UPDATED 12:11pm- May 26, 11:00am LMS System off line for emergency maintenance

UPDATE 1  12:11pm
The Moodle system is back on line.
Some data created between approximately 6am and 11pm today May 26th may have been lost.
We are investigating restoring the missing data at this time


The lms system is temporarily off-line for emergency maintenance.
We expect this maintenance to take approximately one hour and apologize for any inconvenience this will cause.

COMPLETED: Generator Test Horan Hall on 5/24 at 10am

UPDATE: The generator test was completed successfully around 3:30pm on 5/24/2017.

Physical Plant will be conducting a generator test in Horan Hall on Wednesday, May 24th at approximately 10am. These tests are conducted throughout the year to ensure the generators function correctly in case Horan Hall loses power for any reason.

This test will last for approximately 15-20 minutes and will affect both the wired and wireless networks in Horan Hall.

We apologize for this inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact ITS at x-7973 or its@manhattan.edu

Solution for latest RansomWare Attack (WannaCry)

The latest RansomWare attack known as WannaCry impacts Windows machines that are not up to date. 

To prevent your personal Windows machine from getting impacted, please turn off the Windows feature named:

SMB 1.0/CIFS FILE SHARING SUPPORT. 

1. Click on the Search option and search for "Windows Features" and you will see the result as "Turn Windows Feature on or off"

2. Upon clicking the option, the following screen will be prompted:

3. Untick the box and click "OK"

Please Note:  TURNING THIS FEATURE OFF WILL MAKE YOUR COMPUTER RESTART.

To avoid this virus the best practice would be to follow these instructions for Manhattan College Windows PC's and personal Windows PC's.

Introducing the new Hangouts Meet.

It's easier than ever before to join a video meeting through Google Hangouts.  Not only do you have more options, but a simpler and cleaner interface.  Google Hangouts Meet is now the default video meeting option when creating a meeting in Google Calendar.  

With Google Hangouts Meet, you can hold impromptu video meetings on the go, virtual training classes around the world, remote interviews, and much more. If you have G Suite Enterprise you can host a Hangouts Meet video meeting for up to 30 people at a time, with no time limit. For G Suite Basic and Business, a video meeting may have up to 25 participants.

Get started with
Hangouts Meet

Reposted from Google Meet support:

https://support.google.com/meet/answer/7290445?hl=en

Ransomware Alert - How to Stay Safe

A major ransomware cyber attack has been moving through european countries overnight.  The attack spreads through a combination of phishing and vulnerable unpatched Windows systems.

A number of protections are already in place for important JasperNet services such as Moodle and Self-Service, however, it's important to be vigilant when receiving suspicious or unsolicited messages.  While the spread of the attack has slowed, there is an expectation that the same or similar attack will eventually resume.

What is Ransomware?
In a nutshell, ransomware is a cyber attack that "locks" files on your computer (using encryption) and extorts a ransom payment from the victim to the attacker to unlock (unencrypt) the files.

To read more about this cyber attack, see the link below to Google News:
https://news.google.com/news/section?cf=all&hl=en&pz=1&ned=us&q=Ransomware&ict=clu_top

DLS 210 Computer Lab Imaging and PC Removal

All computers in DLS 210 will be imaged and removed on Monday May 15th in preparation for renovations.  New PCs will be installed over the summer.  Any questions, contact its@manhattan.edu

Planned Outage - Banner & Self-Service

Information Technology Services will be performing Oracle maintenance on our Banner server. This scheduled maintenance will require the server to be off line on May 13th (Saturday) between 10:00pm - 1:00am.  Access to Banner and Self-service will be impacted for 3 hour.

Thank you for your patience during this short outage.

Information Technology Services

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Update:

Completed at ~11:00pm.