By Ryan Turcotte
On Tuesday March 15th, BUMC Wireless Networks will be unavailable from 5 am to 5:30 am
On Tuesday March 15th, the BUMC wireless networks will be unavailable starting at 5 am for 15 to 30 minutes while routine maintenance work is completed.
This will impact campus Wi-Fi in all Medical Campus facilities that have the “BU (802.1x)”, “BU Guest (unencrypted)” and “eduroam” wireless networks, including the Medical Student Residence at 815 Albany Street.
Please plan your use of the campus Wi-Fi accordingly. For questions or concerns, contact the BUMC IT Service Desk at 617-358-4540.
BUMC Wireless Networks Unavailable on Sunday December 19th from 5am-8am
On Sunday December 19th, BUMC Wireless Networks will be intermittently unavailable from 5AM-8AM due to maintenance work.
For questions or concerns, contact BUMC IT Service Desk at 617-358-4540.
Tips for using Healthway and Duo on iPhone
Here's some tips for completing your Healthway daily health attestations faster.
iPhone
You can complete your health attestation quicker if you do the following described below:
- When using Duo two-factor authentication, click "remember every 30 days"
- Add the Healthway website to your Home Screen.
Duo: Remember every 30 days
If using Safari on an iPhone, Duo's "remember me for 30 days" may not work correctly unless you do this one thing.
- In the Settings app, scroll down and press Safari.
- In the Safari menu, scroll down until you see "Prevent Cross-Site Tracking" and make sure it is disabled like below(not green).
After doing this, log back into Healthway normally. http://bu.edu/healthway, click on "Go Now" under Faculty Staff. At the Duo screen, click the tiny checkbox for "Remember me for 30 days", it should stay on that webpage and you can then complete the Duo two-factor authorization. The next time you log-in to Healthway, it should skip the Duo two-factor authentication step.
Add to Home Screen
Once you get to the main screen of Healthway, click the Share button at the bottom of the screen (square with an arrow pointing up). Scroll through the list that appears and choose Add to Home Screen, and it will show up like an app on your phone which can be moved wherever you like.
BUMC IT switching to Internal Service Requests for payments
Starting November 1st 2015, BUMC IT will switch to using Internal Service Requests (ISR) via BUWorks as a form of payment for BUMC IT services that include SAS, Freezer Pro, and Adobe Connect. Department Admins who have access to ISR’s should be able to see the Provider BUMC Information Technology as an option under the ISR fields to pay.
Click here for detailed information on filling out an ISR for BUMC IT Services.
If you have any questions feel free to contact the BUMC Service Desk at 617-638-5914 for more info.
SAS Renewals Begin
SAS renewals have begun for the 2014-2015 school year.
SAS users who need to download or renew SAS for 2015 should put in a request at our SAS webpage.
Renewal files for SAS 9.1.3, 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4 are available. Downloads for SAS 9.1.3, 9.3, and 9.4 are available.
The installers for SAS 9.3 and 9.4 have been updated to contain the latest versions of SAS. Existing SAS users may want to consider downloading these new installers to get the latest updates.
For more detailed information about obtaining SAS, please check our SAS webpage. If you still have questions, contact the BUMC IT Service Desk at 617-638-5914 or bumchelp@bu.edu
Information Security Awareness Week; Free Secure Shredding and Hard Drive Disposal
BUMC IT and Information Security is sponsoring several events on the BU Medical Campus Oct. 9 and 11, so mark your calendar. This coincides with Information Security Awareness Week!
Secure Shredding
Take this opportunity to get sensitive papers out of your office and get them properly destroyed. A shredding truck will be on the BU Medical Campus located between BUSM and BUSPH, adjacent to Talbot Green, Oct. 9, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. BUMC IT and Information Security personnel will be available to accept custody of your sensitive paper documents and ensure they are immediately shredded. CDs or old floppy disks will also be accepted and destroyed.
Hard Drive and Computer Disposal
Personnel will also be available to answer questions about computer and IT security, and will accept old computers and hard drives at a table near the Shredding truck on Wednesday, Oct. 9 and in the BUSM lobby Friday, Oct. 11, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
If you have questions or need more information about this event contact the BUMC IT Service Desk at 617 638-5914 or email bumchelp@bu.edu.
SAS available in early September
Thanks for your interest in downloading SAS. We are currently in the final steps of renewing our site license for 2013-2014.
Beginning August 15th, current SAS users will be notified that your license has expired. However, the current installation will continue to work until November 13th.
In early September we expect to receive renewal files and new downloads for SAS 9.3 and will update the website when they become available.
In late September, we will also have available the latest and greatest version of SAS, version 9.4. Click here for more information about SAS 9.4 on the SAS website.
If you need assistance with a brand new SAS installation (not a renewal) between now and early September, please contact the Service Desk at 617-638-5914 or submit a Service Request. Otherwise, please wait until early September when we will have information available about renewing SAS for the upcoming school year.
Thanks for your patience,
BUMC IT
Ongoing Thursday Morning BUMC Computer Patching
Every Thursday morning from 2 a.m. – 6 a.m., all BUMC Computers configured for Standard Patching will be rebooted to perform updates on Windows, Mac OS X, Microsoft Office, Adobe, Java and other software applications.
Please leave your computer on Wednesday nights so patching can occur. Make sure you save any open documents before you leave for the day. If you have a laptop, leave it plugged in and the lid open.
You will be reminded with a pop-up (see below) on your desktop Wednesday afternoon. If you do not receive a pop-up then your computer is excluded from updates or does not have BUMC Asset Management software on it (Dell KACE). If you would like your computer included or excluded from our Standard Patching or have other questions about this process please contact the Service Desk at (617) 638-5914.
BUMC Computer Maintenance Overnight on February 13th
On Thursday, February 14th from 2 a.m. – 6 a.m. all BUMC Desktops set for Standard Patching will be rebooted to perform updates on Windows, Mac OS X, Microsoft Office, and various third-party software. For a complete listing of the patches applied, see the Patch Listing page on Tech Web.
Please leave your computer on Wednesday night so patching can occur. You will be reminded with a pop-up (see below) on your desktop Wednesday afternoon. If you do not receive a pop-up then your computer is excluded from updates or does not have BUMC Asset Management software on it (Dell Kace). If you have questions please contact BUMC IT Service Desk (617) 638-5914
Our standard patching window going forward will be Thursday mornings from 2 a.m. - 6 a.m. (note that reboots should only happen once a month during Windows updates).
Welcome, Eran!
Earlier this month Eran Spira joined our team at BUMC IT as Client Support Specialist.
Eran was a student employee at Berklee Student Computer Support Center where he provided Level 1 & 2 support on a wide variety of issues on Apple devices. Prior to that he worked for several years at BUG MultiSystem, the largest retail chain in Israel of computer and IT products. While at the company he performed a variety of tasks including hardware and software troubleshooting, repair, and installation for a predominantly PC user base and was later promoted to branch manager.
He is enrolled at Berklee College of Music studying contemporary writing and production. Eran hopes to complete his BA this May. Give him a call at the Service Desk and say hi!