Microsoft 365 Announcements

New advanced Microsoft security features will be applied to your account 

December 13, 2020

Dear Colleagues,  Information Technology Services (ITS) will apply new advanced security features to your Microsoft 365 (M365) account. These features will add another layer of security to your email account and …

REMINDER: Revised External Email Banner Launches Today – Nov. 19

November 19, 2020

Date: November 19, 2020 To: U of T Faculty, Staff and Students From: Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration Re: REMINDER: Revised External Email Banner Launches Today – Nov. 19   …

Update on External Email Banner Notification – Revised Banner Launches Nov. 19

November 16, 2020

Date: November 16, 2020 To: U of T Faculty, Staff and Students From: Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration Re: Update on External Email Banner Notification – Revised Banner Launches Nov. …

Changes to External Email Banner

Dear Colleagues,   A number of issues have been brought to our attention regarding the new external email banner initiative designed to warn U of T employees and students of emails originating outside the …

Open in Desktop App moving to Mode menu in Office for the web (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)

October 30, 2020

The Open in Desktop App command is moving to the Mode menu (Editing, Reviewing, Viewing) in Office for the Web. A teaching callout will help people learn the new location …

Update on External Email Banner Notification

October 2, 2020

Date: October 2, 2020 To: Infotech From: ITS Ed, Awareness & Culture Re: Update on External Email Banner Notification   Dear colleagues, On September 30, Information Technology Services (ITS) introduced …

External Email Banner Notification Broad Launch – September 30

September 24, 2020

Date: September 24, 2020 To: U of T Faculty, Staff and Students From: Information Security and Enterprise Applications and Solutions Integration Re: External Email Banner Notification Broad Launch – September …

Some users may receive unexpected Test notifications on their mobile devices

August 27, 2020

Users may receive notifications that state: “FCM Messagess : Test Notifications”. Microsoft is currently analyzing detailed forensics within the Teams mobile notification infrastructure to identify the cause of impact. This …

Microsoft rolls out new Teams updates for September

August 24, 2020

This month, the University of Toronto community can expect to see several updates to their Microsoft Teams experience. With these updates come several new and useful features that will enable staff and faculty across the …

Retiring the Discover view from OneDrive web

August 7, 2020

Microsoft will be retiring the Discover view from the OneDrive Website beginning August 2020. Instead Microsoft recommends finding files across your organization by using Search, which is where they will …