/it/taxonomy/term/827/all en /it/channels/news/important-onedrive-and-mcgill-outlook-email-storage-space-reduction-354241 <p><b>Students! Please read carefully since the information contained in this announcement will affect your ability to store files in your OneDrive account and may affect your ability to send emails from Outlook after May 31<sup>st</sup> 2024.</b></p> <p>Microsoft is introducing changes to our service offering across our Microsoft 365 Education suite that require us to place limits on storage. <b>As of May 31<sup>st</sup>, 2024, students will have 20GB (Gigabytes) of OneDrive storage space, in addition to 20GB of Outlook email storage.</b></p> Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:40:56 +0000 stephane.boivin@mcgill.ca 45821 at /it /it/channels/news/updates-coming-myfuture <p><a href="#francais"><i>La version française suit ci-dessous.</i></a></p> <p><b>This message is intended solely for users of the myFuture manager portal </b>on behalf of Darlene Hnatchuk, Director - Career Planning Service (CaPS)<b>.</b></p> <p>Dear all,</p> Fri, 17 May 2024 16:16:28 +0000 sara.distefano@mcgill.ca 45961 at /it /it/channels/news/secure-version-microsoft-copilot-available-mcgill-community-357835 <p>ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ offers a secure version of Microsoft Copilot that protects our data, known as the Commercial Data Protection version. Microsoft Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat or Bing Chat for Enterprise, is an AI tool built into Microsoft Edge. </p> <p>By engaging with an AI chatbot, Microsoft Copilot can: </p> Thu, 27 Jun 2024 18:01:49 +0000 jessica.jones2@mcgill.ca 46019 at /it /it/channels/news/some-users-may-experience-multiple-issues-microsoft-teams-355053 <p><strong>Update: January 29th, 9:15:</strong> The problems affecting Microsoft Teams were resolved over the week-end. If you are still experiencing problems, please restart your computer. If the problem persists, please contact the service desk.</p> <p><strong>Update: January 26th, 16:08:</strong> No resolution yet but Microsoft is applying configuration changes intended to reduce customer impact as quickly as possible. We will provide further updates as we receive them.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:27:27 +0000 stephane.boivin@mcgill.ca 45872 at /it /it/channels/news/update-issue-affecting-student-enrolment-updates-mycourses-353970 <p>UPDATE: Some students may notice a discrepancy between updates to their enrolment records and those displayed in myCourses. Please note that this is a temporary issue that does not affect enrolment records and will be resolved shortly.</p> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:04:31 +0000 uma.viswanathan@mcgill.ca 45796 at /it /it/channels/event/virtual-book-talk-privacy-fallacy-harm-and-power-information-economy-354150 <h2>Virtual Book talk: The Privacy Fallacy - Harm and Power in the Information Economy </h2> Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:31:59 +0000 uma.viswanathan@mcgill.ca 45815 at /it /it/channels/news/elevating-security-enhancing-2fa-327663 <p>In ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ’s ongoing efforts to strengthen our security, we will continue to introduce enhancements to Microsoft Authenticator, including: </p> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:45:14 +0000 sara.distefano@mcgill.ca 44322 at /it /it/channels/news/important-update-retirement-wiki-feature-microsoft-teams-jan-2024-352512 <p>Are you the owner of an MS Teams workspace featuring a wiki tab, typically used for meeting notes?</p> <p>If so, we would like to inform you about a significant change concerning the wiki feature (usually used for meeting notes) in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft has announced that as of <b>January 2024</b>, the wiki feature will be retired and replaced by OneNote.</p> <p>In this article:</p> <p><a href="#affect">How does this affect you?</a></p> <p><a href="#actions">Actions you will need to take</a></p> <p><a href="#export">Steps to export wiki content to OneNote</a></p> Mon, 06 Nov 2023 20:31:30 +0000 sara.distefano@mcgill.ca 45703 at /it /it/channels/news/now-live-minervas-login-page-has-been-updated-implement-2fa-and-sso-351548 <p>The login page for Minerva has been updated to implement Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Single Sign-On (SSO). </p> <div> <div> <div> <p>The new login page includes two options to log in.<strong> Please take note of which login method you should use: </strong></p></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 14:31:38 +0000 jessica.jones2@mcgill.ca 45655 at /it /it/channels/news/safe-usage-your-mcgill-username-and-password-351172 <p>Weak or stolen passwords are hackers’ primary points of entry. If you use the same password for various accounts (even if it a strong password), a security breach for one of those accounts puts all accounts at risk.</p> <p>If you are prompted to <b>create new credentials</b>, make sure to <a href="https://mcgill.service-now.com/itportal?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0010918">create a unique password</a> for your new account and:</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:12:52 +0000 sara.distefano@mcgill.ca 45545 at /it /it/channels/news/new-recipient-limit-non-2fa-enabled-mcgill-email-accounts-351476 <p>In an effort to limit the impacts of unsolicited and fraudulent emails being sent in large numbers to the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ community, <strong>ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ’s IT Infrastructure & Information Security</strong> has decided to limit the number of emails that can be sent from <strong>non-2FA</strong> (<a href="https://mcgill.service-now.com/itportal?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0011452">two-factor authentication</a>) enabled email accounts.</p> Thu, 28 Sep 2023 20:09:19 +0000 stephane.boivin@mcgill.ca 45640 at /it /it/channels/news/important-change-microsoft-authenticator-app-now-primary-method-two-factor-authentication-350059 <p>Microsoft has updated its authentication process, making the Microsoft Authenticator app the preferred method of authentication. For individuals such as staff, faculty, and students who have opted for various methods of authentication, including Microsoft Authenticator, the system will now prioritize the use of the Microsoft Authenticator app by default. </p> Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:01:17 +0000 jessica.jones2@mcgill.ca 45513 at /it /it/channels/news/report-suspicious-emails-just-few-seconds-349052 <p>Reporting spam or a suspicious email just got easier. You can now report them with the click of a button (or two) in Outlook for desktop, <a href="https://outlook.com/mcgill.ca">web</a>, and mobile.</p> Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:20:56 +0000 paul.espinosa@mcgill.ca 45482 at /it /it/channels/news/new-two-factor-authentication-2fa-enhancements-349051 <p>Over the next few months, we will introduce enhancements for those of you that use Microsoft Authenticator for <a href="/cybersafe/two-factor-authentication-2fa">two-factor authentication (2FA)</a>, and make it much easier for you to report suspicious emails in Outlook.</p> Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:11:54 +0000 paul.espinosa@mcgill.ca 45481 at /it /it/channels/news/microsoft-teams-issue-mac-347732 <p>Microsoft's recent standard service update inadvertently introduced a code error causing Microsoft Teams to intermittently crash for Mac client users. Microsoft is on track to deploy a fix by the end of May. However, it may take up to a month for Microsoft to complete the deployment. As the deployment progresses, users may start to experience mitigation relief.  </p> Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:43:53 +0000 james.c.martin@mcgill.ca 45382 at /it