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November IT Update: HITS on SharePoint, Med School Device Program expands, Zoom Rooms, 2-Year Email Retention, and more
Your monthly digest of upcoming changes and enhancements to IT hardware, software, and services.
MiChart Special System Maintenance - November 5
A brief MiChart system maintenance will occur at 10 p.m, Tuesday, November 5.
This MiChart “pause” will last less than 5 minutes, with limited impacts from 6 p.m., Tuesday, leading up to the “pause” event at 10 p.m.
For details, review the November 5 MiChart Maintenance document.
Explore the new HITS SharePoint site. Simplified IT Information at your fingertips.
Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) is excited to introduce a new and improved way to find IT resources and support!
IA Alert: Update Mozilla Firefox Browser for Zero-Day Vulnerability
This message is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university devices running the Firefox web browser. It will also be of interest to individuals who have Firefox installed on their own devices.
HITS News ALERT: Vulnerability in CUPS printing system
Friday, September 27, 2024
This Alert is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university printers running CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) on Linux systems or Unix-like operating systems.
ALERT: Update VMware vCenter Server for critical vulnerabilities
Affected VMware servers and components should be updated as soon as possible after appropriate testing.
NOTICE: Extortion Emails Increasing at U-M
ITS Information Assurance recently has seen a resurgence of email extortion scams across higher education. Please be aware of these ongoing scams and share this information with faculty, staff and students.
ALERT: ITS IA Alert for LiteSpeed Cache Plugin
This message is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university websites on WordPress, and will be of interest to anyone running a WordPress site.
Help Me Now and UH South Paging Office will be closed over the Labor Day holiday
HITS walk-up support will be closed on Monday, September 2.
NOTICE: Spread awareness of student football ticket scams
ITS Information Assurance recently has seen an increase in the sophistication of student football ticket scams. Please be aware of these ongoing scams and share this information with your student population, student advisors, and faculty.
ALERT: Threat Actors Exploiting VMware ESXi Vulnerability
This message is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for ESXi hypervisors.
Remaining Level-2 passwords set to expire August-December
Remaining Michigan Medicine (Level-2) passwords will expire between August and December 2024.
ALERT: Beware of false requests for personal information during IT outages
HITS has received notice from a trusted partner that bad actors have tried to pose as Crowdstrike to collect personal information.
July IT Update: VPN changes, Personal contact info, CME credits, Java removal, M365, Ai guidelines, Password syncing tops 50%
Your monthly digest of upcoming changes and enhancements to IT hardware, software, and services.
ALERT: Update OpenSSH on Linux Servers for Critical Vulnerability
This message is intended for U-M IT staff who are responsible for university Linux systems using OpenSSH server.
Help Me Now and UH South Paging Services Offices closed on Fourth of July
HITS walk-up support will be closed on Thursday, July 4.
Your User Experience with CoPilot in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Edge will soon be changing.
In order to protect Michigan Medicine users from cyber threats and to align with Michigan Medicine’s AI strategy, Microsoft’s AI tool – CoPilot, will soon be removed from the Michigan Medicine environment.
NOTICE: Be aware of phishing scams urging users to verify accounts
Please inform your unit staff, student advisors, and faculty about the risks of phishing attempts, as compromised accounts can lead to further scams and unauthorized access to university resources.
June IT Update: VPN changes, Dropbox updates, evals in Cornerstone, password syncing continues
Your monthly digest of upcoming changes and enhancements to IT hardware, software, and services.
Coming Soon: New Microsoft Planner to include To Do and Project For The Web capabilities
In the next few months, Microsoft is consolidating Project for the Web and Microsoft To Do features and capabilities into the new Microsoft Planner.
VPN restricted to “Managed-Only” devices starts July 31
As of July 31, 2024, Michigan Medicine's Virtual Private Network (VPN) will be limited exclusively to devices managed by Michigan Medicine.
Reminder: New Microsoft planner to include To Do and Project for Web capabilities
In the next few months, Microsoft is consolidating Project for the Web and Microsoft To Do features and capabilities into the new Microsoft Planner.
HITS team earns recognition for improving Michigan Medicine's cellular coverage
A groundbreaking OpenRoaming Initiative led by a team at HITS recently earned recognition from Cisco, a worldwide technology company.
Help Me Now and UH South Paging Services Offices closed on Memorial Day
HITS walk-up support will be closed on Monday, May 27.
May IT Update: Password syncing continues, Dropbox updates, NVivo, Self evals in Cornerstone, Downtime procedures
Your monthly digest of upcoming changes and enhancements to IT hardware, software, and services.