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Read more at: UniOfCam wifi service to be discontinued in March 2024

UniOfCam wifi service to be discontinued in March 2024

We’re switching off the old UniOfCam wifi service and discontinuing the manual ticket-based wifi access service for visitors on 4 March 2024. How to access wifi Staff and students should connect to our eduroam service. Once you’ve set devices up using the instructions on our website, your devices will connect automatically...


Read more at: University Managed Print service installs 300th multi-function device

University Managed Print service installs 300th multi-function device

The University Managed Print service has installed its 300th multi-function device (MFD) at the Department of Plant Sciences. The managed print service has been running for 12 years and offers Colleges and departments a centralised and secure printing environment that users can access both on site and remotely.


Read more at: Annual archiving and deletion of Panopto content

Annual archiving and deletion of Panopto content

The annual archive of Panopto lecture capture content is scheduled for 4 September. Last year’s archive will be permanently deleted on 31 August. Content created between 1 September and 4 September will remain live and not be archived. Action required by 28 August to retain archived content Content owners can restore...


Read more at: ArcGIS licence changes

ArcGIS licence changes

10 July 2024 ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) is being retired, and the way ArcGIS is deployed is changing as Esri moves to a web-based subscription service. Users should be encouraged to transition from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro Advanced if they haven’t already and will need to do so before 1 March 2024. Activation codes for single-use...


Read more at: SharePoint Online: disabling new sub-sites from 24 July

SharePoint Online: disabling new sub-sites from 24 July

We will be disabling the ability for users to create new sub-sites in SharePoint Online from Monday 24 July. User impact Other than the withdrawal of this functionality that some users may be familiar with, there will be no user impact. It will not affect owners and users of existing SharePoint Online sub-sites. Next steps...


Read more at: Greenwich House Summer online wellbeing classes

Greenwich House Summer online wellbeing classes

Greenwich House’s wellbeing classes for the summer term will begin on 10 July and will run until the end of September. The wellbeing programme offers a range of classes from relaxing to energetic, suiting all abilities and fitness levels. View Greenwich House wellbeing class schedule For those in the office taking the...


Read more at: Mandatory Panopto upgrade for Mac users

Mandatory Panopto upgrade for Mac users

3 July 2023 Mac users of Panopto's Desktop Recorder for Mac will need to upgrade to version 13.0.0 by 9am on 20 July 2023 to continue to record and upload to Panopto. Panopto for Mac version 13.0.0 will require an Operating System (OS) of at least macOS.11. Users unable to update to macOS.11 can make recordings using...


Read more at: New Blue AD Toolkit

New Blue AD Toolkit

A new version of Toolkit for Blue AD, which gives local administration access to institutions in the Blue University-wide Active Directory, launched on 21 June 2023 with a new interface and some minor updates to functionality. The new version will provide a strong foundation for future developments and enable the iteration...


Read more at: Introducing Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams

Introducing Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams

UIS has now enabled the ‘Shared Channels’ feature in the University’s Microsoft tenancy. Shared Channels widen the ability to collaborate using Teams.


Read more at: DOWNTIME: Legacy Raven authentication, Thu 15 Jun, 19:00

DOWNTIME: Legacy Raven authentication, Thu 15 Jun, 19:00

This scheduled downtime will affect authentication for all websites that use Legacy Raven, or rely on the underlying webauth protocol for authentication. The websites themselves will be unaffected, but users will not be able to authenticate successfully during the downtime.


Latest news

Upgrading ACN/UAS Desktop devices – owner action required

7 May 2025

If you are still using a University-managed laptop or computer that runs the ACN/UAS Desktop, you need to request an upgrade to a University Managed Desktop (UMD) device by the end of May.

Change to Dropbox accounts 7 June 2025

30 April 2025

In 2023, Dropbox announced changes to its storage and pricing model and moved to a metered storage policy, having previously offered unlimited storage. As advised in October 2024, the University of Cambridge Dropbox Agreement, which Academia manages on our behalf, will not be renewed and will expire on 7 June 2025...

Change to outbound SMTP email relay 30 June

23 April 2025

We will retire the ppsw.cam.ac.uk SMTP relay on 30 June 2025. After this date, you will need to use the SMTP.cam.ac.uk outbound email.