Announcements

Upcoming AMS SAP GUI Warning for Users with Encryption Disabled

Dear AMS Users,

As a follow-up to a memo sent on June 17, regarding the AMS SAP GUI login error, we are sharing an important update.

To help ensure secure access to AMS, a new pop-up warning will appear in SAP GUI for users who have implemented the workaround and disabled encryption ...

Action Required: Retirement of Basic Authentication for SMTP Client Submission in Exchange Online

Dear colleagues, 

We are reaching out to inform you of an important upcoming change that may impact your ability to send emails using Exchange Online. 

What’s Changing? 

As part of Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to improve email security in Exchange Online, Basic Authentication for SMTP client submission is being ...

Please do NOT process Change of POSt (CHOP) on Thursday, July 10 and July 11

*** This e-mail is sent on behalf of Student Accounts, University Registrar’s Office ***

Please do NOT process any batch or online Change of POSt (CHOP) on Thursday, July 10 and Friday, July 11.

If you process a CHOP for a student during this period, the student’s fees will be calculated incorrectly and in ...

Retirement of Organization Data Types in Excel – Effective July 31, 2025 

Dear colleagues,

We want to inform you that Microsoft will retire the Organization data types feature in Excel effective July 31, 2025. This decision is based on low usage and high ongoing maintenance costs.

What’s Changing: 

    • The Organization option will be removed from the Data Types gallery in Excel across all platforms: ...

AMS SAP GUI Planned Outage for ATB Increase – July 9

Dear AMS SAP GUI users,

Please note that the Administrative Management System (AMS) will not be available for SAP GUI users from Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 5 p.m. to Thursday, July 10 at 5 a.m. This outage will allow for the preparation for the across-the-board (ATB) increase for USW staff.

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Follow-Up: AMS SAP GUI Access and Login Error

Dear AMS Users,

As you may be aware, following the recent renewal of the AMS certificate, some users have been encountering the error shown below when logging into the AMS SAP GUI.

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On June 9, we sent a memo providing a temporary workaround for affected users.

After ...

Update: Instructions for Fixing AMS GUI Login Error 

Dear Divisional IT Administrators,

As you may be aware, we sent a memo on June 10 regarding an error some AMS SAP GUI users were receiving when logging in.

After further investigation, we identified that the issue is due to some devices missing a USERTrust ECC Certification Authority root certificate issued ...

Update on Fall/Winter Enrolment Days  

To all ROSI / ROSI Express / Degree Explorer Users:

This year, fall/winter course enrolment will run from June 24 to August 6, 2025, with our heaviest enrolment day happening on July 25. View the full schedule on the SIS SharePoint site.

If students contact you about slower ...

LISTSERV Service Restored : Successful Migration and Upgrade Completed

Dear colleagues,

The LISTSERV service is now back up and running. The migration is complete and service is restored.

The LISTSERV server has been successfully migrated from AlmaLinux OS to Windows Server 2022 and upgraded from version 16.0 to 17.5.

Refer to these knowledge base articles for changes ...

Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 purchasing options

Date: June 13, 2025
To:  ACE-IT, InfoTech, EASI Site Announcements
From: Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration
Re: Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 purchasing options

Dear colleagues, 

Please see the information below regarding Extended Security Updates (ESU) purchasing options for Windows 10 users at U of T shared by ...