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Category Archive: General CNSIT
If you ever find yourself at a computer which doesn’t have Microsoft Office installed and you’re needing to use one of the Office applications to create or edit a file all hope is not lost! You can login to https://portal.office.com/ using your M365 formatted CSU NetID, NetID password with DUO and all of the Office […]
Windows 10 Windows 11 Open File Explorer and scroll down the left hand pane under “This Pc” and you will see your mapped drive. You can now save or open data in this location.
Now that you have one DUO device registered for 2-factor authentication let’s get a second one setup so that if anything happens to the first device you’re not locked out of email or Teams! Here are a few examples of good secondary devices to register. If you have an office phone you can register it’s […]
We are pleased to announce the availability of several Meeting Owl Pro devices. The Meeting Owl Pro is a premium 360-degree camera, mic, and speaker combined into one easy-to-use device. It creates the experience of in-person participation for hybrid teams and integrates seamlessly with the conferencing platforms we are already using including Microsoft Teams and […]
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By Evan Campbell
July 27, 2021 10:25 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT, General Computing, Knowledge Base, The Cloud
By Evan Campbell
July 27, 2021 10:25 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT, General Computing, Knowledge Base, The Cloud
Starting on August 9th Microsoft Streams functions will be phased out of the software suite available on portal.office.com by Microsoft. Any video that is recorded in Teams will be stored in either Onedrive or Sharepoint starting on that date. Videos stored on Stream will still be available on Stream for a yet to be determined […]
By Evan Campbell
June 23, 2021 11:03 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT, General Computing, Tips and Tricks, Windows
June 23, 2021 11:03 am MT
Posted in General CNSIT, General Computing, Tips and Tricks, Windows
In a recent Windows 10 update Microsoft added a new feature to the toolbar called News & Interests. This feature provides access to weather and news without having to open the start menu or a web browser. If you find that this new feature is distracting or taking up too much space on your toolbar […]
By Evan Campbell
May 19, 2021 11:19 am MT
Posted in Backups, General CNSIT, The Cloud, Uncategorized
May 19, 2021 11:19 am MT
Posted in Backups, General CNSIT, The Cloud, Uncategorized
Starting in December 2022 Google Drive will no longer provide unlimited space for colleges and universities. Instead they’re providing students, faculty, and staff with 25 gbs each. This will undoubtedly affect folks who are using Google Drive to store backups or research data. If you or your lab is currently storing data on Google Drive […]
“A team owner in Microsoft Teams can add and manage guests in their teams via the web or desktop app. Anyone with a business or consumer email account, such as Outlook, Gmail, or others, can participate as a guest in Teams, with full access to team chats, meetings, and files. Only people who are outside […]
By Evan Campbell
April 21, 2021 12:19 pm MT
Posted in E-mail, General CNSIT, Security, Security News
April 21, 2021 12:19 pm MT
Posted in E-mail, General CNSIT, Security, Security News
Starting on June 1st DUO (https://cnsit.colostate.edu/kb/duo-best-practice/) will be tied into all M365 services in order to provide added security to your data and email. If you have have already enrolled a device with DUO you will be prompted to authenticate through it to use M365 products installed on your computer as well as M365 products […]
If you save emails to local mailboxes on your computer and need to free up some space on your hard drive you can move the emails back to the Exchange server as a safe storage space that is also accessible on any device which has your Colorado State email account synced. These instructions will guide […]
