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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    As part of ongoing efforts to improve and strengthen the university’s security posture by proactively addressing out of date technologies, the campus directory website was sunsetted on Thursday, April 10, 2025.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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News and Initiatives

May 17, 2019

OIT has several in-progress initiatives that you can read more about on our news webpages including:

  • Migration of emails and websites to a new CUAnschutz.edu domain. The CUAnschutz.edu email project page contains more information about the project and frequently asked questions. The project support page outlines steps to take if you are receiving a new email address, Microsoft Outlook instructions, downloadable how-to documents and instructions for continuity of service with Concur and TripIt for those that use the software.
  • Introduction of multi-factor authentication to better manage the security of our personal and university data. Multi-factor authentication has been implemented with the rollout of our new VPN service and the project team is currently working on MFA with our virtual desktop system.
  • New strategic planning processes to work with our partners to create a shared vision for the future with a focus on technology strategies and goals essential to university success. The Planning, Strategy and Analysis team is conducting facilitated workshops with representatives across both campuses to help inform the strategic initiative. More information will be available this summer.
  • Transition planning efforts to assist with the migration of Windows 7 users to a new operating system before Microsoft support of the operating system ends. A project page will be available beginning next month to provide more information and support as Windows 7 users make decisions about how to best move forward with a new operating system – whether it is simply upgrading your software or purchasing a new device.
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