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Quebec government directive to remove TikTok from mobile devices

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Dear members of the McGill community,

Effective immediately, please be advised that the application TikTok must not be installed on any mobile device (i.e., mobile phone or tablet) that has been provided to you by the University, or on any mobile device for which McGill covers the cost of the mobile service. If you currently have TikTok installed on your McGill mobile device, you must remove it immediately.

Published: 28 Feb 2023

Automated uninstallation of unused software on McGill-managed machines

As part of McGill’s ongoing efforts to keep our systems secure, McGill IT Services will begin on February 15, 2023, automatically uninstalling unused and outdated software that may contain security vulnerabilities from ICS-managed desktop and laptop Windows computers. 

How does this affect you? 

Published: 13 Feb 2023

Resource Account Information Drop-In Sessions for Sponsors

Hello,

The IT Services team has created 10 information drop-in sessions for the resource account sponsor community to ask any questions they may have regarding their respective account(s) and about the process moving forward, whether your respective account(s) should remain active, deactivated, transferred to a shared mailbox account, or transitioned to another type of non-personal account.

Published: 8 Feb 2023

myCourses: Processing delays in course enrolment and unenrolment

An issue affecting myCourses is causing processing delays with course enrolment and unenrolment. Users may not immediately see their updated enrolment records on myCourses. 

We thank you for your patience while we work to resolve the issue. 

Published: 9 Jan 2023

Staff and student versions of It Takes All of Us will be available in myCourses

An updated version of It Takes All of Us for all students, staff, and faculty will be live and available in myCourses as of January 30, 2023. More details: https://www.mcgill.ca/sv-education/

Published: 14 Dec 2022

Free cloud storage for students via Microsoft OneDrive

Did you know... McGill students have access to 20 GB FREE personal file space on OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud file storage component of the Office 365 package.

Important: New OneDrive storage capacity

Please note that students admitted on and after December 11th, 2023, receive 20GB of storage for McGill's OneDrive as well as 20GB storage for McGill's email (Outlook).

Published: 9 Dec 2022

Updates to McGill’s anti-virus software: Messages displayed on Windows machines during scheduled update

McGill-managed desktop and laptop Windows computers will receive an important security update beginning on October 31, 2022. Cisco Secure Endpoint, McGill’s antivirus software, will receive its regularly scheduled, monthly update. The process to update all affected machines will take approximately 2 weeks.

Published: 28 Oct 2022

Enhanced anti-phishing and anti-malware protection to be enabled for the full McGill community

On October 24th 2022, IT Services will be adding enhanced anti-phishing and anti-malware protection to your McGill email and Microsoft Teams conversations. Here are some details on what’s changing: 

Published: 20 Oct 2022

FAMIS access now on containment site as of June 15, 2022

As of June Wednesday, June 15, 2022 McGill's Facilities and Space Maintenance System, FAMIS will only be accessible through a remote connection to a secure "containment" environment. This is necessary because FAMIS only runs in Internet Explorer, which is no longer supported by Microsoft.

Published: 15 Jun 2022

uPrint price increase as of May 1, 2022

As of May 1, 2022, the price of printing impressions (print and copies) using the uPrint service will be increased to the following:

From:

Black and white impressions: $0.07/per impression Colour impressions: $0.23/per impression

To: (for all paper sizes)

Published: 26 Apr 2022

McGill’s Student Directory to be decommissioned on May 30, 2022

McGill’s Student Directory, where students can choose to share their contact information with their fellow students or the community at large, will be decommissioned as of May 30, 2022. If you are a student whose information is listed in the directory, no action is required on your part.

Published: 26 Apr 2022

UPDATED: Wired and wireless connectivity issues at 5100 de Maisonneuve

Update (March 30, 2022)

The wired network outage at 5100 de Maisonneuve reported last week is ongoing. We have learned that the issue  was caused by a fire in the manhole, which damaged the fiber cable. Emergency teams from the City of Montreal are on site and we hope to be able to resolve the issue by early next week once their work is complete. Check back here for status updates.

Original message (March 23, 2022)

Published: 23 Mar 2022

Tips to avoid issues with Zoom recordings

Tips for all McGill If you are signing into Zoom directly, go to https://mcgill.zoom.us - If you are not accessing Zoom through myCourses (recommended method), be sure to sign into McGill's zoom site with your McGill Username and Password, not the general Zoom.us site. Tips for instructors Automatically record meeting in the cloud  - It may seem obvious, b
Published: 15 Jan 2022

Introducing Gartner Technical Resource Library

In line with our strategic goal to be a first-class learning organization, McGill has engaged with Gartner, an industry-leading research and advisory service, to deepen and expand our insight into IT industry best practices and trends. We are pleased to announce that all members of the McGill community (administrative staff, academic staff, researchers, students) now have access to this Gartner resource.

Published: 10 Jan 2022

UPDATE: myMcGill portal relocated

 

The myMcGill portal is now located at mcgill.ca/mymcgill. For details, please see the full announcement. 

 

Original announcements: December 7, 2021

Published: 7 Dec 2021

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