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Google Drive/Shared Drive limited to 20GB as for December 2023

21 July 2023

What is happening As of 4th September 2023, Google Drive and Google Shared Drives will be set to read-only if you have more than 20GB. As of 5th December 2023, Google Drive and Google Shared Drives will be limited to 20GB . After 30 days any data greater than 20GB will be deleted. What you need to do This is a good...

Trellix Antivirus Mac 10.7.9.138 release

17 July 2023

Trellix have released a new version of Endpoint Security for Mac (ENSM) and following on from testing, the UIS are ready to push it out via ePO. Users will need to give disk access permissions as per step 10 and onwards here : https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/security/antivirus/upgrade-mcafee-trellix-antivirus-software-...

ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) is being retired

10 July 2023

ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) is being retired, and the way ArcGIS is deployed is changing as Esri moves to a web-based subscription service. Users should be encouraged to transition from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro Advanced if they haven’t already and will need to do so before 1 March 2024 . Activation codes for single-use and...

Microsoft Teams: Shared Channels enabled

3 July 2023

UIS has now enabled the ‘Shared Channels’ feature in the University’s Microsoft tenancy. Shared Channels are independent of their host Team's membership, so are useful for sharing without giving Channel members access to the rest of your Teams site. They can be shared with individuals, Office 365 groups and other Teams...

Web Print launched for the University's managed print service

3 July 2023

The UIS have launched Web Print for the University’s managed print service, DS-Print . Web Print allows users to print from any device using a web browser to any of the University’s managed multi-function devices. It supports both the Local and Common Balance.

Ending Wiki integration in Teams

2 June 2023

Microsoft is phasing out its support for Wikis within the Teams app as follows: Stage 1 – Feb/March No new Wikis created in Teams Continue to read/write to existing Wikis in the Teams app Stage 2 – Mid-2023 Wiki tabs will no longer be supported in Teams Continue to read/write to existing Wikis using the Wiki app Easy...

Microsoft rolling out new Teams Channels experience in June

26 May 2023

Microsoft is making some changes to Channels in Teams . Roll-out starts in mid-June and should be finished by the end of the month. The University’s tenancy will be updated at some point during this period. There’s more information about the main changes in the news item on the UIS website if you would like to cascade this...

Teams Live Events – Guest access is changing

11 May 2023

Dear colleagues, If you host Live Events in Microsoft Teams that include external attendees, or attend external Live Events as a Guest, this message is relevant to you. Currently, external people that have Guest access in an organization’s Microsoft tenancy can join its Teams Live Events as an attendee using: the Teams...

Twitter logins not working for Guest Wifi

18 April 2023

The UIS have temporarily removed the option to log in to the University’s guest wifi service , UniOfCam-Guest, via Twitter because it stopped working after the company made some technical changes. They are investigating and hope to restore this option in future. In the meantime, guests can register by email or log in with...

Changes to Google Workspace accounts from April

12 April 2023

The changes to UIS managed Google Workplace accounts c ommence this week , with the withdrawal of sharing permissions for users that left the University 6+ months ago. Files or folders previously shared with users by these accounts will become unavailable. You can use the user-facing announcement below to cascade details...

Google Drive/Shared Drive limited to 20GB as for December 2023

Trellix Antivirus Mac 10.7.9.138 release

ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) is being retired

Microsoft Teams: Shared Channels enabled

Web Print launched for the University's managed print service

Ending Wiki integration in Teams

Microsoft rolling out new Teams Channels experience in June

Teams Live Events – Guest access is changing

Twitter logins not working for Guest Wifi

Changes to Google Workspace accounts from April

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