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As communicated on February 12, the Office 365 employee email investigation recommendation to proceed with a staged migration of the majority of employee email to the Microsoft Office 365 cloud environment was approved. In collaboration with Microsoft, Information Systems & Technology (IST) has carefully assessed the requirements for O365 deployment and is prepared to begin scheduling the migration of the University faculties.

Applied Health Sciences staff, faculty and graduate students will have their email accounts migrated between 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Septemeber 17, September 24 and October 1. Individuals can expect to receive an email notification from IST with confirmation of migration date/time, what to expect on the migration day, post-migration steps, and other important notes

IST Security reports that the University of Waterloo is currently under attack from two email campaigns. One is an extortion campaign using compromised passwords from some other compromised site.

If you currently use that password elsewhere, you should change your password for those services/sites. Do not respond to the scam. Delete the email or forward it as an attachment to soc@uwaterloo.ca.

Learn more about cyber security best practices: https://uwaterloo.ca/cyber-awareness/

There has been an increased volume of COVID-19 related phishing emails being sent to members of the University. These phishing attacks are expected to continue in the foreseeable future. Please be vigilant and read emails carefully before responding.

Suspected fraud attempts should be reported to the Security Operations Centre at soc@uwaterloo.ca. Reports of successful fraud should be directed to UW Police Services at uwpolice@uwaterloo.ca.

Visit the University’s Coronavirus Information website for information and updates: https://uwaterloo.ca/coronavirus/

The original VPN profile is potentially at capacity. When attempting to connect to the VPN, users are having their wireless connection drop. Try disconnecting from the UW-Campus Group then from the dropdown select UW-General-Campus and updating t he VPN software.