The Office of Technology Services (OTS) will perform system maintenance this Sunday, March 20 from 7 a.m. until noon. The following services will be intermittently offline during the maintenance window: PeopleSoft Campus Solutions PeopleSoft Financial Services Portal RMS (Housing) Inside (some functions) Business Objects Call Accounting (phone billing) ImageNow SharePoint Due to the nature of […]
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OTS Workshops + Training Videos
Upcoming OTS Training Workshops Wednesday, March 16th WordPress for Faculty/Staff: Small Scale Web Publishing – 1:30pm-3:30pm – Cook 404A Friday, March 18th WordPress for Faculty, Staff & Organizations: Working Session – 9:00am-4:00pm – Cook 404A Tuesday, March 22nd WordPress for Faculty/Staff: Small Scale Web Publishing – 9:30am-11:30am – Cook 404A Thursday, March 24th Office 365: OneDrive – […]
OTS warning to Mac Users: OS X Ransomware Detected
The Office of Technology Services (OTS) is informing the campus about the first known case of ransomware for OS X users, which was detected in the Transmission BitTorrent Client Installer App on March 4, 2016. Ransomware uses malicious software to encrypt user data, holding it “hostage” until the demanded ransom is paid to the attackers […]
Outlook on the Web: Creating a Contact List saves time!
If you send emails to multiple people and add the same recipients each time, consider creating a special group called a Contact List (formerly known as a Distribution Group). The new OTS Training video, Outlook on the Web: Creating a Contact List, steps you through the process of using Office 365 to create a Contact […]
Still haven’t moved your website to WordPress? See what you are missing!
Wondering what your new website could look like? Compare an old (out of template) site to a new fresh and professional-looking WordPress site. Many organization sites have successfully moved to WordPress, but there are sites on pages.edu and tiger.edu that still need to move to a new web publishing option by June 30, 2016. Campus […]
Five Questions With…Reid Guanti: WordPress
OTS Training is pleased to present episode 8 in our “Five Questions With” video series. In this episode, Reid Guanti from the Office of Technology Services (OTS) joins us in studio and shares his expertise on web publishing options for students, faculty and staff. If you have a website on tiger.towson.edu or pages.towson.edu, you will […]
Wait Until April before Buying a New Dell Computer
The version of Windows 7 currently used at TU will not work on new Dell Computers, so the Office of Technology Services (OTS) strongly recommends waiting until April before purchasing a new Dell computer. The new Dell models now ship with the new Generation 6 Skylake processors and won’t run Windows 7, which is our […]
Downtime Information for OTS’ Sunday Maintenance Window
The Office of Technology Services (OTS) will perform system maintenance this Sunday, February 28 from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. The following services will be offline during the maintenance window: PeopleSoft Campus Solutions PeopleSoft Financial Services Portal RMS (Housing) Inside (some functions) Business Objects Grad Call Accounting (phone billing) ImageNow Due to the nature of […]
PeopleSoft Online Services Unavailable Today
The Student, Human Resources and Payroll applications of PeopleSoft Online Services will be unavailable from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. today, February 25, to allow for software maintenance. The PeopleSoft Financials system will not be impacted and will remain available during this period. When installation is complete, a post will be placed on the OTS […]
PeopleSoft Online Services Unavailable Tomorrow
The Student, Human Resources and Payroll applications of PeopleSoft Online Services will be unavailable from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, February 25, to allow for software maintenance. The PeopleSoft Financials system will not be impacted and will remain available during this period. When installation is complete, a post will be placed on the […]
If you have a website on tiger.towson.edu, it’s time to move!
The Office of Technology Services (OTS) is retiring the tiger.towson.edu server that hosts individual websites and file storage for students. All data will be backed up by OTS to each student’s account on a student file share, but website content will not be viewable or accessible on the web after June 30, 2016. If you have a website […]
Using Outlook on the Web: Change how you see reply emails
Outlook on the Web is the mobile solution for email on the go. By default, “Conversation View” (the grouping of messages by subject) is turned on and will need to be turned off if you wish to see the classic view of sorting by date. The OTS Training video Outlook on the Web: Turning Off […]
PeopleSoft Online Services Unavailable
The Student, Human Resources and Payroll applications of PeopleSoft Online Services will be unavailable from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Thursday, February 25, to allow for software maintenance. The PeopleSoft Financials system will not be impacted and will remain available during this period. When installation is complete, a post will be placed on the […]
Downtime Information for OTS’ Sunday Maintenance Window
The Office of Technology Services (OTS) will perform system maintenance this Sunday, February 21, from 7 a.m. until noon. The following services will be offline during the maintenance window: PeopleSoft Financial Services PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Portal ImageNow RMS (Housing) Inside Business Objects Grad Call Accounting (phone billing) Due to the nature of the maintenance, other applications could experience […]
WebEx for Students Now Available
The Office of Technology Services (OTS) now offers WebEx to students. This web conferencing solution allows students to remotely share resources like documents, desktops and web browsers. WebEx for Students may be used to collaborate on group projects using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for audio. Requirements A headset with a microphone (USB recommended), or a […]
Apple Releases Security Update for tvOS
Apple has released a security update for tvOS to address multiple vulnerabilities, one of which may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Towson University encourages all Apple TV owners to review the Apple security update for tvOS 9.1.1 Apple TV (4th generation) and apply the necessary update.
Do you have a website on pages.towson.edu or tiger.towson.edu?
The Office of Technology Services (OTS) is retiring the pages.towson.edu and tiger.towson.edu servers that host individual websites for students, faculty, staff and some organizations. As of July 1, 2016, content on those servers will no longer be accessible. If you have a website on pages.towson.edu or tiger.towson.edu, you will need to migrate your site using a new web […]
Downtime Information for OTS’ Sunday Maintenance Window
The Office of Technology Services (OTS) will perform system maintenance this Sunday, January 31, from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. The following services will be offline during the maintenance window: · PeopleSoft Campus Solutions · PeopleSoft Financial Services · Portal · RMS (Housing) · Inside (some functions) · Business Objects · Grad · Call Accounting […]
PeopleSoft Online Services Unavailable
The Student, Human Resources and Payroll applications of PeopleSoft Online Services will be unavailable today from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m., to allow for software maintenance. The PeopleSoft Financials system will not be impacted and will remain available during this period. When the installation is complete, a post will be made to the OTS Alerts […]
PeopleSoft Online Services Unavailable Tomorrow
The Student, Human Resources and Payroll applications of PeopleSoft Online Services will be unavailable on Thursday, January 7 from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m., to allow for software maintenance. The PeopleSoft Financials system will not be impacted and will remain available during this period. When the installation is complete, a post will be made to […]
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