Technology Updates

Microsoft Intune Migration

The Division of Student Life and Enrollment is preparing to decommission the Student Affairs (SA) Domain (sa.uconn.edu) and migrate workstations to the UConn Domain (uconn.edu). Migrating workstations to the UConn Domain will progress desktop management services toward a more unified computing environment and provide security enhancements that are in alignment with University policies. In preparation […]

Windows 11 Upgrade in Fall 2024

IT-SLE will upgrade Student Life & Enrollment computers to Windows 11 this Fall. The upgrade will occur over several weeks, with clusters of departments scheduled for each weekly roll out period. The Windows 11 update will be distributed to workstations over the weekend and IT-SLE will be available for dedicated support the following week. The first round […]

OneDrive Migration Starts on September 29

Starting on September 29, Student Life & Enrollment IT will begin to migrate personal files to OneDrive. The migration will occur over 5 weekends during the month of October. Personal files include “Documents” (Q: Drive), “Desktop” and “Pictures” directories. Transitioning to OneDrive will allow files to be available from any location with internet access. To […]

OneDrive File Migration: Summer & Fall 2023

Over the next few months SAIT will be assisting Student Affairs Departments with migrating all personal files to OneDrive. Personal files include “Documents” (Q: Drive), “Desktop” and “Pictures” directories. Transitioning to OneDrive will allow files to be available from any location with internet access. OneDrive offers many advantages including: Automatic backup and sync to OneDrive […]

FileLocker & Dropbox Retiring in 2022

Two UConn file transfer services will be retiring soon. Dropbox (dropbox.uconn.edu) — provides large file sharing for files up to 100GB. FileLocker (filelocker.uconn.edu) — a temporary file storage system that enables secure file sharing. ITS will formally retire both services in 2022. Going forward, Microsoft OneDrive can be used to securely request and share files […]