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Information Services and Technology Offering Microsoft 365 Training through LOD

January 25, 2022 — 
Information Services and Technology is excited to partner with Learning & Organizational Development to offer Microsoft 365 and Zoom security training sessions to staff and faculty.

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Banner Administration pages upgrade coming mid-January

December 23, 2021 — 
BBanner Administration Pages, Aurora Self Service and Argos Reports will be upgraded to the latest version from January 14, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. CST to January 17 at 9:00 a.m. CST, 2022.

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Rehome project will change how you access JUMP in 2022

December 20, 2021 — 
Over the last year, the JUMP Rehome Project team has worked to ensure the successful transition of JUMP content.

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We will be closed for the holidays

December 15, 2021 — 
The IST Service Desk will close Thursday, December 23, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. and reopen on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at 8:00 a.m.

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Securing your Zoom meetings

November 29, 2021 — 
Join our IT Learning Coordinator on December 7 or 9 for an overview of Zoom's security settings and tools.

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The results of October’s phishing simulation are in!

November 9, 2021 — 
During the week of October 25, 2021, IST Information Security and Compliance launched our fourteenth phishing test for UM staff and faculty.

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Your password needs a backup plan!

October 26, 2021 — 
If you are a regular user of the university’s virtual private network (VPN), you know that it is the only way to access secured or restricted resources from outside the university.

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Covid’s phishing season is open! Don’t bite

October 18, 2021 — 
Organizations are seeing a spike in the number of cyber-attacks, and since Covid, there has been a 10% increase in people falling victim to these scams (including here at UM).

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UM’s info security policy is your guide to securing our data

October 12, 2021 — 
To better protect the information used and shared by the university community, new/updated information Security policy, procedure and standards were developed and approved by the UM Board of Governors on Feb. 3, 2020. 

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IST launches new virtual queue service for IT support

September 7, 2021 — 
Information Services and Technology (IST) is excited to announce our new virtual queuing service. The WaitWell queue is a part of the university's ongoing efforts to ensure your health and safety while on campus.

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