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Report suspicious emails from your McGill Inbox

webfull — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:06:47 +0000

You can quickly report a suspicious email using the Report Junk or Report Phishing buttons available in Microsoft Outlook, whether you’re using the desktop app, mobile app, or Outlook on the web.

Published: 11 September 2025

��Ƭ��֦��Ƶ lock screen image on McGill-managed computers

webfull — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:07:11 +0000

French follows...

We are excited to announce a new look coming to the Windows lock screen on computers managed by IT Customer Services (ICS).

Published: 11 September 2025

Resolved: Login Issue Alert – Minerva/INB (Banner)

webfull — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:26:14 +0000

Update - Resolved:

The login issue affecting some users in Minerva/INB (Banner) has now been resolved. Access should be functioning normally. Thank you for your patience while we worked to restore service.

Original message:

Some users are currently experiencing login issues with Minerva/INB (Banner). Our technicians are actively investigating the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Published: 10 September 2025

Login Issue Alert – Minerva/INB (Banner)

webfull — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:03:01 +0000

Some users are currently experiencing login issues with Minerva/INB (Banner). Our technicians are actively investigating the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Published: 8 September 2025

Phishing scam: McGill Notice, Action Required

webfull — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:38:16 +0000

A phishing email is circulating among the McGill community. See details below. If you receive it, please do not interact with it.

If you already clicked on a link or submitted personal information (including your McGill password):

Published: 3 September 2025

Ban of DeepSeek on McGill devices / Interdiction d'utilisation de DeepSeek sur les appareils de McGill

webfull — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:43:44 +0000

This message is published on behalf of Paul Chamberland, Chief Information Officer & Associate Vice-Principal IT Services. / Ce message publié au nom de Paul Chamberland, Dirigeant Principal de l’Information & Vice-recteur associé, Service des TI.

Le français suit.

Dear members of the McGill community,

Published: 14 April 2025

Secure version of Microsoft Copilot available to McGill community!

webfull — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 18:01:50 +0000

McGill offers a secure version of Microsoft Copilot Chat that protects our data using Commercial or Enterprise Data Protection (secure). Microsoft Copilot Chat, formerly known as Bing Chat or Bing Chat for Enterprise, is an AI tool built into Microsoft Edge.

By engaging with the Microsoft Copilot AI chatbot, you can:

Published: 27 June 2024

Elevating security by enhancing 2FA

webfull — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:25:17 +0000

In McGill’s ongoing efforts to strengthen our security, we will continue to introduce enhancements to Microsoft Authenticator, including:

Published: 15 November 2023

Important update: retirement of wiki feature in Microsoft Teams as of Jan. 2024

webfull — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:32:20 +0000

Are you the owner of an MS Teams workspace featuring a wiki tab, typically used for meeting notes?

If so, we would like to inform you about a significant change concerning the wiki feature (usually used for meeting notes) in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft has announced that as of January 2024, the wiki feature will be retired and replaced by OneNote.

In this article:

How does this affect you?

Actions you will need to take

Steps to export wiki content to OneNote

Published: 10 November 2023

VPN UPDATE: Cisco AnyConnect has been replaced by Cisco Secure Client

webfull — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 19:31:20 +0000

The way we currently access McGill’s VPN (via Cisco AnyConnect) has been replaced by Cisco Secure Client. Cisco Secure Client is an upgraded version of Cisco AnyConnect and offers enhanced features, security and performance.

Published: 27 September 2023