New 2014 Managed Desktop being installed on staff PCs

September 17th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in IT preparations for teaching | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

By Simon Alexander Today (Wednesday 17 September), we have started rolling out the new software for the 2014/15 academic year to staff PCs.  We do this in phases, bringing machines up to date with a series of ‘patches’ (six in all) to make sure that staff who have personal settings and software installed can have …
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Deployment of software for start of teaching

September 3rd, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in IT preparations for teaching | IT projects - (0 Comments)

How we’re progressing with the deployment of software for the new academic year.
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New 4K digital projector for The Void

September 1st, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in IT improvements | IT preparations for teaching - (0 Comments)

Our new 4K cinema projector is a major advance in digital for the University in its history of film projection
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New Remote Desktop now live – and available from mobile devices

August 1st, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in IT improvements | IT preparations for teaching - (0 Comments)

by Simon Alexander The new Staff Remote Desktop is now live for all staff to use when off campus.The new service has the same software and settings as the Windows 7 Managed Desktop and is available from multiple devices, including PCs, Apple Macs, iPads, iPhones and Android devices. When you first use it, please make …
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The Managed Desktop 2014 image is now available

July 16th, 2014 | Posted by Simon Alexander in IT preparations for teaching - (0 Comments)

by Simon Alexander, Networks and Infrastructure IS&T have made the 2014 Managed Desktop image available so that it can be installed on new workstations and the existing labs when they are re-imaged. The major update for 2014/15 is the use of Internet Explorer 11, which is the latest version of Microsoft’s web browser. The lab workstations …
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Testing and packaging of software for Start of Year

July 16th, 2014 | Posted by Simon Alexander in IT preparations for teaching - (0 Comments)

by John Helm, IT Support Teams in IS&T are making good progress with the packaging and testing of software. 41% of software for PCs has already been packaged and is being tested by IS&T.  Academic colleagues are being contacted so they can test their software works in the way they expect. Everything will be ready …
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Progress on IT preparations for start of teaching

June 18th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in IT preparations for teaching - (0 Comments)

How IS&T is progressing with IT preparations for the start of teaching
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Update on teaching software for 2014/15

June 4th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in IT improvements | IT preparations for teaching | IT projects - (0 Comments)

The list of software for teaching rooms is being sent out to subject leaders to check. IS&T needs feedback by Friday 13 June.
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Preparing teaching rooms for start of year

April 28th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in IT improvements | IT preparations for teaching | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

IS&T has alread started the work involved in preparing the teaching rooms for the start of the academic year.
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