More college services are being added to the standard Okta login! Have you installed Word, Excel or Powerpoint on your home or personal computer using the college O365 login? In order to do so you would have created a microsoft account using your Williams email address ([email protected]) and then downloaded… Continue reading »
Williams staff, faculty and students, To continue to provide secure access to our wireless network, we’re updating several related servers on Wednesday morning, March 20th. This upgrade will require the temporary de-broadcast of the “Williams-College” wireless network. The main effect of this is that people will not be able to… Continue reading »
When you replace your cell phone use it one last time to log in and add your new phone to Okta before getting rid of it. If you no longer have the old phone contact [email protected] or x4090 for help. More Info Don't lose access to your Williams account! … Continue reading »
To recover Google drive space for the college old student accounts are being deleted. Prior to leaving Williams students were informed on the correct way to save personal data – either Google Transfer, Google Takeout, saving files to a computer or sharing and then making copies. It may be the… Continue reading »
To enhance the security of our systems, Okta MFA will be required for VPN access starting November 15. Active ransomware groups are targeting organizations that do not have MFA for their VPN users*. If you have not yet signed up for Okta please do so. To use Okta MFA… Continue reading »
Old student accounts will be deleted to reduce Google Drive storage by January 2024. Files to be deleted have been labeled “PENDING DELETION,”. To save any files or folders with the pending deletion label email [email protected] by Nov 30. Inactive accounts need to be deleted to reduce Google… Continue reading »
Inactive accounts will be deleted to reduce Google Drive storage by January 2024. Files to be deleted have been labeled “PENDING DELETION,”. To save any files or folders with the pending deletion label email [email protected] by Nov 30. Inactive accounts need to be… Continue reading »
In order consolodate and reduce logins, ticket.williams.edu will be joined to Okta. If you have not already, please sign up for Okta soon. As always you can email us at [email protected] or call x4090 for help. Other college systems will gradually be added to the Okta environment. This means that… Continue reading »
In the months leading up to our go-live in June 2024, the change management team is working to share information about Workday and open channels for community feedback. To find out more about what Workday means for you, the people involved, and what’s happening with the project right now, watch our… Continue reading »
This year, for NCAM, I’ll be focusing on types of social engineering and how we can detect and thwart them. There are a lot of new techniques designed to trick the human, and it’s important to use this annual opportunity to share some of this information. Before we settle in… Continue reading »
As if we don’t have enough excitement with the beginning of a new year, please take a few minutes before the semester gets into full swing and update your devices. This is good advice for any device, which can benefit from software updates and regular power-off/power-on cycles, but there are… Continue reading »
Every month leading up to Workday’s go-live in June 2024, the change management team hosts a workshop for the HERD. The topics cover different elements of Workday, from HR and Payroll to accounting and budgeting. We post the workshop slide decks to the HERD Network website after each session so the Williams… Continue reading »
Early Thursday morning, OIT will be making a change to the printer network to make it more secure. We believe anyone directly affected by this change has already been contacted. If you experience printing issues when you arrive on campus, please restart the printer. If that doesn’t solve the problem,… Continue reading »
OIT will be upgrading the PaperCut and printing systems on Friday night (Aug 11) starting at 5:00pm. The upgrade should be done by 9:00pm. During the upgrade, campus printing will be unavailable. Once the upgrade is complete, printing will resume. In rare cases, you may have to reboot… Continue reading »
Workday is replacing PeopleSoft as the HR and Finance management system. In the months leading up to our go-live in June 2024, the change management team is working with a group of individuals to share information about Workday and open channels for community feedback. The group, called the HERD Network, comprises… Continue reading »
Jesup Data Center Energy Saving & Modernization Project – Server maintenance Up until now we have had very minimal disruptions, but this event will have several servers/services unavailable for a few hours. The following services will be unavailable from 8 AM to approximately 11 AM on Sunday, August 6th, 2023:… Continue reading »
Beginning later this week, OIT will start deploying a replacement for our current Anti-Virus program, Sophos. Most people will not be required to perform any actions, and you likely will not notice the change. Sophos is being replaced with an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tool called CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike… Continue reading »
The “Sarah” Campus Solutions system will be offline for application maintenance on Thursday July 13 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Continue reading »
OIT is cleaning up old student accounts. Are there files owned by former students that should be transfered to you or your department before then? Did a former student work for your department or create academic files of record? The class of ’23 accounts close the first week of July… Continue reading »
Senior accounts close on July 1 and will be deleted shortly after. If a Senior created Google content like Docs for your department, or for academic collaboration it will be necessary to have files they created (and therefore own) transfered to an individual or to a Shared Drive for… Continue reading »
Welcome FirstYears! This guide will help you access your Williams account for the first time. You will use the link from Okta which will be sent to your personal email address to log in. — But before you do that, go to the App Store or Play Store on your mobile… Continue reading »
Computer Recycling (Greenup) Program… Continue reading »
Declutter Your Digital Life: a training for digital sustainability + space organization… Continue reading »
The HR system will be offline for maintenance on Saturday, April 29, 2023. The maintenance period is expected to be from 6 am – 2 pm. During this time the Finance and Student Records system will remain available. Continue reading »
Google no longer provides unlimited storage for educational institutions. Why? Cloud storage requires servers and electricity. And, as data traffic grows, so will the use of fossil fuels. Growing cloud resources are particularly energy intensive accounting for 4% of global electricity consumption and 1% of global greenhouse… Continue reading »
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