News and Announcements

  • WiscChat will be turned off on June 30, 2019   Jun 18, 2019, 2:13 PM CDT

    Effective June 30, 2019, the WiscChat service will be turned off and individuals using their UW-Madison email address to authenticate into their desktop chat client will not be able to login. Targeted communication was sent to these individuals on June 17th. 

  • Learn how DMARC will affect UW-Madison email marketing campaigns   Jan 31, 2019, 3:15 PM CDT
    The UW-Madison Office 365 team, in collaboration with the Office of Cybersecurity, will rollout Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) to campus to help protect your email marketing campaigns and your recipients from spam, spoofing, and phishing in July 2019. You are encouraged to proactively implement DMARC policy for your department’s subdomain before this date. Learn more about the UW-Madison DMARC project.
  •  New SMTP Relay support for AWS and Email List and Marketing Best Practices   May 10, 2018, 9:37 AM CDT
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  • Office 365 - Working with cloud service vendors   Apr 21, 2017, 9:48 AM CDT
    Vendors of cloud services often make changes to their services without providing significant advance notice. It’s important for the UW tech support and end users to realize the ways that changes to Office 365 can occur. Read more for additional information.
  • UW-Madison sees an increase in phishing attempts   Apr 21, 2017, 9:48 AM CDT
    Recently, UW-Madison has seen an increase in attempts to obtain NetID and password credentials from UW-Madison students, faculty, and staff via email. To avoid falling victim to a phishing scam, never respond to an email that asks for your password, and only enter your NetID and password if you recognize the campus NetID login screen. 
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