Identity Management Maintenance

May 20-23rd, 2025

As part of ongoing efforts to improve user experience and enhance IT security, the Identity Management team will be migrating a key system to the cloud from May 20 to 23. There is no impact expected for existing university users, though new student and employee accounts assigned during this time will be created after this maintenance window. ISS and OIT are working with multiple departments and vendors campuswide to implement this migration quickly and effectively. Please contact the OIT Service Desk at 303-724-4357 if you encounter any issues.

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  • Microsoft Teams Calling Project

    Apr 24, 2025
    The campus is transitioning from the current phone system (Cisco) to Microsoft Teams Calling. The cloud-based Microsoft Teams Calling will streamline communication for you, allowing you to make and receive calls directly within the Teams app from your computer, a mobile device, or a physical phone handset. This means you can stay connected and take important calls whether you're at your desk, hybrid or on the go.  OIT is excited to implement this change to meet the new business goals and needs of our evolving campus. Microsoft Teams Calling offers multiple communication modalities while passing on lower operating costs to the end user. Our team will be working with each department to discover your unique needs prior to any migration. We have split 180 departments and units into several groups, starting with a volunteer pilot group for rigorous testing prior to transitioning other departments or units. This phased approach allows OIT to work directly with each group and learn about each department and unit’s needs to ensure you are getting the best service.
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  • New Integrated Microsoft 365 Directory

    Apr 15, 2025
    As part of ongoing efforts to improve and strengthen the university’s security posture by proactively addressing out of date technologies, the campus directory website was sunsetted on Thursday, April 10, 2025. For a new directory tool, our IdM modernization and improvement project has updated individual name search functionality within the university's Microsoft 365 suite. This offers a better user experience, more reliable data, and more appropriately meets IT security and compliance Standards. It is immediately available for directory use to university faculty, staff, students and researchers.
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  • North Classroom Data Center Testing

    Jul 26, 2023
    OIT, in collaboration with the IT Leaders of our schools and colleges, will be simulating a data center outage to test, verify and remediate our planned failover capabilities. Planned failover testing of the North Classroom Data Center is on Sunday, July 30th. This is an estimated 8-hour testing window from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm to evaluate system backup processes and remediate any issues that present. To test these processes, we will be simulating a network outage, but no power or devices will actually be turned off.
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Application and cloud services assessment process

Don’t wait to the last minute

Mar 22, 2019



Don’t wait to the last minute to get your application or cloud services assessed. The fiscal year-end is fast approaching and when reviewing your operating needs and other budgeted expenses that may include software and/or cloud services, keep in mind that these can take up to 8 weeks to complete. 

Third party vendor applications and cloud services can present significant risk to the University. To mitigate the risk, the Risk and Compliance (RAC) team reviews the security of vendor organizations for server applications facing the internet, or services provided by a vendor that will have access to university confidential, or highly confidential data (including HIPAA, FERPA, and PCI data). This process is essential in minimizing legal issues during the negotiation of the IT Security language during the contract process.

  1. Go to the Requestor Questionnaire. Select OIT Web Forms, then go to Security Services, select Application Assessment Request, and complete the request for an application assessment. When this form is submitted it creates a Help Desk ticket for the RAC team to review. If you are unable to submit the form, call 4-HELP for assistance.
  2. Vendor Interaction – RAC team sends out vendor questionnaire and reviews to determine next steps.
  3. RAC team provides assessment results to the requestor.
  4. If approved, RAC sends approval email to the requestor and all interested parties. (PSC, ORC, and Data Integration contact).
  5. Contract Negotiations and Language - the RAC team works with the PSC to negotiate the IT Security language for the contract. 

Timeline: 4-8 weeks. Timelines are dependent on the responsiveness of the requestor, vendor, and the complexity of the agreement. Learn more at: https://www.cuanschutz.edu/offices/office-of-information-technology/tools-services/approved-software-applications.

If you have additional questions, feel free to contact the Service Desk at 4-HELP and ask them to assign the ticket to the Risk and Compliance team.



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