Starting this past semester and leading into spring, Flint ITS has begun a major upgrade to the campus WiFi network. This upgrade will provide the highest standards of wireless network performance and security, as well as providing service to a greater number of wireless devices. At this time, ITS has performed upgrades or installed network in the first… Read More »
Do you plan to hit the road this spring or summer? You can edit your MCommunity Away Message on-the-go from your phone. The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team expects to replace the current interface to MCommunity this summer with a new one that is designed to work on all your devices and with modern web browsers. You… Read More »
With a new update to the BlueJeans videoconferencing app, you can now request and grant Remote Desktop Control. Other new features and enhancements have also been introduced in the April 2017 release.
Does your unit use Adobe apps? Whether you need to design and publish print material like catalogs and magazines or produce digital graphics and videos, there is a growing need for software that supports creative asset development at U-M.
With over 70,000 active accounts, U-M Box is one of the most popular IT services on campus. We are happy to announce that you are now able to use MCommunity groups to collaborate in U-M Box. This new feature will be very helpful to faculty and students, particularly those who use the service as part of their classroom… Read More »
Some people have email requirements that don’t fit neatly into the university’s two solutions, Google Mail (for the academic side) and Microsoft Exchange (for Michigan Medicine). To address those needs ITS has brought up an instance of the long-retired Michigan Terminal System (MTS), and provided access to its email tool $MESSAGESYSTEM. MTS is one of the first time-sharing computer operating… Read More »
U-M Box Box Folder Invitation Links Deprecated U-M Google Google Keep is Now a G Suite Core Service Introducing Google Hangouts Meet Receive Emails of up to 50MB in Gmail U-M Google February Updates Google Hangouts won’t support phone/video calls on Mozilla Firefox temporarily
In an effort to further secure and reduce the complexity of University of Michigan networks, ITS has been working with units to change the IP addresses of U-M’s DNS resolver servers from public to private IPs. At the halfway mark, approximately 70% of systems have transitioned to new DNS resolver addresses. By early April, ITS DHCP (Dynamic Host… Read More »
The WiFi Project team continues to upgrade buildings across campus. Visit the project website for additional information. Recently completed: GG Brown, Walgreen Drama Center/Stamps, Engineering Research Bldg. 1, Engineering Research Bldg. 2 Currently under construction: Dental Bldg. Lay Automotive Engineering Laboratory, East Hall, Nuclear Engineering Lab, West Hall, Ross School of Business, School of Social Work, Gerstacker Bldg.,… Read More »
Michigan Medicine is tightening the security for its wired and wireless networks to ensure that only authorized and inventoried computing devices can connect to internal resources. The network project is part of a year-long program to make the IT environment within the academic medical center as secure as possible for all patients, faculty, and staff. The program also… Read More »
March is the month when U-M’s Esri academic site license renews each year. This includes licensing for ArcGIS for Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, CityEngine, and a wide variety of other Esri products. The university-wide concurrent license server has already been updated, however, users relying on annual single-use licensing will need to re-authorize their installations by the end of the… Read More »
M-Pathways HRMS will be unavailable from 7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 18, to noon, Sunday, March 19, while the system is upgraded. To prepare for this implementation, please ensure all time entry is complete before end of day Wednesday, March 15.
We are pleased to announce new reduced rates for MiServer. These rates went into effect in January. To save monthly costs, we are also offering backups as an option. When you order MiServer, you can choose whether or not to include backups. If your server is not for a production workload, you may want to opt out of… Read More »
We are pleased to announce new reduced rates for MiDatabase. These rates went into effect in January and were included in each unit’s ITS Services rate letter. New Rate Information Memory 1GB RAM $7.25/month Storage Replicated (10GB) $0.735/month Non-Replicated (10GB) $0.6825/month Shared Database Server Up to 50 GB database No charge Example Builds Dedicated MiDatabase Sample Configurations Dedicated… Read More »
In January, ITS decommissioned AIX hardware after migrating close to 100 databases and 200 application servers, realizing impressive benefits for the university.
U-M Box U-M Box December 2016 and January 2017 Updates U-M Google New! Insert Videos from Google Drive in Google Slides Creating Files From Templates is Now Easier in Google Drive Gmail Will No Longer Support Chrome Version 53 And Below Smarter Meeting Scheduling In Google Calendar U-M Google December 2016 and January 2017 Updates CAEN, the College of Engineering IT group, has licensed a service called Kumo that allows users to map cloud-based storage drives such as U-M Box and U-M Google Drive to a drive letter. UPDATE 3/2/2017: The M-Pathways PeopleTools 8.55 Upgrade for HRMS was canceled due to issues encountered during final testing. A new date for the upgrade will be announced soon. ITS is upgrading the PeopleTools technology behind M-Pathways to version 8.55. This upgrade will bring a new look and feel to navigation within M-Pathways. This change will impact everyone who… Read More » ITS announced continued service and additional products for BlueJeans, including access to Primetime through May 2018 and BlueJeans onSocial (Facebook Live integration). The WiFi Project team continues to upgrade buildings across campus. Visit the project website for additional information. Recently completed: Randall Laboratory, Kresge Business Admin Library, Computer Executive Education Bldg. Currently under construction: G.G. Brown, , Walgreen Drama Center, Dental Bldg. Lay Automotive Engineering Laboratory, East Hall, Stamps Auditorium, Network design underway: Wyly Hall, School of Information (North), and… Read More »
U-M Box & Google Monthly Digest
CAEN pilots cloud storage mapping service
Reminder: March 6 M-Pathways upgrade
BlueJeans videoconferencing adds new features
WiFi upgrades