IT Newsletter October – Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Service Updates UM System Introduces Data Loss Prevention The UM System Information Technology Security team is working diligently to keep university information safe. You can help by being aware of the information you share through email or other IT tools and not sharing personal or protected information unless it is intentional, authorized and encrypted. To…

Leave your computer on this weekend for updates

Windows updates are planned between  2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Saturday, October 16. Please leave your computer connected to the S&T network and powered on over the weekend. Save your documents and close all applications because your computer will reboot during the update….

Autodesk Change in Learning Spaces

IT has identified an incompatibility between versions of Autodesk products. After consulting with instructors, IT will disable Autodesk 2022 products in all physical CLCs and Classrooms, via AppsAnywhere, at noon on Friday Oct 8th. IT has implemented a fix for 2022 and will leave both versions of Autodesk products available via AppsAnywhere on non-classroom computers….

Possible Service Outage

We are receiving reports of global services that are experiencing outages. Those outages may affect some of our campus services. Technicians are aware and are monitoring the issue. Possible campus services affected for some individuals: Cherwell AIMS (https://accounts.umsystem.edu/) Zoom Please visit DownDetector to see the global services that are reporting outages: https://downdetector.com/….

UM System Introduces Data Loss Prevention

The UM System Information Technology Security team is working diligently to keep university information safe. You can help by being aware of the information you share through email or other IT tools and not sharing personal or protected information unless it is intentional, authorized and encrypted. To provide an extra safeguard for protecting the university’s…

IT services restored

From approximately 4:10pm to 7:30pm CST, various IT services experienced an outage or were momentarily impacted due to a core system failure. Service has been restored and IT staff will continue to monitor the situation….

Phone Service Outage

S&T phone services are currently experiencing an outage. IT staff are investigating the issue and checking for any other IT service impacts. An update will be provided when service is restored….

Printing Services Restored

Some campus computers were unable to print to printers on the campus network. Printing services have been restored and IT staff are monitoring the situation….

Printing Service Outage

We are experiencing intermittent issues with the printing servers. We received reports that some individuals cannot print or add their campus printers on their computers across the S&T campus. Our technicians are aware and are investigating the issue….

Partial Outage of S&T Phone System

On Friday, September 17, from approximately 5:10 to 5:40pm CST, the S&T campus experienced a partial outage of the S&T phone system. Service has been fully restored and technicians are monitoring the situation….