ITS Communications Corner Announcements

The United States has adopted new dates for daylight-saving time (start: second Sunday in March; end: first Sunday in November). UNI’s electronic calendar software was automatically updated on Feb. 4. This caused a problem, however. Meetings scheduled prior to Feb. 4 that occur between March 11 and April 1, or between Oct. 28 and Nov. 4, are now one hour off. Please check your calendar to ensure your meeting times are correct. This was a one-time change. Any meetings scheduled from this point on will not be affected. ITS apologizes for the inconvenience.

Additionally, if you are using Microsoft Outlook Calendar using the Oracle Connector you will need to apply this Microsoft patch.

Oracle says this:

• Oracle Connector for Outlook users need to make sure to apply the Microsoft DST 2007 timezone patch, otherwise recurring events will be displayed one hour off during the affected times. For more information on the Microsoft patch, please refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388

Today, ITS implemented a new Guest Wireless ssid to selected "public" buildings on campus that now utilize our latest standard in wireless equipment. This new ssid is called "Guest-Portal" and is capable of providing a temporary limited time authenticated guest access to the internet. Users, or administrators on their behalf, are required to request a username and password from the ITS Computer Consulting Center (CCC). Once credentials are enabled for a user, they will be valid to use in any area the Guest-Portal is available until their expiration. The procedure is that when you have a guest contact the CCC (273-5555) and we'll work with you to set them up. You, as their sponsor, will be required to maintain information about who the actual user was during that time for any CALEA concerns. The user simply launches their web browser and when prompted enters the supplied username and password. Once authenticated, the user is then placed on the guest network segment and provided the same capabilities as those that use the wired guest access.

The public areas where this Guest-Portal is currently implemented are:
UNIDome
McLeod
GBPAC
Rod Library
Maucker Union
ITTC

As ITS installs new access points in other "public" spaces, the Guest-Portal will follow.

The UNI migration to Collaboration Suite has been postponed until after the March Board of Regents meeting. Campus email will be unavailable beginning at 5 p.m., Friday, March 23. The new system will be made available hopefully, by the start of the business day on Monday, March 26. Email received during the conversion will be delivered once the new system is up and running. Faculty, staff, students and emeritus employees will have improved email capabilities, and email quotas will increase for students.