On Saturday, July 16, many UA students, faculty and staff received a scam email. The subject of the message was “MEMO FROM HR”. This is not a message from UA Human Resources or Microsoft Office 365. If you received this message, please mark it as spam in Outlook. If you have any questions, contact the…
Box has made the decision to end support for the Box Capture app on September 15, 2022 with the intent to end of life (EOL) the product in August 2023. The official Box Mobile app now includes Capture Mode. Box encourages all Box Capture users to transition to the Box Mobile app. Learn more on…
Starting in July, OIT will be transitioning campus machines from McAfee antivirus to Microsoft Defender. OIT will be performing this software update remotely. Faculty and staff may notice a logo change in the toolbar; however, no action is required of end users. If machines are off campus, they will receive the new software when they…
Esri will soon be rolling out the latest version of Arc GIS Pro. This latest version, 3.0, will bring changes to the software. OIT recommends that users continue to use versions 2.x as anything newly created in 3.0 cannot be opened or used with ArcGIS Pro 2.x. Please visit the ArcGIS Education Blog for more information.
OIT has made it easy to for faculty and staff to upgrade computer operating systems. Beginning in June, faculty and staff with OIT-supported Windows computers will begin receiving announcements on their computers to upgrade Windows 10 to the newest supported version, 10 21H2. Visit the OIT website for more information.
Effective May 16, 2022 UA no longer supports Crimson Google account services for UA students + alumni. Microsoft 365 is now the provider of email + collaboration tools for UA students, faculty and staff. Get to know Microsoft 365 and the collaboration tools available to UA students, faculty and staff.
OIT Security has been made aware of a phishing attack targeting the Alabama.gov Procurement website. A phishing/scam site has been set up that appears to look like the Alabama.gov website. If users were to visit this website and click the “CLICK HERE TO BID” button, it prompts for email login information. This is phishing scam…
Update 8:50pm 5/10/22 – This issue has been resolved, students can now access Microsoft 365 applications. A change in Microsoft’s licensing procedures caused some students to not be able to log into some Microsoft 365 applications. Necessary measures have been implemented to permit access for all current students. Update 8am 5/10/22 – OIT continues to…
ArcGIS has evolved into a modern suite of apps – ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Field Maps, ArcGIS Story Maps, ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Pro, and many others. If you haven’t already, Esri encourages you to transition to use Modern GIS workflows. Older copies of ArcMap will be available; however, they won’t be supported by Esri beginning March 2026.…
OIT will be implementing a Banner bundle upgrade on Sunday, May 15 from 5am – 10 am. myBama and channels that connect to Banner will not be accessible, including self-service and administrative systems. Visit the OIT Status Page for more information.
