As of April 1, the Yale default settings in Zoom have been changed to enhance security during a Zoom meeting. Changes include:
Initially, screen sharing is only enabled for the Host. However, Hosts can allow other participants to share their screen by “managing participants in a meeting”...Migration of Yale Medicine’s and Clinical Departments’ inbound patient phone lines to a brand new on-premises phone system was successfully completed in February 2020. This new phone infrastructure increases phone reliability and call quality.
Yale ITS and vendor teams worked collectively...As a reminder, ITS is currently working on a project to migrate the Oracle databases YSM1 and MDM1 (aka Meddm1) from AIX to Linux. This change will take place on Saturday, March 28, 2020.
As part of this project, no tables or schemas will change. However, the new database servers are now...At 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, March 24, ITS will perform routine maintenance on Yale’s antivirus service (Cylance) to remove duplicate devices.
Additionally, Cylance will function less efficiently on devices that have not connected to the internet within the last six months. Additional...
Reminder: Unconscious Bias Training for employees must be completed by end of FY20
In support of the One IT @ Yale and...The ITS Help Desk is receiving an unusually high number of calls and chat requests at this time. Priority of response is given to individuals whose jobs involve direct patient care, followed by faculty support and the rest of the community. IT encourages the community to review guidance on the...
Yale ITS will perform additional maintenance on the campus network on Thursday, March 19, from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. No disruptions to services are expected as work is performed. This additional maintenance is in support of increasing Yale’s internet capabilities for members of the Yale...
Yale’s Zoom video conferencing service offers all members of the Yale community the ability to host virtual meetings with up to 300 attendees, unlimited meeting length, breakout rooms, recording, and other features of the Zoom Pro license.
If you do not see these features when hosting a...To support the Yale community during a period of remote teaching, learning, and working, Information Technology (IT) has taken measures to amplify its support:
Webpages, with remote working resources, were developed for students, faculty, clinical faculty and staff,...Staff are encouraged to review workplace guidance provided by Janet Lindner, Vice President for Human Resources and Administration , which includes information about pay and time off,...
With many people working remotely, please check the IT Calendar of Events to see if the event you are planning to attend is still on, moved to Zoom, postponed to a later...
Our “Ask John!” segment invites you to take a moment to share your questions and ideas about our work or any other questions you might have for Yale’s Chief Information Officer John Barden. Questions will be answered in upcoming issues of IT Update .
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The cellular team of Andrea Capelli and Kim Mastroianni, along with intern Katherine Simonetti, undertook a winter project to recoup savings by reviewing cellular devices through our top two providers–Verizon and AT&T. After identifying a total of 3,425 mobile devices, they aimed to review...
ITS continues to work on reducing the volume of unwanted email delivered to Yale inboxes. Every day, 600 thousand emails sent to Office 365 users are detected and filtered as spam. Protect yourself by staying informed and utilizing a recently released feature to report messages.
First,...
The Leadership Team met on February 25 to discuss the following projects and updates:
Reflections on the PMO Concierge ModelMichael van Emmenes and NiCole Schlagheck provided insight into a new Portfolio Management Office (PMO) Concierge Model which connects pillars, SLT support staff,...
Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Tech Talks and InfoSec Chats are part of a series of learning sessions for the IT community. Each session features one of a wide variety of topics targeted toward IT professionals. We will provide snacks.
Upcoming SessionsCANCELLED: Tech...
The interactive presentation on Accessibility in the Microsoft Tool Set is postponed.
The presentation will cover:
How developers can incorporate Microsoft immersive reader to make applications accessible How content creators can use accessiblity capabilities in...Calling all IT service owners and support providers!
Whether you are in the Library, a distributed technical team at one of the professional schools, or within ITS—we want you to present at this year’s IT Knowledge Exchange. This year’s event will be part of an expanded IT...
Are you frustrated trying to find meeting times that work for everyone?
FindTime, an add-in for Outlook and Outlook Web App, helps you pinpoint good meeting times by looking at available free/busy data for your attendees, and allows you to create a poll where attendees can vote on the...
The fifth annual Diaper & Wipes Drive sponsored by the Yale Working Women’s Network and Two Men and A Truck , will take place from Monday, March 2 through Friday, March 13. Donation boxes will be hosted in the 25 Science Park main floor lobby...
Yale’s Chief Information Officer, John Barden, addresses questions asked by the community through our Ask John survey feature. This week, John explains the difference between IT’s various college intern programs.
I am unclear on the differences between...
Network Time Protocol (NTP) allows distributed systems to maintain accurate time against national standards. Accurate time is necessary for consistent log data across our distributed infrastructure. Adherence to this standard enables Yale to further harden security through event correlation,...
Congratulations to IT staff who recently celebrated a milestone, moved, or joined our organization in February. Welcome or congratulate your colleagues using Yale’s digital greeting cards .
Milestone...
