For this end-of-the-month news blast, I’m passing on a notice from WSU Information Technology Services regarding Zoom Teleconferencing Services announcement about the Zoom rollout and training. I will find out if they will do on-site training here. Begin Forward: ZOOM Teleconferencing Rollout and Training Zoom videoconferencing is coming to all of WSU on July 9. […]
Just a couple of items to mention. Phishing has started up again. This week I’ve seen one set that threatens to deactivate your Office365 account unless you “click here to re-validate”. The other is a job add for “immediate hire” of part-time assist job. IF you are someone looking for a summer job or supplementing […]
Not a lot of news but a few updates this week: Okta project: (copied from the campus e-newsletter) Information Technology Services continues to encourage the WSU community to activate their Okta accounts before the final shift to the new cloud authentication solution on May 13. From that date, applications such as myWSU, Blackboard, Notices, and more will […]
Just a couple of items this week. First, With the field season upon us, don’t forget to enter your field sprays into the online Re-entry App. If you haven’t asked to be added as an applicator to the add, please contact me. The App isn’t very mobile friendly. So, if you may want to enter […]
Luckily, this has been a slow week for IT incidents. The only ‘hiccup’ I’m aware of was the failure of a power backup for the Kiosk and Room Scheduler servers on Monday. Jerry was able to get them switched over to another backup and I got everything restarted and running smoothly. Okta project: the Okta […]
The Phishers are getting more creative. They’re also taking advantage of whatever campus IT activity is ongoing. For instance, with the Okta security project going on, phishers have been sending emails asking you to verify your new account information. Don’t fall for it. Once you have gone through the Okta password and security reset, they […]
I know it’s been a bit tricking lately navigating the new WSU Wireless and dealing with the Okta password resets. But it sounds like most of you have managed to make it work. I will be heading out of town for a couple of weeks for a combined conference-vacation (3/29-4/9). But don’t panic, I’m going […]
This week we had a visit from the CAHNRS IT team. Their primary mission was to install wireless access points (APs) throughout Overley and couple additional locations on our campus. They also decommissioned the old file share server, helped on a couple of support ticket items, and demonstrated how to connect to a Zoom meeting […]
What is Okta? Okta is an identity management software company. Their identity security package that WSU is now migrating to adds multiple levels of personal security that the previous authentication system lacked. How is this being rolled out to the WSU community? WSU has just started the migration process. It started on March 4th and […]
There are only a couple of things for this week’s IT Blog. The first item involves an email several of you received from the WSU Information Technologies Services about the Okta Project (new WSU security authentication process). I’ve dedicated a full post to this. You can read it here: http://tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu/admin/it-news-updates-okta/. The second item is in […]