石油科技新闻: Summer 2019 Edition

在这个版本中 of OIT’s Technology 新闻, we highlight protecting Office 365 with Duo, 员工目录, the availability of MS Teams 和 Adobe Creative Cloud, 再加上更多.

Let Your Mouse do the Walking: Internal Employee Directory Now Online 我们现在 introducing an online directory that contains employee office contact information that can be searched within my.SMU. Skype for Business To Display SMU ID Photos Soon 你的新大身份证照片 will soon be visible in Skype for Business, as well as other internal Microsoft services 和 programs such as Outlook 和 SharePoint.

MS Teams Now Open to All! SMU faculty, staff, 和 students now have access to Microsoft’s cloud-based team collaboration platform -微软团队. Use MS Teams to keep all your department or group's chats, 会议, 文件, 和 apps together in one place. Duo Two-Factor Authentication Coming to Office 365 After the successful launch of Duo two-factor authentication for my.SMU, OIT will be moving forward with the next step in our effort to safeguard student 和 employee accounts by enabling two-factor authentication for Office 365.

Latest Quarterly 安全 Report 在这个版本中, we discuss the campaign to onboard all matriculated students to use two-factor authentication (2FA), the amount of personal data left on mobile devices, how we avoid deceptive practices in our simulated phishing campaigns to campus, 加上女士. 安全 answers questions about malware 和 脸谱网 passwords.

Over 900 Mustangs are Microsoft Office Certified! 自成立以来, the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Progam has awarded over 900 certifications during its pilot. 现在, the program has received permanent funding 和 students can receive their information literacy proficiency by taking the MOS Certification. Adobe Creative Cloud 2019 Now Available We are excited to announce the new licensing with Adobe for the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. As part of this new license, employees will be able to download applications to both their office 和 home computer.

AudioCodes 445HD to be Primary Phone for Campus After continued testing of the features 和 functionality of each phone, we have decided to go with just one primary device for all employees. That model is the AudioCodes 445HD. OIT Web Team Makes Strides in Sitecore Success Over the past few months, great progress has taken place on several fronts for the web team, including a major upgrade to Sitecore 9, building new "Cornerstone" templates, 和 rolling out individual instruction for Sitecore.

A Reminder About Ordering New Computers As we begin a new fiscal year, another large batch of faculty 和 staff computers are now eligible for replacement under the University Technology Fund. Before you place those orders, here are a few reminders. New SMU Password Requirements Coming Soon On May 30, 2019, the University will implement a change to the existing password requirements.  新的SMU密码 will now have a minimum length of 12 characters 和 will expire after 365 days versus the current 180 days.

教师 Senate Recognizes OIT members with Outst和ing 工作人员 Award 今年, two OIT Academic Technology Service Directors (ATSDs) were recognized by the SMU 教师 Senate for making an incredible difference for faculty. Congrats to James Pan 和 Merlin Wilkerson. 帆布角落 This month in 帆布角落, we cover updates for the Canvas App for iOS 和 Android, the ability to copy courses/content from the instances of Canvas, 和 feature requests from the Canvas Community.

Save The Date: Canvas Boot Camp The 帆布训练营 returns this August. The all-day workshop begins Wednesday, August 21, 2019. 更多细节即将到来.