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.
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.
