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Critical Zoom Update

June 2, 2022
  OIT strongly recommends that everyone upgrade to the newest version of Zoom, which includes critical security updates that will keep your meetings secure.   Updating Zoom is a simple, two-step process.    If you find that your version of Zoom does not...
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Janus VPN Shutdown

May 26, 2022
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) will be shutting down the legacy Janus VPN service at 6:00am on June 8th 2022. The Janus system was originally slated to be taken offline in 2020 but the decommission of the system was pushed back to avoid disruptions to work during the COVID-19...
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Foreign Sanction Impacts on Duo Two-Factor Authentication

May 12, 2022
UC Merced users traveling abroad should be aware of the impact of this change. Starting May 5, 2022, UC Merced’s two-factor authentication (2FA) tool, Duo, began blocking authentications from users whose IP address originates in a country or region subject to economic and trade sanctions...

Alert: Atlassian Account Claim

January 28, 2022
What's Happening? The UC Merced Office of Information Technology (OIT) uses Atlassian-owned services BitBucket, Jira, and Confluence for several business-related purposes. In the coming weeks, we will integrate the UC Merced Single Sign On to our instances of these platforms to enhance...

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