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Level of impact:  Medium  Marshall University Information Technology is planning to decommission our On-Premise SharePoint 2013 environment at the end of the year 2021. Existing sites will need to be migrated to avoid losing access and data.  Who does it affect? If you are receiving this message, you have been identified as an administrator of a SharePoint site in

Marshall’s contract with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra will not be renewed after July 1, 2021. You have been identified as a user who has engaged as a moderator during this summer so far. All summer courses will have access to the Collaborate tool through the end of all summer terms. Important:  All Collaborate recordings will be

Travis Edmonds IT Systems Architect Travis previously worked as an Application Systems Analyst Programmer Sr. at our IT Service Desk.  Travis is most looking forward to learning new skills in his new role working with the Infrastructure Systems team, though he’ll miss his coworkers at the IT Service Desk.  He enjoys working in IT at MU

Job Description This position is responsible for the development, support, and management of key IT Database infrastructure and applications and application integrations, as well as the support and maintenance of application servers, custom applications, and single sign-on solutions that support and enhance the Marshall University’s users’ community. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: •

Marshall University Information Technology schedules a weekly maintenance window on Sundays from 4am to 1pm Eastern time. On Memorial Day weekend, our maintenance window will be extended to 5:00 pm Friday May 28th – to 11:59 pm on Monday, May 31st, 2021.  This yearly maintenance outage is listed as “University Computer Services Unavailable” on the

Job Description Design, document, implement, manage and monitor multiple systems in an enterprise network computing and datacenter environment; including architecture, support and maintenance of enterprise storage systems, virtualized environments such as Azure, VMware and HyperV, enterprise operating systems such as Linux and Microsoft Windows Server, enterprise productivity and server/service monitoring tools, and high performance computing

Alex Jones IT Consultant Sr. Alex started working at the IT Service Desk at the beginning of February. Here’s a little about him. What degree do you hold? BA in Advertising, Marshall U and pursuing a MS in Information Systems Describe your role in MUIT in 10 words for less I help resolve technical issues

Update:  02/05/21 On Sunday morning, February 7th, 2021, MUIT will switch to the new 903 prefix on newly generated ID numbers.   Any students admitted or employees hired after the change will have the new prefix.  No existing Student ID or Employee ID numbers will be changing. From Sunday moving forward, try to refrain from asking for

Important update for all active Marshall University e-mail accountholders including students, faculty, staff (MU, SOM, and Marshall Health) and Alumni. Marshall University Information Technology will introduce an updated e-mail security solution provided by Microsoft in January 2021.  In addition to anti-virus and anti-spam protection, the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 service improves security for both incoming and outgoing email. This

Beginning January 31, 2021, Marshall University will begin using a 903-xx-xxx sequence of numbers for identification (ID). This is for new assignments only; existing numbers will not change. All offices, departments and colleges should review their processes and procedures, including paper forms, to ensure compliance with this change. While this is a relatively minor change