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Scheduled VPN maintenance, 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., Monday, November 30, 2020

UIT Service Advisory   Please share this information with your teams.  UIT teams will be upgrading VPN server software on Monday November 30, from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.  There will be a 10 minute outage to all VPN users during the maintenance window.  The Pulse Secure default client program version 9.1.8.3143 on the VPN […]

Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2)

UIT Bulletin   Group Policy tools use Administrative template files to populate policy settings in the user interface.  This allows administrators to manage registry-based policy settings.  We are informing our Faculty IT partners that we have updated the central Active Directory administrative template earlier this morning, to provide support for Windows 10 October 2020 Update […]

Availability of Microsoft Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2)

UIT Bulletin   We have posted the latest Microsoft Windows 10 ISO’s to our distribution share on \\vfadmin.yorku.yorku.ca\UIT-SOFT\distrib\microsoft                  Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2)  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/whats-new-windows-10-version-20h2  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/status-windows-10-20h2    UIT has not completed any compatibility validation to support Windows 10 20H2.  We strongly advise caution to deploy it widely.  UIT will continue with 20H1 as […]

Central Endpoint Protection Service scheduled maintenance, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Thursday, November 19, 2020

UIT Service Advisory   Scheduled maintenance will take place on the Central Endpoint Protection Service with TrendMicro on Thursday, November 19, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  The service maintenance is necessary to install a critical patch from the vendor.        University computer assets that have the enterprise Trend Micro client installed will not […]

Upcoming release of Mac OS 11 "Big Sur" on November 12, 2020

UIT Bulletin   Please share this information with your teams.  Apple has announced its next major Mac OS 11 “Big Sur” to be available tomorrow, November 12, 2020.  UIT strongly advises caution to upgrading to Mac OS 11 “Big Sur” as there are known incompatibilities with various services and products, such as MyApps and Trend […]

Service Advisory: RESOLVED - MyApps unscheduled outage, Tuesday, November 10, 2020

UIT Service Advisory   Please share this information with your teams.  The MyApps service unplanned outage communicated earlier has been resolved.  The MyApps service was brought back online at 9:55 a.m.   For your information, the original communication is included below. We apologize for any inconvenience this outage caused and thank you for your continued […]

Service Advisory: MyApps unscheduled outage, Tuesday, November 10, 2020

UIT Service Advisory   Please share this information with your teams.  The MyApps service is currently affected by an unplanned outage and it is not accessible.  UIT teams are diligently working towards a resolution.  Updates will be provided as they become available.    We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing and thank you for […]

Service Advisory: Scheduled Maintenance, eClass and other services, 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 10, 2020

UIT Service Advisory   Please share this information with your teams.  eClass and related network infrastructure will be undergoing system maintenance from 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10th.  The maintenance is necessary to improve performance and reliability.  During this time, eClass will be unavailable for use.  Also during this time, network maintenance […]