Prepare for MyID Changes after Graduation
May 1, 2024Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Graduation is quickly approaching, and soon you will be Alumni of The University of Georgia! Congratulations on your achievements during your time at UGA. Approximately a year, after you leave UGA, your MyID, and your UGAMail email address, will be disabled, and you will no longer have access to them. Once […]
Prepare for MyID Changes after Graduation
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Graduation is quickly approaching, and soon you will be Alumni of The University of Georgia! Congratulations on your achievements during your time at UGA. Approximately a year, after you leave UGA, your MyID, and your UGAMail email address, will be disabled, and you will no longer have access to them. Once […]
2024 Retiree Account Review
April 29, 2024Monday, April 29, 2024 UGA retirees are currently able to keep their UGA MyID and UGAMail after retirement. This practice has allowed retirees to continue to access some UGA services after retiring. UGA established an annual review process for Retiree MyID accounts in 2023. Retiree MyID accounts that have not been accessed for a year […]
Teams Phone available to campus units
April 22, 2024Monday, April 22, 2024 EITS is now offering Teams Phone, a cloud-based next-generation phone system provided by Microsoft. Teams Phone allows UGA employees to communicate and collaborate anytime, anywhere, on any device. Teams Phone integrates seamlessly with the Microsoft Teams application on your laptop, tablet, or mobile device, so all your calls, chats, calendar invites […]
Microsoft Copilot offers AI assistance while protecting your data
April 12, 2024Friday, April 12, 2024 UGA students, faculty, and staff have access to the online version of Copilot, an AI-powered chatbot provided by Microsoft. Copilot is a conversational chat interface with several capabilities, including search and information retrieval, text generation, image creation and code writing. Unlike other generative AI tools found online, Copilot is housed within UGA’s instance […]
Decommission of web standard hosting set for 2024
March 7, 2024Thursday, March 7, 2024 Update: The Web Standard Hosting service has been decommissioned as of May 14, 2024. If you have any questions regarding your site please reach out to the EITS Help Desk. Web Standard Hosting, the free web hosting service for UGA-affiliated departments and student organizations will be decommissioned on May 14, 2024. Accounts that […]
Duo Mobile App dropping support for iOS14, Android 10 operating systems
February 6, 2024Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Effective February 2024, Duo, the vendor behind UGA’s ArchPass two-step login solution, will drop support for its mobile app on phones running Android 10 or older operating systems and phones running iOS14 or older operating systems. Phones that run on these operating systems will still be able to use the Duo […]
UGA Boyd Data Center Maintenances February – March 2024
January 25, 2024Thursday, January 25, 2024 EITS will conduct maintenances on February 24, March 23, and March 30 of 2024 at the Boyd Data Center in efforts for the UPS system replacement. During the February 24 maintenance, building power will be shut down for the Boyd Graduate Building and McBay Science Library from 4:00 a.m. – 10:00 […]
Wifi upgrades continue in spring
January 10, 2024Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Work is underway on more wireless upgrades in academic buildings and student housing across the Athens, Buckhead, and Griffin campuses. These upgrades are part of EITS’s work to continuously improve Wi-Fi connectivity and coverage to support teaching, learning, and student life. The $1.2 million a year project, funded by Student Technology […]
How to Access Athena Off-Campus
December 18, 2023Monday, December 18, 2023 Students, faculty and staff who are off-campus should use the Remote Access VPN or the vLab service to access Athena. Download the Remote Access VPN client here. Once you have downloaded and installed the client, log in with your MyID and password and verify your credentials with ArchPass, powered by Duo. Then you should be able […]