Announcements

ROSI Database Quarterly Maintenance – Friday, November 29

Dear ROSI users,

Please note that we will need to take ROSI and most associated student information systems offline on Friday, November 29 from 5 to 9 p.m. to perform quarterly maintenance on the database. We will return the systems to service sooner if the work is completed earlier than ...

Scheduled Maintenance for KMS Server – October 30, 2024 

Dear IT Admins,

Please be advised that the KMS server used for activating software under the Microsoft Campus and School Agreement (MCSA) will be unavailable on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, from 1 PM to 5 PM.

This downtime will be used to apply necessary upgrades and maintenance ensuring ...

AMS System Outage – November 2 from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dear AMS Users,

Please note that the systems below will be unavailable on Saturday, November 2 from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This outage is planned to facilitate yearly system and application maintenance and the removal of Question-Based-Authentication for Employee Self-Service (ESS) and Manager Self-Service (MSS). In addition, ...

Microsoft Outlook for the web: Third-party cookie block causes users to sign in again on Chrome and Edge

Starting late September 2024, Outlook for the web users may need to sign in again due to Google’s third-party cookie blocks in Chrome and Edge, following a migration to MSAL. A banner will prompt users to refresh their session, affecting those without device SSO.

How this will ...

Microsoft Word: The Acronyms feature retired in September 2024

The Acronyms feature in Microsoft Word retired in September, 2024, for both Windows and web versions.

Users can decode acronyms with other similar or better options, such as the Search feature in Microsoft Office.com, in Sharepoint.com, and Bing for Work.

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New Outlook to Replace Mail and Calendar Apps on Windows

Starting in summer of 2024, Microsoft will transition the default Windows Mail and Calendar apps to the new Outlook for Windows. Key changes include:

    1. Taskbar, Start Menu, and Desktop Shortcuts: Mail app and Calendar app will be replaced with new Outlook if freshly installed on Windows 10 ...

Removal of Question-Based-Authentication for ESS/MSS

Dear Staff Members,

To enhance the user experience and improve security across U of T applications, Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration (EASI) and the Division of People Strategy, Equity & Culture (PSEC) will be removing question-based-authentication from Employee Self-Service (ESS) and Manager Self-Service (MSS) on November 2, 2024, ...

U of T 30-day Microsoft Teams Chat Retention Protocol in effect after 5pm October 1, 2024 

Dear colleagues,

Following on the Sep 23, 2024 final reminder memo on Teams Chat Retention, the University of Toronto’s implementation of a 30-day retention protocol for all individual Teams Chats, will begin after 5:00pm on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. These are messages that occur outside of a Microsoft Teams ...

EASI Go Prod NGSIS Updates – July 1 to September 30, 2024 

Hi everyone,

Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration (EASI) would like to update you on the latest major production releases and updates for the NGSIS program and student systems. The following are major changes from July 1 to September 30, 2024:

Accommodated Testing Services (ATS)

Accommodated Testing Services coordinates ...

EASI Go Prod AMS & Enterprise Shared Services Updates – June 1 to September 30, 2024

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 June 1 to September 30, 2024:

Administrative Management Systems

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