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Tagged: Microsoft 365
Teaching and Learning Tool Updates for Spring 2025
Randi Honkonen|January 2, 2025Microsoft 365 Authentication Changes
Sydney Kuehn|April 26, 2024At 9 p.m. on Monday, May 6, 2024, OTDI will be removing certain authentication options to log in to Microsoft 365. This will not affect any BuckeyePass registered options. Users who have registered via Microsoft 365 to authenticate with Text, Phone, Microsoft Authenticator, etc may experience a brief outage if they attempt to log in during the maintenance as we remove these as options to authenticate.
Change to Timeout Default Settings in Microsoft Web Apps
Stacie Nelson|February 1, 2024Beginning February 9, 2024, Microsoft is changing how Microsoft 365 web apps âtimeout’ in your browser.
Mastering Microsoft 365: Explore Training Resources for Your Team
Beth Varcho|September 21, 2023Many within the university community are still trying to adapt to the sharing and collaboration features in Microsoft 365. To help everyone to feel comfortable enough with these tools to fully take advantage of them, the university has been offering training sessions over the last few years to help everyone learn about M365 applications.
Microsoft 365 to Prompt Sign-in Beginning July 31
Stacie Nelson|July 17, 2023The OTDI team works regularly to enhance IT services at the university. One of the most recent enhancements includes moving to a new policy for Microsoft 365. This new policy will allow faculty, staff, and students to access more Microsoft 365 applications and features in the future.
Learn to Use Microsoft 365 at Instructor-Led Training in June
Beth Varcho|May 30, 2023Need to learn more about using Microsoft 365? Then mark your calendars for June 13-14! Microsoft will be presenting Microsoft Academy, an instructor-led online training. The training is open only to university employees and is a free to attend. Attendees must register for both days.
Upcoming Enhancements and Changes for Microsoft 365
Richard Hunter|March 1, 2023This post summarizes enhancements and changes that Microsoft is making to Microsoft 365, mostly within the next 90 days, which will include changes to Outlook and Microsoft Teams.
Outlook for Windows: Signature cloud syncing, rollout will be complete by April
New Features Help You do More in Microsoft 365
Beth Varcho|January 23, 2023Over the next several weeks, Microsoft is making some changes to Microsoft 365, which include changes to Viva Briefings and Office Mobile and feature enhancements and retirements in Microsoft Teams.
New Year, New Updates to eLearning Tools
Randi Honkonen|January 9, 2023As you settle into a new semester at Ohio State, be sure to review the latest updates from the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI). Learn more about new accessibility features added to CarmenZoom; check out a few improvements in CarmenCanvas as well as official guidance for proctoring; remind your students to renew their Adobe licenses; and learn about changes for accessing important software like Minitab.
Register Now for New In-Person Microsoft Azure Training; Class Size Limited
Beth Varcho|January 5, 2023We have seen an enthusiastic response from Ohio State faculty and staff Azure users interested in participating in an in-person AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) class at the Microsoft office in Columbus. The original class on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. is nearly full. A second session has been added on Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.