ITS is pleased to offer Weill Cornell Medicine access to Microsoft Teams, a new chat and collaboration tool. Part of Office 365, Microsoft Teams allows you to build virtual "Teams" to collaborate, share information, and connect with your peers and colleagues.

With Microsoft Teams, you can:

Connect instantly: Instant message one-to-one or with a group

Reduce email clutter: Turn cumbersome email threads into quick chats

ITS is kicking off October by promoting National Cyber Security Awareness Month! Throughout the month, we’ll be providing helpful tips on how you can keep your accounts – both institutional and personal – safe from unauthorized users.
 
You can find our tips in several places:

Phishing, vishing, smishing – words that sound like they’re straight out of a whimsical Dr. Seuss book, but that can have a very detrimental impact on your personal life if you encounter them.

You’re likely already familiar with phishing, which are attempts by hackers to gain access to your personal information via fraudulent emails. However, email solicitation is just the tip of the iceberg.

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure we have the resources you need to maintain your security online.

Throughout October, we’ll be sending you tips on protecting your information and avoiding malicious attempts to extract your personal data.

Join us for a great new schedule of demonstrations for faculty, staff, and students. Each week, our experts will showcase various software and tools, and answer your questions on how these resources can help you with your work at WCM. 

Upcoming schedule and topics

During the month of October, we’ll be hosting these topics:

This month, Apple will be releasing their new operating system, macOS Catalina. ITS has been testing the new macOS to ensure its compatibility with WCM standard applications.

Should I upgrade my work computer to the new macOS Catalina 10.15?

We highly recommend waiting to upgrade due to some issues reported in Apple community forums. If you still want to upgrade or have already upgraded, please review these important notes: 

Our online training library, Lynda.com, is now LinkedIn Learning! This upgrade completes a transition made several years ago when LinkedIn purchased Lynda.com. You’ll still maintain access to the same great learning content, just under a different name. 

What’s new? 

With LinkedIn Learning, you’ll have access to thousands of tutorials and courses on a variety of topics, from technology to business skills. However, you may notice two things: 

ITS is pleased to announce the beta launch of a new cloud storage tool, Microsoft OneDrive. OneDrive lets you store, share, and collaborate on files in the cloud, saving your valuable hard drive space. It also integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Office.

OneDrive is the preferred method for storing WCM high-risk data, like PHI and PII. In this beta launch it can be used to share files with Weill Cornell Medicine students, staff, and faculty. We are working rapidly to evolve the service, and enable additional features such as external sharing with affiliates like NYP.