Dear colleagues,

Microsoft has announced an update to Microsoft 365 on Windows 11 that introduces new companion apps designed to simplify everyday work. 

What is changing 

Starting in late 2025, Microsoft began automatically installing new Microsoft 365 companion apps on Windows 11 devices that have Microsoft 365 desktop ...

As part of our annual process, we will be updating all UTmail+ Calendars to include the 2026-2027 official U of T Holiday and Religious Observances dates. This update will occur in mid-January and will take at least three days to complete. Individuals will see the following in their ...

Dear colleagues,

As previously communicated on July 8, 2025, Microsoft is retiring Basic authentication for Client Submission using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Authentication (SMTP AUTH) in Exchange Online starting March 1, 2026. Microsoft will require modern authentication using OAuth. This retirement is part of Microsoft’s security improvements across all Microsoft 365 services. 

What is changing 

Basic ...

Microsoft has completed the rollout of several Teams collaboration and meeting enhancements. All features below are now broadly available across Microsoft Teams for the University of Toronto community.

1. Organizer Controls for in-meeting management (Now Available)

Microsoft Teams has introduced Organizer Controls, a consolidated fly-out menu ...

Dear ROSI users,

*** This e-mail is sent on behalf of Student Receivable and Accounting Office ***

Following is the schedule for the production of the 2025 Tax Forms.

T4A: 

• Thursday, January 8, 2026 – (night) details updated on ROSI.
• Friday, January 9 – Tuesday, February 10, ...

Dear colleagues,

Microsoft will retire the Visio Data Visualizer add-in for Excel. This change affects the ability to create and maintain data-linked diagrams in Excel using that add-in.

What is changing

On December 8, 2025, the add-in will be removed from the Excel add-in store, associated templates, and ...

Dear colleagues, 

Microsoft has announced the retirement of the Reuse Slides feature in PowerPoint for Windows and Mac desktop applications. This feature will be removed to simplify PowerPoint’s interface and eliminate duplication with existing slide copy and reuse workflows. 

What is changing

• • The Reuse Slides ...

Hi everyone,

Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration (EASI) would like to update you on the latest major production releases and updates for U of T’s Administrative Management Systems (AMS) and Enterprise Shared Services.

The following are major changes from October 1 to November 30, 2025:

AMS/SAP Technical Platform

Hi everyone,

As we quickly approach this holiday season, we would like to notify you about upcoming system closures.

Here is a full list of the closures between December 23, 2025 and January 5, 2026, and the regular system availability during December 2025:

https://easi.its.utoronto.ca/system-availability/

Please note that if ...

Hi everyone,

We will be maintaining the same levels of application support for Student Systems over the December break as we have in other years. ACORN and other student information services will be available over the holidays and will be checked periodically to ensure they are running. We ...