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MSU IT Council discuss CIO transition, Office 365 progress, IT enterprise stewardship

The MSU IT Council met on August 3. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.

Interim Chief Information Officer Transition

Rob McCurdy was named Interim Chief Information Officer for MSU as of August 1. He plans on continuing the strategy and projects outlined on bolderit.msu.edu. Rob says he looks forward to learning more about the broader MSU culture and being more visible to campus, the IT Exchange group, and the MSU IT Council. Read Full Article →

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MSU IT Council learns about high performance computing; updates on network, Office 365 projects

The MSU IT Council met on March 2. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.

High performance computing & research

Sharan Kalwani, Director of the High Performance Computing Center, presented the services offered by the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (iCER). iCER is designed to help all MSU researchers do their computational work, and when appropriate scale researchers up to a national lab. Read Full Article →

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MSU finalizes campus license agreements on select software

MSU and IT Services have finalized and expanded some recent campus licensing agreements for:

CampusAD

IT Services now centrally funds and manages a Microsoft Windows 2008 Active Directory infrastructure for units on campus. Read Full Article →

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IT Services centrally provides CampusAD, Exchange to MSU units

IT Services now centrally provides Microsoft active directory and Exchange services to MSU departments.

Beginning May 2015, existing department customers were no longer billed for these services.

CampusAD

CampusAD is a Microsoft Windows 2008 Active Directory infrastructure for units on campus. This authentication directory supports enterprise systems (e.g., file and print servers), provides contact information and scheduling integration, and offers mechanisms for centralized desktop management. Read Full Article →