Update (March 30, 2022)
The wired network outage at 5100 de Maisonneuve reported last week is ongoing. We have learned that the issue听 was caused by a fire in the manhole, which damaged the fiber cable. Emergency teams from the City of Montreal are on site and we hope to be able to resolve the issue by early next week once their work is complete. Check back here for status updates.
Original message (March 23, 2022)
In鈥痩ine with our strategic goal鈥痶o鈥痓e a鈥痜irst-class鈥痩earning organization,鈥疢cGill has engaged with Gartner, an鈥痠ndustry-leading research鈥痑nd advisory service,鈥痶o deepen鈥痑nd鈥痚xpand our insight into IT industry best鈥痯ractices鈥痑nd trends.鈥疻e are pleased to announce that all members of the McGill community (administrative staff, academic staff, researchers, students) now have access to this Gartner resource.
IT Services in collaboration with the Library is happy to announce that McGill students, faculty and staff can now access Gartner, a new resource that provides expert analysis and opinion on IT-related topics at the intersection of business and technology.
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Original announcements: December 7, 2021
Research and Innovation and IT Services are pleased to welcome Marc Rousseau to the role of Director, Research Software / Directeur du Logiciel de Recherche. In this new role, Rousseau provides support and advice to the McGill research community on software, from grant applications to the implementation of research activities. He will also lead the development of the McGill Digital Research Services team, which will assist researchers in all fields of study with resources and tools in research data management (RDM), research software (RS) and advanced research computing (ARC).
A new role,听Site Administrator,听has been added to the McGill Web Management System (WMS).
The Site Administrator serves as the primary contact and oversees the quality and overall objectives of their site. Replacing the now defunct designation of Primary Site Manager, this new role has been created to help ensure quality and reduce complexity for Site Managers and other contributors.
The Web Service Group is working to make it easier for visitors to find and view events on WMS sites, similar to what is on听www.mcgill.ca/music/events.
As a result,听Channels Event Search听will soon be made available to all WMS sites.
Channels Event Search makes it possible to display, search, and filter local channels event content on any site where it is enabled.
This module provides the following displays:
As of Monday, February 16, 2015, access to McGill Library e-resources from off campus will end for all ineligible McGill affiliates. The Library's license agreements for electronic resources generally only cover off-campus access for current McGill students, faculty and staff.
In July 2013, in an effort to comply with licensing agreements for electronic content, the McGill Library began a process of analyzing McGill user and affiliated accounts to ensure that only eligible users were able to access the Library鈥檚 e-resources. This work has now been completed.
Starting today, 蜜桃传媒app9, McGill students have free access to the latest version of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other Office apps. You may download and install it on up to five compatible personal devices, including PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android smartphones and tablets.
As long as you're a student at McGill University, you'll be able to continue to use Office 365 ProPlus at no charge, and will receive automatic software updates.
IT Services will roll out additional features of Office 365 in future phases, including:
In April, we emailed you about the Heartbleed vulnerability and its potential impact on McGill. All of McGill's central IT systems have been evaluated, and updates were applied where needed. As a final precaution, we strongly encourage you to change your McGill Password without delay.听
If you are a McGill staff member, you are required to change your password.
