Feb 20, 2025

The Teams Calling Migration project team has made significant progress toward modernizing the university’s aging phone system infrastructure. Teams Calling will streamline communication for the university, allowing you to make and receive calls directly within the Teams app from your computer or mobile device. This means you can stay connected and take important calls whether you're at your desk or on the go! The migration to Microsoft Teams Calling is currently in the pilot phase, and we will begin rollout of the new system at the end of March starting with Jabber soft phone users.

Feb 14, 2025

Windows 11 has more rigorous hardware requirements than Windows 10, and some older computers will not be able to be updated to Windows 11. Please work with your school or department IT professionals to either upgrade your devices to Windows 11 or replace your old computer as necessary.   

Feb 19, 2025

Our teams have been working together to enhance our AV and videoconferencing capabilities. Starting February 24, Logitech Zoom Rooms can now connect to Teams Meetings via the Tap Controller. Additionally, we have streamlined the classroom computer experience by removing unnecessary applications, disabling non-essential settings, ensuring quicker startup times and seamless presentations. 

Nov 12, 2024

We are making a major upgrade to our campus calling system and transitioning to Microsoft Teams Voice in 2025. This cloud-based phone system will integrate with Microsoft Teams, allowing seamless calls directly within the app, enhancing both communication and collaboration. As part of this transition, several general-purpose phone numbers will be deactivated and reconfigured for emergency dialing only, ensuring a smooth and reliable upgrade to our new system.

Oct 28, 2024

Our new software store OnTheHub launched this month! Explore OnTheHub and take advantage of the new streamlined process for accessing essential software.

Feb 18, 2025

Our campus community is currently experiencing an increase in cyber threats, particularly with smishing – phishing scams conducted via text messages. Information Strategy and Services (ISS) reminds all university employees and students to remain vigilant and protect your personal and CU credentials.

Feb 19, 2025

In fall of 2023 the university updated the requirements for taking the Information Security Awareness Percipio training. It is now required for all university employees (faculty and staff) to take this training every two years to maintain important campus security safeguards. If you took the training back in 2023 when we first made this announcement, then you are due to re-take the training this year, 2025.

Feb 18, 2025

Windows 11 has more rigorous hardware requirements than Windows 10, and some older computers will not be able to be updated to Windows 11. Please work with your school or department IT professionals to either upgrade your devices to Windows 11 or replace your old computer as necessary.   

Dec 17, 2024

Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is essential to maintaining security and trust within our university community. PII is any data that can be used to identify a specific individual, either on its own or when combined with other information. This includes direct identifiers like full names and Social Security numbers, as well as indirect identifiers such as date of birth and gender. PII data is considered confidential and highly confidential based on the university’s data classification, so you should treat and protect it as you would your own personal data.  

Dec 17, 2024

To enhance information security awareness, Information Security and IT Compliance (ISIC) will be enabling Microsoft Defender SmartScreen on university devices. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen helps protect users by notifying them when they are navigating to a malicious website or attempting to download or run malicious software. If a user finds themselves on a website that Microsoft Defender SmartScreen identifies as a risk, it will notify the user with a warning banner. Enabling this will be a phased rollout process for university devices beginning December 16th, 2024. ISIC will start with several sample groups and will gradually enable it on more devices and browsers.

Dec 17, 2024

The Baseline Secure Computing Standards apply to all university-owned devices used by faculty, staff, students and other authorized individuals connected to the CU network. This includes all workstation computers such as desktops and laptops. These Standards were developed to support the university in its mission to comply with the Administrative Policy Statement (APS) 6005 IT Security Program as well as CU Systemwide Baseline Security Standards. Together, these standards are designed to improve computer performance, streamline IT support, and strengthen IT security.