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You can find valuable news and tips in the OIT 4-page insert that appeared in the November/December issue of NDWorks. From getting to know John Gohsman, the new vice president for IT and chief information officer to finding IT help in the ServiceNow knowledge base; and Google app updates to tips on keeping a handle on privacy in social media apps.…

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Beginning Saturday, November 3, at 6:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. (ET) Sunday, November 4, Office of Information Technologies (OIT) systems engineers will perform a variety of planned maintenance activities and upgrades.

Major IT services that will be UNAVAILABLE for some or all of the maintenance period include:…

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Individual NetFile accounts have been successfully migrated to Google Drive. The Office of Information Technologies (OIT) is now in the final phase of relocating files stored in all departmental NetFile storage spaces to Google Drive by Wednesday, October 17, 2018.

The departmental accounts in NetFile will be moved in two groups. The first group will begin final migration on Tuesday, September 25,…

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The University of Notre Dame ranks No. 15 among large organizations in IDG’s Computerworld 2018 list of the Best Places to Work in IT.

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Photo of the plaque at Tim and Lauren Carey’s tree and the message in the handmade album Lauren presented to Tim on their wedding day.

When Lauren Carey planned her December 2015 wedding to her husband, Tim, she wanted to commemorate the occasion with something that would last through the years. Being quite the planner, Lauren began her search for a special gift about eight months before their big day.…

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Beginning Saturday, September 22, at 11:00 p.m. through 3:00 p.m. (ET) Sunday, September 23, Office of Information Technologies (OIT) systems engineers will perform a variety of planned maintenance activities and upgrades.

Major IT services that will be UNAVAILABLE for some or all of the maintenance period includes:…

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As of Wednesday, August 1, access to your NetFile space containing your individual files has been removed. These files have been relocated to your Google Drive in a folder called Migrated_From_NetFile.

As you begin working with your files in Google Drive, please be aware that documents containing links to other files may no longer work.…

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On Saturday, July 28, from 3:00 to 11:00 a.m., OIT system administrators will upgrade several Banner administrative systems.

During this time, Banner and all administrative applications will be UNAVAILABLE, including:

• ODS reporting and all dependent applications (including GLez, PeopleEZ and Person Profile)
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Beginning Saturday, July 7, at 6:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. (ET) Sunday, July 8, Office of Information Technologies (OIT) systems engineers will perform a variety of planned maintenance activities and upgrades.

Major IT services that will be UNAVAILABLE for some or all of the maintenance period include:…

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John Gohsman, vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer (CIO) at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed vice president for information technology and chief information officer. 

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Beginning Saturday, June 9, at 6:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. (ET) Sunday, June 10, Office of Information Technologies (OIT) systems engineers will perform a variety of planned maintenance activities and upgrades.

Major IT services that will be UNAVAILABLE for some or all of the maintenance period include:…

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All the hard work you've done as part of your Notre Dame academic career needs to go with you as you take your next step. You need to begin taking steps to transfer your files stored in:

• Gmail & Google Drive
• Box Resources
• Other services including web pages, NetFile and AFS files

Just locate the files and other resources you want to keep from your Notre Dame account and transfer them to a personal account, such as your Notre Dame alumni account, within 60 days after you graduate. Your NetID will be deactivated after this time.…

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Beginning Saturday, March 24, at 6:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. (ET) Sunday, March 25, Office of Information Technologies (OIT) systems engineers will perform a variety of planned maintenance activities and upgrades.

Major IT services that will be UNAVAILABLE for some or all of the maintenance period includes:…

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Find Out What's New at Taste of Technology: IT Spotlight 2018

The OIT is hosting Taste of Technology: IT Spotlight 2018. You’re invited to sample some of Notre Dame’s newest technology tools that help simplify work tasks and save time.

DATE: Wednesday, March 14

TIME: 1:00-5:00 p.m.

WHERE: DeBartolo Hall

A mini-conference to sample new tools and tricks to improve your work life

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Google has introduced Team Drives, a new collaboration tool. It is designed to simplify managing shared files for department and project teams, clubs, groups, committees, etc.

Team Drives is located within Google Drive, and will display beneath your My Drive space in your Google Drive. Anyone who manages files for groups or teams can take advantage of these benefits:…

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The Office of Information Technologies (OIT) completed a project to replace the swipe card readers on all PrintND printers with tap card readers. Any printer not part of the PrintND printing system is not affected.

These readers are similar to those used in the dining halls. The only card that will work with the tap card reader is the new ID card (Irish1Card). Your old ID card will no longer work at the printers, and in order to release your print job, you will need to touch the screen to login manually.…

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On Sunday, February 4 at 12:01 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (ET), Office of Information Technologies (OIT) systems engineers will perform various maintenance activities and upgrades.

During this time, several Microsoft SQL server-based applications will be UNAVAILABLE including:

• OnBase (Enterprise Content Management)
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Office of Information Technologies (OIT) system engineers will upgrade the Central Authentication Service (CAS) on Sunday, January 7, 2018 between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m.

During this timeframe, anyone trying to login to a service that requires single sign-on (including Gmail, Google, Box, ServiceNow, Sakai, etc.), may experience intermittent connectivity issues.…

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Many IT services will be unavailable the evening of Thursday, January 11 so that system engineers can apply critical security patches. 

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Like most University offices at this time of year, the Office of Information Technologies (OIT) will be closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays beginning Friday, December 22, 2017 through Monday, January 1, 2018.

If you do have a question or run into an issue during Christmas break, you’ll find information and solutions documented in the self-service ServiceNow knowledge base…

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