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If you’re someone who keeps a million and one digital and physical notebooks (and can never find the note you’re looking for), Microsoft’s all-in-one digital notebook is ready and waiting in your Microsoft 365 account — and it comes free to students, faculty, and staff with your Pitt credentials.

This summer, you have a pretty good reason to fine-tune your remote work setup. Starting in July, PennDOT’s closure of I-376 Parkway East will route interstate traffic through Forbes and Fifth avenues.

Summer is here, and with it — vacation season. When you’re deep in travel planning mode, returning to the office is probably the last thing on your mind. But while you’re away, your inbox isn't.

This summer, Pitt Digital will conduct a major upgrade of PittNet — the University’s Wi-Fi and wired network, which also supports Eduroam — across the Pittsburgh campus. The following work will begin at the conclusion of the spring term:•    Installing nearly 4,000 new Wi-Fi access points•    Upgrading wired network connections•    Surveying buildings to identify and eliminate coverage gapsBrief Service Interruptions Building by Building

You can now encrypt and control access to sensitive emails and documents directly in Microsoft 365. Sensitivity labels built-in to applications like Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint allow you to easily secure sensitive content and help to prevent unauthorized disclosure, modification, or duplication.While Pitt Digital strongly recommends that users share sensitive information via secure file-sharing platforms, sensitivity labels provide essential protections when email is your only option.

If your calendar is dispersed across multiple spreadsheets, apps, and half-forgotten printed planners, this is your sign to consolidate your schedule with Outlook Calendar. As part of Microsoft 365 (which you get for free with your Pitt credentials, btw), you have access to your daily plans in whatever format you need. The mobile app, your web browser, and the desktop app are all available for you to check your schedule anytime, from anywhere.

Pitt Digital has approved two integrated AI notetaking tools for University use: AI Notes in Teams Premium and Zoom AI Companion. These vendor-native applications enable users to create real-time meeting summaries that increase efficiency and reduce administrative burden. 

Remember Zoom bombing? It was all over the news when schools and businesses went remote during the pandemic, causing Zoom to implement features to stop people or bots from engaging in disruptive behaviors. Unfortunately, with social and political conflict at a high level, zoom-bombing attempts are making a comeback.

Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 In a historic collaborative effort, Meta Mesh Wireless Communities, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Keystone Initiative for Network-Based Research (KINBER) have partnered to provide free, high-speed internet access primarily to school-age children as the COVID-19 pandemic forces the integration of remote instruction.

With the sudden shift to online classes and working remotely, many in the University community are learning to host Zoom video conferences on the fly. Here are some tips to ensure a positive experience for all your participants.