As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance security and ensure compliance, College of Engineering (COE) IT staff will soon conduct a physical inventory of all university-owned IT devices. This inventory is crucial for maintaining the integrity of our IT environment. We need your help to complete this important work.
Learning what you think about our services is invaluable. When your support ticket with the COE IT team is resolved, you have the opportunity to provide feedback on the service you received. You have 15 days to fill out a quick survey for each ticket. In the survey, you can rate your satisfaction and leave any comments. We look forward to your feedback.
Effective February 5, 2024, CrashPlan notifications will be activated for all critical errors and warnings. Users with existing CrashPlan accounts containing computers that haven't completed a backup in an extended period will receive email notifications from this date onward.
For guidance on accessing the CrashPlan console and resolving any issues with your account, refer to our knowledge base article: CrashPlan Account Management.
Informational and Educational Technology (IET) introduced updates to the Temporary Affiliate (TAF) services last month. Temporary affiliate or TAF services allow UC Davis staff and faculty to sponsor temporary accounts that can provide access to many UC Davis computing services. This system is typically used to create accounts for guest faculty and staff, visiting scholars, and volunteers.
Beginning May 11, college IT staff will begin removing Sophos from computers and replacing it with Microsoft Defender.
Why we are making his change
Microsoft Defender is now included with our campus Microsoft licensing. This change allows us to reduce IT expenses as we will no longer need to pay for the additional licenses of Sophos. In our testing, Microsoft Defender utilizes fewer system resources than Sophos.
For our Mac users, keeping your macOS version up to date is essential. Updates for macOS often contain critical security patches, meaning that an unpatched macOS could contain known, critical vulnerabilities that put your data and identity—and our campus-wide cybersecurity—at risk.
Support for several Microsoft Office products will end in the coming months. Continued use of one of these products after support ends can expose our organization to security risks, productivity loss, and compliance failures.
To see which version of Office you are running, in any Office application such as Outlook, go to File > Office account.
College of Engineering IT are already installing this version of Office on new computers. To see which version of Office you are running, in any Office application such as Outlook, go to File > Office account.
