edu  iun.edu  ius.edu … Read more »

IT colleagues: In November, members of IU’s Data Integration Center of Excellence will facilitate a new community of practice focused on Data Integration (DI). The community will be hosted in Microsoft Teams, and the meetings will be held via Microsoft Teams video.  The Data Integration Community of Practice (DI CoP) will align business analyst and… Read more »

IT colleagues:  Apple invites you to attend an Office Hour session on either Wednesday, November 6 at 2pm EST or Thursday, November 7 at 12pm EST.  The sessions will cover the same material and are being made available to all higher education clients; these are not exclusive to IU.  Credential theft and phishing remain the… Read more »

IT colleagues:  We are reaching out with a reminder that on November 2, Zoom will be enforcing a new minimum version as outlined in their Quarterly Software Lifecycle Policy.  These clients are associated with a device running an older version of Zoom that will not be supported under this policy. While they have been notified… Read more »