General news about what IT Services are up to.
About the device replacement programme The New Ways of Working (NWoW) Programme is an ambitious project including a sub-programme to replace all University devices with a standardised, easy to support-and-use,Continue reading Device Replacement News – November ’22
What is happening? Microsoft are making a mandated change on the 1st of October 2022 and will be retiring Basic Authentication for legacy protocols in Exchange Online. About email andContinue reading Microsoft to Disable Legacy Email Protocols 01-10-22
In DTS and MCE, the retiring Activedition project, which has recently come to an end, has seen nearly 40,000 webpages migrated (or removed) from Activedition to the new CMS system,Continue reading The Retiring Activedition project – 40,000 webpages later
Email distribution lists are used throughout the university to send one email to lots of people simultaneously. These mailing lists could include people outside the University (external) as well asContinue reading Changes to email distribution lists
DTS will be performing maintenance on the core network infrastructure on Tuesday 6th September between 1800-2200. What is happening? DTS are making improvements to the core network infrastructure on WhiteknightsContinue reading Network Downtime impacting internet service and VPN, University websites and ESS – 06/09/22 between 1800-2200
We have designed a new streamlined look for the automatic emails sent out by the IT Service Desk. Several of you said you missed our emails as they didn’t standContinue reading New look IT Service Desk emails
World Password Day takes place on Thursday May 5. It was set up in 2013 as a day set aside for people to update and strengthen their passwords. The averageContinue reading World Password Day May 5th – Update your password!
In the last few days Intel, AMD and ARM have publicly announced major security flaws within their CPU chips. We are working with suppliers to patch our systems as quickly asContinue reading Intel, ARM and AMD chip scare (Spectre + Meltdown)
There was a major power outage on campus this morning, affecting two key server rooms. This resulted in the loss of most of the IT services on campus. The majorityContinue reading 15:27 01/04/16 Major power outage
We are currently trying to fix an issue with the Whiteknights campus firewalls, which can lead to occasional and very brief losses of connectivity to the Internet for users atContinue reading Firewall Issue
