Subscribing to the N&I Blog RSS Feed

It is possible for users to subscribe so that they will automatically receive updates from the N&I Blog as an email with Outlook each time a new post is added to the Blog.

To subscribe to this service:

1. Open ‘MD Help’ from the root of the Start Menu on a Managed Desktop workstation
2. Select the ‘Self Service Tasks’ tab
3. Select the button ‘Subscribe to NI RSS Feed’

Once done you will need to re-login to start receiving the news items from the N&I Blog.

Viewing new items in Outlook

Once setup, within Outlook there will be an ‘RSS Feeds’ folder which will contain another folder called ‘IS&T Networks and Infrastructure’. All new items will appear within here as an email item.

Update 14/01/2014 – IS&T have now released the new password change application and the content below has been updated to reflect this.

In order to minimise loss of access to University systems caused by expired passwords and accounts, Information Systems and Technology have been working on improvements to user account and password-related processes.  Improvements include:

• a new version of the password change application
• email notifications for passwords nearing expiry
• email notifications for accounts nearing expiry

We’re now sending the email notifications and have released (on 14/01/2014) the first phase of the new password change application which will be available to use for staff and non-student user accounts to begin with.

Password Change Application

A new look password change application has been produced and which offers improved security and functionality.  The application is available via http://go.shu.ac.uk/password/, redirects have been put on all old addresses and links that we are aware of.

When logging in to the application, if you have not already done so, you will now be required to complete the secret questions you can use for password recovery.  You will not be able to change your password until you do so.  This has been changed to ensure you are able to recover your account more easily in the event your password expires or is forgotten.

When using the forgotten password feature of the application off-campus, you will now also need to complete a CAPTCHA.  This is to make off-campus access is more secure – you won’t be presented with one on campus.

Password Expiration Notification Emails

Emails will now be sent to you before your password expires to remind you of the upcoming expiry.  An email will be sent to you 14 days, 7 days and 1 day prior to the expiry – unless you change your password.

This email will also prompt you to set up your secret questions (used for forgotten/expired password recovery) if you have not already done so.

Below is an example of this email:

Account Expiration Notification Emails

If you have an expiry set on your account (for example, temporary staff or staff about to leave SHU) you will now be sent emails reminding you of its upcoming account expiry.  An email will be sent to you 28 days, 14 days, 7 days and 1 day prior to the expiry – unless your account expiry is extended or removed.

This should give you ample opportunity to ask your line manager to request your account expiry be extended or removed should this be appropriate.

Below is an example of this email:

In order to try and promote the scale and complexity of the services provided by N&I we intend to try and distribute a ‘Fact of the Week’ via Twitter with information from an N&I service.

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Networks & Infrastructure now have a twitter account, which is:
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Information about Networks and Infrastructure services will be published here.

This is the IS&T Networks and Infrastructure Blog. We’ll be using it to share news of updates and changes to the systems and services we run for the University; progress updates on projects we carry out and news about strategy and directions in the University’s IT Infrastructure.