Staff Mailbox moves
As part of our response to recent email problems, IT Services will be moving staff mailboxes to new storage hardware. Due to the number of mailboxes this process will takeContinue reading Staff Mailbox moves
Website migrations from IIS6
Microsoft is ending support for IIS6 functionality and this means that IT Services will be shutting down servers running IIS6 in July. IT Services has scheduled the transfer of currentContinue reading Website migrations from IIS6
Latest Phishing attempt
Again, there has been another attempt at Phishing, sent to approximately 600 University Email recipients on 30 March. If you have received an email with the subject ‘eMail Alert!!!’ youContinue reading Latest Phishing attempt
Sophos antivirus upgrade
On Tuesday 27 March, ITS completed an overhaul of the Sophos infrastructure to bring us up to the latest protection they have to offer. The primary reason was to beginContinue reading Sophos antivirus upgrade
Security Bulletin – March 2012
Following the monthly announcement of the Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates, our Security team have the following bulletin covering vulnerable versions of Java, the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) issue and a reminderContinue reading Security Bulletin – March 2012
Latest phishing email scam
There has been an attempt yesterday, 1 March, to trap people into giving out their login details for University of Reading IT systems. Should you receive an email with theContinue reading Latest phishing email scam
Timetabling issues
We have had the following advice from Philip Edwards in the Central Room Bookings office regarding the Timetabling Website and thought it may be useful:
Software licensing – advice change
IT Services have recently been reviewing campus licences for all our software and specifically where “home use” rights are available. As such we have had to review and update ourContinue reading Software licensing – advice change
Blackboard issues update
Over the last few days there have been a number of problems with the Blackboard service at which manifested itself as very slow log on times and problems navigating throughContinue reading Blackboard issues update
IT Training
For followers of the IT Services Twitter feed, you will have seen regular announcements for Training sessions on the Microsoft Office suite of applications and other such wonders.