OIT has recently undertaken significant technological upgrades at Gerald J. Ford Stadium to enhance the experience for fans, students, and staff. In collaboration with AT&T, the University has implemented advanced 5G technology to meet the increasing demand for high-speed connectivity during major events. Continue reading Elevating the GameDay Experience: 5G Enhancements at Ford Stadium
Collaboration is driving new innovations to support student success on the Hilltop. A recently developed dashboard is changing the way the University identifies and assists students who may be at risk of not graduating on time. The “Graduation Target Dashboard” brings a fresh approach to monitoring student progress, utilizing predictive analytics and centralized data to provide timely interventions. Continue reading Empowering Student Success: SMU’s New Graduation Tracking Dashboard
On December 26, 2024, SMU will switch to using NetID as the standard username for signing into SMU services. Due to a change in how we authenticate with our Single Sign-on (SSO), using your eight-digit employee ID number to sign in will no longer be possible. We are moving to a more convenient NetID that, for most people at SMU, resembles their email address. With the change less than two weeks away, we encourage everyone to start using their NetID today. Continue reading SMU login credentials are changing soon
We have completed the migration of all users, departments and call queues from Skype to Microsoft Teams. We are now migrating the final batch of accounts, which includes common area phones. Since these phones are not associated with a specific individual, we have published the migration schedule on the project website. The migrations will occur daily for the next two weeks from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. During the migration window, Continue reading Microsoft Teams Phone Migration Update
OIT implemented a Single Sign-On (SSO) service in 2012 using the Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP). Since then, SSO has made accessing SMU services more efficient by reducing the need to log in separately to every online SMU service. Since that introduction, many significant improvements to user authentication technologies have been made. OIT plans to stay ahead of these advancements and introduce new features as they become available.
As part of this commitment, SMU will soon transition to Microsoft Entra ID as our primary SSO service. This change will allow us to Continue reading SMU Moves to Entra ID for Accessing Services
