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Opt in to receive ITS outage notifications via text
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to opt in to a new text message service to receive alerts regarding unexpected technology outages. Opt in by texting DrakeITS2018 to phone number 226787. Text messages will only be sent between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. This new notification system is in addition to ITS’...
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blueView Outage Resolved
Thank you for your patience. ITS has resolved the blueView outage and we have removed the temporary web page. We will continue to monitor the system over the weekend. If you experience issues accessing blueView, please contact the Support Center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue. If you would like to receive...
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Temporary Links to Campus Resources Now Available
ITS staff is still working to restore blueView, but we have now provided access to key campus services including MyDUSIS at blue.drake.edu. From there you will sign in to get access to make payments, view your email, visit Blackboard, view time sheets and leave reports, among other functions. In order to ensure that you can...
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blueView and MyDUSIS Outage Update
ITS is continuing to work on resolving the blueView and MyDUSIS outage. Our focus is on restoring access to key systems. We will continue to keep you posted on progress and will let you know when this outage has been resolved. Thank you for your continued patience. If you’d like to receive these notifications via...
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blueView Outage
Shortly before 11:43 p.m. Thursday evening, ITS identified troubles resulting in a substantial outage of the blueView campus portal. This is affecting all access to blueView; in some cases this is also inhibiting the use of applications normally accessed by clicking through blueView. ITS is diligently working towards a resolution. We will provide updates and...
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VDI Outage Resolved
Thank you for your patience. ITS has now resolved the VDI outage. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the Support Center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue. If you’d like to receive these notifications via text message, opt in by texting DrakeITS2018 to phone number 226787.
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Update on VDI Outage
ITS is continuing to work on resolving the VDI outage. At this time both applications and desktops through the Citrix Receiver client and vdi.drake.edu web storefront should be available on-campus. Neither applications nor desktops will be available from off-campus as we continue to work toward full remediation. We will continue to keep you posted of...
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VDI Outage
At 10:35 a.m., ITS was made aware of a VDI outage. This is preventing people from launching new applications or opening new desktop sessions from Citrix Receiver or the vdi.drake.edu web-based storefront. Applications and desktops that were launched prior to 10:35 a.m. should be unaffected. ITS is diligently working towards a resolution. We will provide...
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Office 365 Account Maintenance
This week ITS is upgrading the system responsible for creation, synchronization, and maintenance of accounts in Office 365. Drake uses Microsoft Office 365 for services including email, calendaring, contacts, and cloud storage. While we don’t anticipate any issues due to this maintenance, it’s possible that a small number of accounts could be briefly disabled. This...