UT Dallas External Phone Calls
OIT is aware of an issue affecting some external calls to the University to be disconnected and is working with Microsoft for a solution. Calls to our Service Desk are functioning normally. We will provide additional details as they become available.
News & Events
Latest News
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Cyberinfrastructure Team Receives $1.4 million NSF Grant to Create New TRECIS Center
A $1.4 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will allow the cyberinfrastructure team in the Office of Information Technology to connect researchers with a larger support network for using supercomputers. The University will hire and train postdoctoral researchers as high-performance computer research facilitators to help researchers at UT Dallas, UT Arlington and UT San Antonio.… Read More
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Upgrade to UT Dallas Virtual Private Network (VPN)
The Office of Information Technology has upgraded the University’s supported Virtual Private Network (VPN) to the Palo Alto Global Protect client. This will replace the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client. If you are still utilizing AnyConnect, please begin using Global Protect as soon as possible. Cisco AnyConnect will stop working at UT Dallas on Wednesday, July… Read More
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University Receiving New Wireless Upgrade
The Office of Information Technology is in the process of upgrading the University’s wireless network solution from Cisco Systems to Mist by Juniper Networks. What is Mist? The Mist platform is a state-of-the-art, innovative approach to wireless that combines Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and data science with the latest wireless technologies. It delivers a… Read More
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Telephone Upgrade & Email Migration
Updated June 23, 2020 The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is excited to announce we are “moving the mark” with Microsoft telephony functionality. On June 1 we began transitioning departments and Colleges to Microsoft Teams Voice and migrating faculty and staff emails to Microsoft 365 Exchange Online (EXO). The efforts will continue through the summer… Read More
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Accessibility Resources for Office 365
All customers in the UT Dallas community were upgraded to Microsoft Teams for instant messaging and collaboration. In addition to the tools that Teams provides, there are also helpful accessibility resources for the features within the Office 365 applications for our customers with low or no vision, and those who are deaf and/or hard of… Read More