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Panopto educational support pages have moved

March 2023 Support materials for Panopto, the online video recording and hosting system, have moved to a new location and can now be found on the Lecture Capture service pages. The Panopto educational video support pages on Moodle are no longer being updated and will be retired on 31 March 2023. A redirect will be in place...

Apollo and Elements upgrade – downtime from 20 April

The University repository, Apollo, will undergo a significant upgrade this Spring The upgrade will begin on Thursday 20 April. The Elements system, which is linked to Apollo, will be unavailable for 4-5 days while the underpinning repository platform, DSpace, is upgraded to its latest version. It will not be possible to...

Delivering network connectivity for the Cambridge Half Marathon

Richard Davies from the Granta Backbone Network (GBN) team and Craig Faux from the Networks team, worked together to help deliver network connectivity for the Cambridge Half Marathon that took place this past weekend. The University has been assisting the Council with delivering network connectivity for the Cambridge Half...

Changes to Google Workspace accounts from March

15 February 2023 We are preparing to delete UIS managed Google Workspace accounts for users that have left the University to maintain system performance and security and reclaim file space ahead of Google introducing file space quotas. When a user leaves the University, their account is flagged as cancelled in Lookup and...

Wireless Service maintenance in March and April 2023

We’ll be carrying out essential maintenance on the University Wireless Service in March and April 2023 to pave the way for its continued growth. Three phases of work in March and April 1. Tuesday 21 March, 8:00 to 9:00 You might experience interruptions to the UniOfCam-IoT service during the maintenance period. You might...

Upcoming change to login process when using Microsoft Authenticator after 27 February 2023

Microsoft is updating the multi-factor authentication (MFA) process when using the Microsoft Authenticator app. From 27 February 2023, you'll be asked to enter a number displayed on the login screen, rather than just selecting 'Approve'. The current process The new process from 27 February Step 1 You'll be asked to open...

Change to Raven login screen from Tuesday 14 February

New login screen for current University members The login screen for Raven-protected websites and applications will change from Tuesday 14 February for current members of the University. It will become the same screen most of you are already familiar with from logging in to your University Microsoft account to access, for...

Changes to Microsoft Stream video sharing from Tues 07 Feb

26 January 2023 What’s happening UIS is disabling uploads to Microsoft Stream (Classic), the old version of the video sharing app, on Tuesday 07 February. The new version is called Stream (on SharePoint). Teams meeting recordings are already being automatically saved to Stream (on SharePoint). More information: Stream (on...

Institutional File Storage (IFS) service release new features to Self-Service Gateway

18 January 2023 Several new features are now live on the Self-Service Gateway run by the Institutional File Storage (IFS) service. IFS is a service for institutions to store and share everyday documents with colleagues. IFS Data Owners and Data Managers can use the Self-Service Gateway  portal to buy and administer storage...

Dimensions and Altmetrics will use Microsoft login from 11 January 2023

19 January 2023 UPDATE: Altmetric to use Microsoft login from 25 January Altmetric users will start using their University Microsoft login from 09:00 on Wednesday 25 January. ____ 11 January 2023 UPDATE: Dimensions now using Microsoft login; Altmetric to follow Dimensions Dimensions.ai is now using Microsoft's Azure...

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Panopto educational support pages have moved

Apollo and Elements upgrade – downtime from 20 April

Delivering network connectivity for the Cambridge Half Marathon

Changes to Google Workspace accounts from March

Wireless Service maintenance in March and April 2023

Upcoming change to login process when using Microsoft Authenticator after 27 February 2023

Change to Raven login screen from Tuesday 14 February

Changes to Microsoft Stream video sharing from Tues 07 Feb

Institutional File Storage (IFS) service release new features to Self-Service Gateway

Dimensions and Altmetrics will use Microsoft login from 11 January 2023

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