information technology
New employees announced
The following employees joined Missouri S&T in October. Please join the Miner community in welcoming these new staff members:
Read More »Encryption coming to network shared drives
S&T information technology will set up encryption access of minerfiles.mst.edu network shared drives on all Windows servers Thursday, Dec. 22. All devices, such as Linux desktops and Windows PCs, that are used to connect to minerfiles.mst.edu network shared drives will be required to use encrypted connections.
Read More »Get a security key from IT
Tired of using your cell phone, office phone or email for the Multi-Factor Authentication system to log into university resources? Information technology (IT) is providing staff with security keys that can provide faster and more secure access to your computer and applications than other modes of authentication.
Read More »Google Drive storage limits applied to user accounts
In 2021, Google set storage limits for each academic institution to 100 terabytes (TB) and began charging institutions that exceed this limit. Since all University of Missouri System campuses use Google, these contractual impacts mean changes to user services.
Read More »Phishy mail delivered to departments
Did you see the peculiar card your department received via campus mail in the last week?
Read More »Using a mobile device on campus? Accept radius server certificate
If you’re using a mobile device on S&T’s campus, your device may update and you could get a prompt to accept a new radius server certificate. You will need to accept it to connect to the campus network. Most laptops will automatically accept the new certificates.
Read More »Register classes to use TurningPoint and clickers
If you are planning to use TurningPoint and clickers this fall semester, please visit the clicker registration page to register your classes. The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence and IT teams will use this information to prepare the classrooms and notify students about classes in which they will be using clickers.
Read More »Windows updates planned this weekend
Windows updates will occur this weekend from midnight Friday, July 15, to 6 a.m. Saturday, July 16. Please leave your computer connected to the S&T network and powered on over the weekend. Save and close any applications running because your computer will reboot during the update.
Read More »CIO Danny Tang to join Furman University
Missouri S&T Chief Information Officer Danny Tang is resigning from his position effective Aug. 19, 2022, to become associate vice president of technology and chief information officer of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina
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Windows 11 is coming
Missouri S&T’s Information Technology Division is preparing for the transition of campus computer operating systems (OS) to Windows 11, which will become the officially supported OS by Microsoft in 2025. Windows computers will need to be updated or upgraded by that time.
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