by Information Technology Services
On Jan. 6, 2014, all faculty, staff, and student employees will be moved from Zimbra to Office 365 for email and calendaring. Email addresses will remain the same, and sign-in will be as usual at webmail.ksu.edu. This will complete the migration to Office 365 for the university.
Join the Office 365 Yammer network now to ask questions and get answers about using Office 365. (See Getting Started with Yammer for K-Staters.)
CryptoLocker is in a category of malware called ransomware. Once it’s installed, it encrypts most of the files on your computer as well as any files stored on connected network volumes. The only way to recover the encrypted files is to pay a ransom to the criminals or restore from backups. Several instances of this malware have been reported on the K-State campus and some of them have encrypted shared network volumes, affecting entire departments and forcing administrators to perform large data restores. Continue reading “CryptoLocker malware spreading through campus, destroying data”
Information Technology Services will begin offering “Introduction to Office 365” sessions beginning Oct. 31. These sessions will run until the end of November and will include an overview of the migration process and basic use of the new email and calendaring system. K-Staters are encouraged to attend at least one session. Continue reading “‘Introduction to Office 365’ sessions scheduled”
by Information Technology Services
As of Oct. 7, 22,709 email accounts and about 3 terabytes of data have been migrated from Zimbra email to Office 365. The Office 365 implementation team moved student email accounts beginning Aug. 22, which continues through October. This past weekend, Information Technology Services employees — including 156 full-time staff and 94 students — were moved to Office 365. Continue reading “Office 365 update: More than 22,000 email accounts have been migrated”
Q. I can’t get on the K-State wireless network. What do I do?
Get on the KSU Guest open wireless network, then link to wireless.ksu.edu and follow the instructions.
Q. K-State’s antivirus software won’t work on my computer. What do I do?
First, did you uninstall your own antivirus software before installing K-State’s Trend Micro? Once you have removed your antivirus, link to antivirus.ksu.edu and follow the instructions. Continue reading “Top questions being answered at the IT Help Desk”
With the impending move of central campus email from Zimbra to Office 365, one suggestion has been to clear out as much email as possible before the move. These tips from IT staff can help identify and clean out larger amounts of email in a shorter time. Continue reading “IT staff tips for cleaning out your email”
Dear colleagues and students,
For the past number of months, a team of university faculty, staff and students have been working with Microsoft to begin the migration of Kansas State University email service to Office 365. This has been a major undertaking that includes changes to our authentications systems, grouping, training and providing the tools you have come to expect. Continue reading “Letter about Office 365 from Ken Stafford, CIO and associate vice provost for technology services”
By Information Technology Services
Is it time to change your eID password? Most K-State students, faculty and staff need to change their passwords every 180 days. To check when your password will expire, sign in to Connect by clicking the “Sign in” button from the K-State homepage. In the eProfile section, the date to change your password appears. To change your password, click the “Manage password” link. Continue reading “eID passwords: Has it been 180 days already?”
By Information Technology Services
As K-State transitions to Office 365, there have been questions about the differences in the web-based Outlook Web App versus the Outlook desktop client. The differences between the two are diminishing over time. If you do not share your calendar or email folders with anyone, the Outlook Web App will fit your needs. If you share email folders, share your calendar with others for them to manage, or manage others’ calendars, you should use the Outlook desktop client. Continue reading “Office 365: Comparing the web-based client to the desktop client”
By Information Technology Services
In the upcoming migration from Zimbra to Office 365, email messages with attachments greater than 25MB will not migrate. Both the email content as well as the attachment will not be moved to Office 365. Continue reading “Office 365: Email will not migrate if file attachment is 25MB or larger”
