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We get it — being part of the U community is an honor, but it often involves related expenses. Good news ... UIT’s Office of Software Licensing has negotiated campus agreements with top software vendors to provide students, faculty, and staff access to certain products for free or a reduced price.

All University of Utah faculty, staff, and students and University of Utah Health personnel will be moved to an upgraded version of Microsoft Teams in March. Microsoft will retire the “classic” version of Teams on March 31, 2024.

Microsoft Copilot, a generative artificial intelligence chat platform, is currently available at no cost to University of Utah and University of Utah Health staff and faculty. Students in degree-granting programs will have access beginning in February 2024.

After careful review, the university has selected and made available certain software platforms that, when used properly, protect restricted and sensitive data and are suitable for common use cases among campus users.

Users who have surpassed their allotted university Google Workspace storage limit must reduce their storage use to the appropriate level or pay for additional U of U Google Workspace storage as soon as possible.

UIT's Office of Software Licensing (OSL) has negotiated campus agreements with several software vendors to provide students, faculty, and staff access to certain products at no (or a greatly reduced) cost.

Financial Services wishes to remind UShop users that they must complete its software purchase request form for all new and renewal software, web-based applications, and mobile application acquisitions — regardless of cost.

Starting this week, UIT will begin the university-wide migration of Skype for Business chat and collaboration and voice accounts to Microsoft Teams. UIT’s Account Executives will work directly with departments that depend on Skype for Business for voice services and conference rooms.

FormAssembly, the new cloud service replacing UIT’s current form creation and management tool, will empower Omni CMS users to create and update their forms, and embed them in their websites.

Whether you are a new or returning student, faculty member, or staff member, these five IT resources/services will prepare you for the year ahead and set you up for success.