Information Services and Technology News Archive

October 6, 2023 — 
Cybercriminals love weak passwords! Protect yourself and the university with these best practices.

September 29, 2023 — 
This Cyber Security Awareness Month (Cyber Month), let’s help our campus community, families, and friends step up their cyber fitness. As a proud Get Cyber Safe champion, we recognize Cyber Month as an important time to reflect, as individuals and as an organization, on how we can protect ourselves and our loved ones online.

September 22, 2023 — 
The Information Services and Technology (IST) open-area computer labs are available for all students and staff. Standard software, including Microsoft 365 desktop tools, Respondus LockDown Browser, Firefox, Edge, and Chrome browsers, are installed on all lab devices. You can find a complete list of the software online at Open-area computer lab software.

July 7, 2023 — 
For the past decade, the UM JUMP portal has been used as a channel for internal communications and for student and staff access to applications. IST's project team has now completed a multi-year project to move its applications and content to newer, more secure services such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.

June 19, 2023 — 
Do you ever open Microsoft Teams and wonder what that new button does? Or wonder why your Outlook has a slightly different top menu? ISTs new webpage, What’s new in M365 at UM, can help you keep up with the changes to our Microsoft tools.

June 14, 2023 — 
Want to take the stress out of the first day of teaching and feel confident using your electronic classroom? We can help!

June 5, 2023 — 
The university has initiated a project to replace Kaspersky, our current anti-virus product, with Microsoft Defender on all university-owned computers by July 13, 2023.

May 23, 2023 — 
If you are a longtime Teams user, you may have noticed a recent change in the lineup of the default tabs in a new Teams channel. When Teams was initially introduced, Teams channels, by default, came with three tabs: Posts, Files and Wiki. A Wiki is a simple note app that allows participants in a Teams channel to collaborate in a document quickly and easily.

May 15, 2023 — 
You may have noticed a change in Microsoft Stream lately. That is because Microsoft is replacing its original Stream – now called Stream (Classic) – with a new experience known as Stream (on SharePoint).

April 24, 2023 — 
IST Engagement Services has added more Microsoft 365 training sessions for staff and faculty starting May 3 to the end of August.