IT Update

Fit for Purpose Computing at Yale – MyApps Pilot for Mac users

April 14, 2022
Summary

The Yale Information Technology Services (ITS) Fit for Purpose Computing team is happy to announce that the virtual computing platform, MyApps at Yale, is now available as a pilot program to staff using Apple computers.

MyApps for Mac Users is now available for Yale employees. The...

What’s New with Cybersecurity Awareness

April 14, 2022
Use Secure Passwords

Did you “power up your passwords” during our Use Secure Passwords awareness campaign? We hosted many events over the past several months including:

How to enhance your password security An overview of passwords managers Interactive Kahoot competitions to build...

FY22 IT Performance Management

April 14, 2022

It’s that time of year again; the ITS performance and merit review process is underway. While feedback should be continuous throughout the year, the formal FY22 process has started and will continue through July.

For M&P staff, reviews inform merit or salary recommendations, while...

Promoting psychological safety and more discussed at the IT Leadership Team meeting

April 14, 2022

The IT Leadership Team met on March 30 to discuss the following projects and highlights:

Balanced Scorecard Item – Employee Engagement Framework

What is psychological safety? Dr. Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor coined the term as “a belief that one will not be punished...

Fit for Purpose Computing initiative focuses on end-user computing needs

April 14, 2022
Summary

Yale Information Technology Services (ITS) has launched a Fit for Purpose Computing initiative focused on a better understanding of end-user computing needs and the purchasing and provisioning processes currently in use across the University. This initiative will capture the experiences...

IT Academy - Upcoming training and events

April 14, 2022

Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Yale’s IT Academy consists of a robust speaker series , recommended online training offerings ,...

Answers to your top Job Family Redesign questions

April 14, 2022

FAQs were updated on March 9, 2023 to include Workday Enhancements

Overview Titles Compensation Structure Support and Feedback...

March 2022 staff movement, anniversaries, and new hires

April 14, 2022

Congratulations to IT staff who recently celebrated a milestone, moved to a new role, or joined our organization in March 2022. Welcome or congratulate your colleagues using Ycards , Yale’s digital...

ServiceNow approval reminders now in place

March 10, 2022

Approvals can be set up in ServiceNow to require authorization before work is done. Currently, approvals are set up to perform high and medium risk changes, publish knowledge articles, and to fulfill various service requests. In order to ensure timely approvals, the ServiceNow Development and...

Staff movement, anniversaries, and new hires - February 2022

March 10, 2022

Congratulations to IT staff who recently celebrated a milestone, moved to a new role, or joined our organization in February 2022. Welcome or congratulate your colleagues using Ycards , Yale’s digital...

IT Academy - March 2022 training and events

March 10, 2022

Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Yale’s IT Academy consists of a robust speaker series , recommended online training offerings ,...

YaleSites upgrade update

March 10, 2022
Summary

Yale ITS and the Office of Public Affairs & Communications (OPAC) are progressing with the transition of YaleSites, Yale’s web-publishing service, to an upgraded version that reflects Yale’s usability, accessibility, and visual identity standards. It will improve the authoring...

Don’t press your luck, stay safe online

March 10, 2022
Saint Patrick’s Day Kahoot Competition

Do you press your luck when it comes to staying safe online, hoping things will work out? Would you benefit from sharpening your cybersecurity awareness skills?

Join us on Thursday, March 17 for an interactive, informative and fun workshop on ways...

February IT Leadership Team meeting

March 10, 2022

The IT Leadership Team met on February 23, and provided leaders with an update on the IT Job Family Redesign Project, expanding on last month’s discussion . Sarah...

Yale's Adobe Creative Cloud subscription

March 10, 2022

Yale faculty, students, and staff have access to an annual, renewable subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of applications. This includes well know graphical software such as Photoshop and...

Possible action required - Windows 7

February 10, 2022
Summary Windows 7 has been unsupported since January 14, 2020. Devices running Windows 7 no longer meet Yale Minimum Security Standards (MSS), and require an approved policy exception from the Information Security Office. On Tuesday, February 22...

Managers participate in a Job Family Redesign Working session and more at the IT Leadership Team meeting

February 10, 2022

The IT Leadership Team met on January 26 to review the following topics:

IT M&P Job Family Redesign Project

John Barden kicked off the discussion by highlighting that the Job Family Redesign, set to launch at the start of FY23, was initiated in response to Workplace Survey Feedback...

Café 25 opening soon

February 10, 2022

Yale Hospitality is getting ready to launch its latest eatery—Café 25, located in the lobby of 25 Science Park. Science Hill community members may enjoy breakfast and lunch options, including freshly brewed coffee and specialty drinks, homemade pastries, all-day snack varieties, two daily soup...

Workday Assistant to launch in March

February 10, 2022

The Workday interface will soon include Workday Assistant, a virtual chatbot that uses natural language processing to provide quick access to a wide range of commonly sought actions.

Workday Assistant is one of several features of a more extensive update called Workday Today that has...

Providing students a better experience finding their 1098T

February 10, 2022

Filing taxes can be complicated, time-consuming, and stressful. The same can be said for preparing tax documents for nearly 20,000 students, which Yale does annually in January.

This year Yale ITS and Accounts Receivable (AR) worked together within a very short time-frame to move the...

Retired and replaced: The Academic Record, a MOD PL/SQL web application

February 10, 2022

The Academic Record, a MOD PL/SQL web application using Oracle Reports run by many academic administrative departments on campus as a form of unofficial transcript and advisory tool for over 15 years has been retired and replaced by reporting tools Degree Audit and Jaspersoft. This furthers our...

Get cyber-fit in 2022 with 3 simple actions

February 10, 2022

Join the New Year, New You campaign to build your cyber-fitness. Get your cyber skills in shape and keep your personal information safe. Start your workout today with three simple actions:

Sign up to receive a...

Virtual IT Town Hall Recap - January 27, 2022

February 10, 2022

John opened the Town Hall by acknowledging the positive trends in public health data, in anticipation of the February 7 return to in-person teaching, learning, and working on campus.

Key topics covered at the meeting included:

Flexible Work Model (Ted Hanss and Sarah Hauswirth),...

IT Academy - February 2022 training and events

February 10, 2022

Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Yale’s IT Academy consists of a robust speaker series , recommended online training offerings ,...

Staff movement, anniversaries, and new hires - February 2022

February 10, 2022

Congratulations to IT staff who recently celebrated a milestone, moved to a new role, or joined our organization in January 2022. Welcome or congratulate your colleagues using Ycards , Yale’s digital...

REMINDER: On February 28, Secure File Transfer Facility Service will retire

February 10, 2022
Summary

Yale ITS will retire the Secure File Transfer Facility service (files.yale.edu) on Monday, February 28, 2022.

Service users will need to...

Staff movement, anniversaries, and new hires - December 2021

January 13, 2022

Congratulations to IT staff who recently celebrated a milestone, moved to a new role, or joined our organization in December. Welcome or congratulate your colleagues using Ycards , Yale’s digital...

It's time for mid-year performance discussions

January 13, 2022

As a reminder, we have entered the development phase of ITS’s Performance Management cycle , including conducting a mid-year performance review.

Be sure to complete mid-year performance reviews for ITS...

IT Academy - January 2022 training and events

January 13, 2022

Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Yale’s IT Academy consists of a robust speaker series , recommended online training offerings ,...

Be cyber fit in 2022

January 13, 2022

A new year equals a new opportunity to flex your cybersecurity awareness muscles.

Join the Information Security Office as we kick off a new year of cybersecurity awareness activities, events, and contests to increase your cyber fitness!

Want in?

Check out our...

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