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Please be advised that BUworks Finance, Human Resources, and Procurement services will have a scheduled outage beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 11, 2021 through 12:00 p.m. Sunday, April 11, 2021. This outage is necessary to perform annual software updates to the BUworks platform. All BUworks services, including time entry submission and approval, paystub…

Effective Thursday October 1, BU Linux 5 FTP service point “linst.bu.edu” will retired.  The decommissioning of this service point is part of a larger initiative to retire legacy Andrew File System (AFS) components at BU. A recent activity review shows this service point to be unused and anticipate not impact from this change.  Current package…

On Saturday, September 5th 2020, the Identity and Access Management project for affiliates will be releasing a new change. The following will be included in this release: Microsoft Exchange email will be de-provisioned for employees and affiliates who are no longer with the University. Effective September 4, 2020, Retirees will be converted to Gmail instead of…

Design, Compete, Present to Amazon Experts! Virtual Design Jam | September 10-22, 2020 Boston University’s fall 2020 semester is underway and a great time to Jam! Join Adobe, Amazon, and college students across the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada in a beginner-friendly, virtual. Adobe Creative Jam designathon using Adobe XD. The goal: design an…

Please be aware that Boston University will be discontinuing the Individual Archive Service (“MyArchive”) effective Friday, July 31, 2020. You are receiving this communication as Information Services & Technology (IS&T) has identified you as a individual who has a MyArchive share. To prevent any loss of data, please migrate all files stored in your MyArchive…

Please be advised, on July 5th, 2020, IS&T will implement a series of changes to Zoom. These changes will prepare the community for an upcoming meeting security change mandated by Zoom. Require a password for all new scheduled meetings All meetings scheduled on or after July 5th will require a password. Currently, passwords are enabled by…

Information Services & Technology is pleased to announce you have been successfully migrated to Microsoft Teams. Just like Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams allows you to hold scheduled or impromptu online meetings and chat with colleagues. We have assembled a training resources page with helpful guides, videos and FAQs to help you navigate Teams like a pro. How can I…

On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 from 5:00 am  to 6:30 am, maintenance will be performed on the Code42 server hosting the Desktop Backup & Restore service. Code42 client backups will continue to run as normal. Configuration changes and restores may be unavailable during this change period. Going forward, multi-factor authentication utilizing Duo Security will be…

All IS&T services are updated and now available. The planned network outage for security and resiliency is now complete. For help or assistance anytime, please contact the IT Help Center by sending an email to ithelp@bu.edu or calling 617-353-HELP (4357).  We apologize for any inconvenience this outage may have caused. …

Please be advised that all IS&T services at Boston University will be unavailable beginning Midnight, Sunday, August 11, 2019, through 8 a.m., Sunday August 11, 2019. This scheduled outage will allow IS&T to perform critical data center maintenance in order to improve security and resiliency. Most IT services will be intermittently unavailable during this time…