News
Pager Drop Box available now at HITS Paging Office
Dropping off a pager just got easier! The HITS Paging Office (located at the employee entrance of UH South) now offers a pager drop box for easy and convenient drop off - no appointment needed.
ADVISORY: Upgrade WordPress to version 5.8.1 to address vulnerabilities
The information below was sent to U-M IT groups on September 10, 2021. It is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university websites that use WordPress.
ALERT: Apply update for Confluence Server and Data Center vulnerability
The information below was sent to U-M IT groups on September 3, 2021. It is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university servers running Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center.
U-M Research Computing Package launches
Researchers can now sign up for the U-M Research Computing Package: no-cost supercomputing resources provided by Information and Technology Services.
NOTICE: Watch for vishing emails about Booking confirmation for flight
A number of people at U-M have reported receiving an email that claims a flight has been booked for them and asks them to contact the sender by phone to complete their trip information. This is a part of a vishing (voice phishing) scam.
HITS offers apprenticeship program for aspiring IT professionals
An apprenticeship program created in partnership by the State of Michigan, Michigan Medicine and Washtenaw Community College is seeking aspiring information technology professionals.
HITS updates Zoom on CoreImage PCs
HITS has pushed Zoom application updates to all Michigan Medicine CoreImage PCs following ITS’ announcement that all users in U-M Zoom need to run version 5.7.1 or later.
Channel-based collaboration is here: Slack at U-M is now available; Microsoft Teams coming to Michigan Medicine in late 2021
As Michigan Medicine becomes a Flexible First workforce, modern collaboration tools are a key to enabling distributed teams to be at peak effectiveness. Two new tools are being introduced this year to improve our ability to collaborate in real time.
HITS upgrades support for telephone-related services; asks customers to click, not call
Michigan Medicine customers who have phone-related issues or requests should visit michmed.org/voice and should no longer call AT&T
Level-2 access paused for employees on unpaid leave; enhancing systems security
Beginning August 10, 2021, a new security measure will automatically pause access to Michigan Medicine (level-2) systems while an employee is on unpaid leave.
Deadline: Schedule your Box to Dropbox Migration by Friday
It’s the last call to get your move on! Michigan Medicine’s Box to Dropbox migration window closes this Friday, July 30. Here's the steps to take to avoid account deactivation.
Fall MiChart system upgrade coming October 17
The next MiChart upgrade is planned for Sunday, October 17, 2021. This will be the final planned upgrade for 2021 with a goal to introduce new features, limit impact to the organization, and maintain regulatory requirements.
HITS to pause new non-urgent phone-related requests (July 16 – Aug. 1) to enable service upgrades
To enable service improvements, HITS is asking customers to pause any new, non-urgent phone-related requests between 5 p.m. on Friday, July 16 and 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 1.
Box Shared Account Migration Window Now Closed
Trouble accessing Box data? The migration window for Box Shared Accounts (Box folders owned by an MCommunity group) closed on Thursday, July 15.
ALERT: Update Microsoft products for critical vulnerabilities
The information below was sent to U-M IT groups via email July 14, 2021. It is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university computers with Microsoft products installed.
ALERT: Update Windows for PrintNightmare vulnerability
This information was sent to U-M IT groups via email on July 7, 2021. It is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university computers running Microsoft Windows or Windows Server.
Zoom to be updated on CoreImage PCs this month
HITS is working to bring the latest Zoom features to Michigan Medicine PCs.
ALERT: Critical Windows Print Spooler vulnerability
This information was sent via email to U-M IT staff groups. It is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university computers running Microsoft Windows or Windows Server.
Research Computing Changes Announced for FY 2022
Introduction of the U-M Research Computing Package and reduced rates will expand access to high-performance computing services across campus and Michigan Medicine.
New HITS in-person paging service location opening July 12
HITS is resuming in-person pager support and there will be a new office opening dedicated to paging services. The new HITS Paging Office - located at the entrance of UH South - will be open on Monday, July 12.
Moving days are here! Schedule your move from Box to Dropbox by July 31
While moving in the summer is hot and exhausting, moving from Box to Dropbox with the ITS Self-Service Migration Tool should be no sweat (pun intended!). Today, the Migration Tool opens to Michigan Medicine, allowing you to schedule a time to automatically move the contents of your Box account to Dropbox.
ADVISORY: Update Drupal to address cross-site scripting vulnerability
The information below was sent to U-M IT groups on May 27, 2021. It is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university websites that use the Drupal content management system.
All Together Now: Microsoft 365 Coming to Michigan Medicine!
The Michigan Medicine community will soon be able to begin exploring the benefits of Microsoft 365 (M365), a product suite that brings together many of Microsoft’s most popular tools – in a new, better, and more powerful way.
Phoning it in: New devices improve patient safety, care at Michigan Medicine
Multiple HITS teams are working together to develop and deploy Unified Clinical Communications (UCC) – an effort to streamline, simplify, and improve communications in inpatient care areas – by providing a unified solution for secure text, voice calling, and closed-looped alarms and alerts.
Video Conference Tool BlueJeans to be Retired on Saturday, May 1
Please switch to another video conferencing tool and save any BlueJeans recordings you wish to keep.