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    As part of ongoing efforts to improve and strengthen the university’s security posture by proactively addressing out of date technologies, the campus directory website was sunsetted on Thursday, April 10, 2025.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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Make your mobile device work smarter for you with Office 365 mobile email and productivity suite

Aug 15, 2018

Microsoft Office 365 (O365) is University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz campuses’ productivity application suite for desktops and the cloud. Students, faculty and staff access university email, share documents using OneDrive, collaborate on projects and learning using Teams, and more using O365.

Did you know that you can access your O365 email on your mobile device by installing Microsoft Outlook for Mobile? While other mobile emails apps might work just fine for your university email account, Outlook for Mobile is designed to work with O365 seamlessly. Have you made this important change? 

Why should I make this change? 
Changes to support data security are coming soon to our university email, as well as the UCD Access portal and other data-access tools. Get ahead of the change and install Office 365 Outlook for Mobile now! Other reasons to install the Outlook for Mobile app now include:

  • Securely connect; it is all of our jobs to help keep the university safe.
  • Continue to be supported; O365 Outlook for Mobile is the service that our team will support as we move into upgrading university technology and using two-factor authentication.
  • Experience high functionality; enjoy the flexibility of accessing multiple accounts from one location.
  • Have better storage of your emails; everything is in the cloud so you can seamlessly connect on any device that’s convenient for you.

What do I need to do to with my mobile device email app?

  • Download the Outlook app from the Apple Store or Google Play. 
  • Enter your email address and university web login account information.
  • Your email folders will populate but, to save storage they will not be downloaded yet. To access the emails within your folders, click Get Messages. 
  • Customize your O365 Outlook experience on your settings menu (just like on your computer).

Need Help?

  • Walk-up IT support is available:
    • In-person services are available at the LSC, 13th floor
    • Visit the OIT booth at the campus block parties to be sure you’re using the supported desktop email client (show us you’ve installed the O365 Outlook Mobile app and you will be entered early to win an iPad during the technology awareness day event in October).

    Contact the OIT service desk for additional questions or assistance.

As a reminder, faculty, staff and students can access the most current version of Office 365 from the OIT website and install on up to five PCs or Macs, tablets and smart phones using your university credentials. 

The OIT team has shared the benefits of moving to the Office 365 environment in previous articles and now it’s time to complete the process, if you haven’t already!

 
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