OIT Article Summaries

The Teams Calling Migration project team has made significant progress toward modernizing the university’s aging phone system infrastructure. Teams Calling will streamline communication for the university, allowing you to make and receive calls directly within the Teams app from your computer or mobile device. This means you can stay connected and take important calls whether you're at your desk or on the go! The migration to Microsoft Teams Calling is currently in the pilot phase, and we will begin rollout of the new system at the end of March starting with Jabber soft phone users.

Windows 11 has more rigorous hardware requirements than Windows 10, and some older computers will not be able to be updated to Windows 11. Please work with your school or department IT professionals to either upgrade your devices to Windows 11 or replace your old computer as necessary.   

Our teams have been working together to enhance our AV and videoconferencing capabilities. Starting February 24, Logitech Zoom Rooms can now connect to Teams Meetings via the Tap Controller. Additionally, we have streamlined the classroom computer experience by removing unnecessary applications, disabling non-essential settings, ensuring quicker startup times and seamless presentations. 

We are making a major upgrade to our campus calling system and transitioning to Microsoft Teams Voice in 2025. This cloud-based phone system will integrate with Microsoft Teams, allowing seamless calls directly within the app, enhancing both communication and collaboration. As part of this transition, several general-purpose phone numbers will be deactivated and reconfigured for emergency dialing only, ensuring a smooth and reliable upgrade to our new system.

Our new software store OnTheHub launched this month! Explore OnTheHub and take advantage of the new streamlined process for accessing essential software.

As communicated earlier this month, we are implementing several improvements to further protect our information and technology infrastructure, including a proactive password reset for all campus account holders.

Join the virtual cybersecurity roundtable discussion at noon on Tuesday, October 15. It is a free one-hour event — all faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend. Learn about best practices for protecting your information, identifying phishing scams, choosing secure passwords and how to stay secure while using the growing AI technologies.

The project team is excited to announce that 17 room upgrades have been completed on the CU Anschutz campus to standardize and optimize each room technology experience.

Within ISS we value our team members and the phenomenal work they do for the university. Learn more about Kevin Fotso, a bioinformatics technical analyst supporting high performance computing on the CU Anschutz campus.

Kick off the year on the right foot! Ensure your university password is up to date, and that your computer's applications, operating systems and software are all current. When accessing university resources, remember to have your username, password, and device ready for Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) with Duo.

The university is committed to upholding the principles of Colorado House Bill 21-1110, ensuring that people with disabilities have equal, available and reliable access to the university’s services, digital content and technologies. Learn more about digital accessibility at CU Anschutz.

In our continuing efforts to improve email security protocols and protect our personal and university data, we are enabling additional features in Microsoft Outlook. The next phase in enhancing the security of our email environment involves enabling features that detect messages that may appear to come from legitimate or trusted email addresses but are actually from malicious sources.

We are excited to announce a reduction in pricing and an upgrade to our centralized file storage services (Isilon). Learn more about the new cloud-based system.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way we learn, research and innovate on higher education campuses. Learn more about the approved tools for university use.

Whether you are a student, faculty, researcher or staff member, university approved AI tools can offer valuable resources to support your academic and professional endeavors.

Learn more about the new Microsoft Teams client being rolled out on April 1, 2024!

Browse the OIT researcher tools and services webpages to search for technology that will help you achieve your goals.