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The Faculty & Staff community in myFSU portal opened April 22, 2013. myFSU portal is a personalized gateway into important online tools and applications at FSU. Faculty and staff can use the portal to view personal HR data, manage work lists and access other job-specific applications and links.

myFSU Student Central is Florida State University’s new comprehensive, integrated student information system. The web-based system manages all student academic, financial and personal information, and it has been rolling-out in phases since late last fall.

SkyDrive for Live Mesh customers

Windows Live Mesh will be retired on February 13, 2013. After this date, remote desktop and peer-to-peer syncing will stop working. The folders you synced to online storage for Mesh, called “Mesh synced storage” or “SkyDrive synced storage,” will no longer be available...

Florida State University will observe Winter Break from December 24, 2012 through January 1, 2013.

On Thursday, December 27th, 2012, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Information Technology Services (ITS) will  update the faculty and staff email system. During this time-frame, intermittent connectivity issues may be experienced.   Read more...

After-hours support information can be found at http://its.fsu.edu/Request-Support/AfterHours.
 
Throughout the maintenance time period, email service status updates will be posted on the IT Newsfeed.

Florida State University is about to get a throttle boost thanks to a National Science Foundation grant. The grant will fund the development of the Nolenet Express-lane, a dedicated, high-speed pipeline that will speed up data transmission rates among Florida State University researchers and their collaborators.

During the break, on Thursday, December 27th, 2012, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Information Technology Services (ITS) will  update the faculty and staff email system. During this timeframe, intermittent connectivity issues may be experienced.

Information Technology Services (ITS) is proud to provide access to online software training through lynda.com- offering over 1,500 software courses and 81,000 tutorials - to all faculty, staff, and students of Florida State University.

Addressing downtime associated with the network.

The process for updating departmental directory information has changed.  Please have a representative of your area review the directory listings found at http://fsu.edu/directories/Departments.  Instructions for updating your listings can be found by selecting the link at the bottom of this page.

Information Technology Services (ITS) at Florida State University has launched the latest version of the myFSU Mobile app for Apple mobile devices. The updated version has four new features, which will enhance existing features such as Blackboard Learn, Athletics, News and Dining Information.

myFSU (@my.fsu.edu) is a hosted solution provided by Microsoft that provides e-mail, communication and collaboration services to FSU students and alumni. Florida State University, thanks in part to the University’s Student Technology Fee, provides students and alumni.

At The Florida State University, all faculty and staff are issued an official email account, hosted on Microsoft Exchange 2010.

Information Technology Services is pleased to announce the replacement of the current (Legacy) Tallahassee main campus voicemail system.

Information Technology Services is offering instructions to assist in configuring email client programs to avoid unwanted email and ensure that official FSU email is received.

Information Technology Services (ITS) at Florida State University has launched the latest version of the myFSU Mobile app for Apple mobile devices. The updated version has four new features, which will enhance existing features such as Blackboard Learn, Athletics, News and Dining Information.

ITS is pleased to announce a virtualized computer lab environment branded myFSUVLab. This service allows any student or employee 24/7 remote access to most of our campus computer lab software.

Information Technology Services (ITS) at Florida State University has launched a new public events calendar. Synchronizing with department calendars and adding events to calendars is now a streamlined process.

Information Technology Services has completed the student/alumni transition to the new enhanced myFSU email system (http://fsu.edu/myFSU). 

Information Technology Services is pleased to announce a significant change regarding email services to the University community. Campus-wide migration to a unified Microsoft Exchange 2010 platform is scheduled to be fully implemented over the upcoming winter break, beginning at 6PM on December 23, 2011.  Please note that email services for ALL faculty, staff, and retirees will be affected during the migration. Employees will have access to their FSU email during the winter break, but there will be periodic service interruptions during the transition process.

Last week’s winner was Shelly Murawski, a Management major, minoring in Hospitality. Students are entered into weekly drawings this semester for XBox games and other giveaways when they activate their myFSU accounts. A grand Prize drawing for a XBOX 360 Kinect Bundle will be held on 12/2/11. Activated accounts are already entered to win. Many more winners yet to come…

Announce of the new FSU Service Center

Now Available: 

FSU scores, campus news, maps, library, contact info + more, and it’s FREE.

Want to stay in touch with Florida State University wherever you are? FSU Mobile is the app for that. From sports schedules & scores to campus news & maps to library info and contacts, FSU Mobile is the answer! Download now and get FSU in the palm of your hand. It’s official and it’s FREE.

Learn More about FSU Mobile app...

In a continuing effort to improve internal security, accountability, and access controls within FSU’s student administrative computer applications, ITS implemented a new procedure for managing NWRDC accounts and access to FSUID applications as of July 1, 2011. The old process to request or remove an account at NWRDC required the submission of one or more online forms. Similarly, the FSU identity management applications also required a hard copy form. Now requests for a NWRDC account and requests for FSU identity management applications have been streamlined via eORR, OMNI's electronic online role request process.

Information Technology Services is pleased to announce that Ruston Keeton is the winner of the myFSU activation drawing. Keeton, a graduate student, will receive a brand new Xbox 360 gaming system courtesy of Microsoft's Live@edu.

To activate your myFSU account go to: fsu.edu/myFSU.

Information Technology Services (ITS) recently launched an enhanced email, communication and collaboration services platform for students and alumni, which includes popular features such as a 10GB lifetime @my.fsu.edu email account;  7GB of cloud-based file storage; online PC backup/synchronization utilities; online collaboration tools; online MS Office Web Applications; and mobile access to FSU email and more. The new platform, branded myFSU, is the result of an innovative partnership with Microsoft Live@edu that will provide the University with a lifetime communication link to alumni.

Information Technology Services is pleased to announce the FSUSecure wireless network.

In partnership with FSU Purchasing, Information Technology Services (ITS) strategically negotiated with vendors to receive lower hardware pricing and associated software maintenance fees.

A mobile application, or more commonly known as an “app,” has just been developed with the technical assistance of ITS which offers amazingly convenient access to the latest campus news, maps, dining and retail locations and hours, and much more.

If your office isn’t already taking advantage of ITS’ virtual machine and storage services, now is the time to reconsider.