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Technology News
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May 21, 2021
Since August, UA has ballooned Zoom cloud storage usage from 15% to 81%. At our current pacing, we will exhaust our available storage in the next 10 weeks.
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Reminder: Butrovich power and data generator outage announcement
May 07, 2021
On Saturday, May 15, and Saturday, May 22, UAF Facilities Services will be conducting a planned maintenance power shutdown to the entire Butrovich Building to prepare electrical systems for the integration of a new backup generator for the Butrovich Data Center (BDC). The electrical system must be completely powered down to ensure safety for the technicians doing the work.
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Planned UA Online Weekend outages in May
May 07, 2021
The three weekends in May listed below will include UA Online outages.
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Email Scam Warning: Do not enter your username and password on fake UAOnline login page
May 07, 2021
There have been a number of very convincing Phishing emails sent to alaska.edu accounts asking recipients to enter their username and password at UAOnline. The subject lines include eRefunds or Direct Deposit Information. Do not enter your username and password on the fake UAOnline login page.
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Announcing Single Sign On for UA Google Apps and UA Blackboard Learn
May 07, 2021
We are excited to announce that we are improving the way UA users can access core technology services. Starting May 7th, the Single Sign On option used for other services, like UA Online, will be coming to UA Google Apps and UA Blackboard Learn.
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Updated Butrovich power and data generator outage announcement
April 16, 2021
On Saturday, May 15, and Saturday, May 22, UAF Facilities Services will be conducting a planned maintenance power shutdown to the entire Butrovich Building to prepare electrical systems for the integration of a new backup generator for the Butrovich Data Center (BDC).
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Planned UA Online Weekend outages in May
April 16, 2021
The three weekends in May listed below will include UA Online outages.
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Employees must remove non-UA email forwards by April 23
April 16, 2021
Per UA guidelines, employees are no longer allowed to forward their èßäÊÓƵ email to non-UA email accounts, including personal email addresses.
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April 16, 2021
The University of èßäÊÓƵ uses Alertus beacons and desktop notifications to supplement emergency notification systems.
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Butrovich Data Center Generator Electrical Maintenance Work
April 01, 2021
On Saturday, May 15, and Saturday, May 22, UAF Facilities Services will be conducting a planned maintenance power shutdown to the entire Butrovich Building to prepare electrical systems for the integration of a new backup generator for the Butrovich Data Center (BDC).