An Advent Adventure – Stardev Syswars

Posted on 2012-12-01 by John Ireland

On 24th November 2012, sysdev were given an advent calendar by one of their most highly respected and long-standing colleagues. Circumstances mean that we cannot all get together for a daily team meeting over a cup of coffee to open … Continue reading →

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Password-change emails without the taste of phish

Posted on 2011-12-06 by John Ireland

SSO account holders are automatically emailed when their password needs to be changed – but surely any email that says “access to your account will be restricted until you have logged in here <url>” will be counted as a phishing … Continue reading →

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UAS Conference 2011

Posted on 2011-09-29 by John Ireland

Tuesday saw this year’s UAS Conference taking place in the University Examination Schools. This annual event brings together staff from around the University with the aim of exchanging information about things happening in the University Administration and Services Division. OUCS … Continue reading →

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Project MADDOX: Oxford Active Directory

Posted on 2011-07-26 by John Ireland

OUCS has initiated a project to investigate a central Active Directory for Oxford University. This is intended to bring enhanced support for integration of Microsoft AD based environments with central identity and access management services. At a very basic level … Continue reading →

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Service Level Descriptions Updated

Posted on 2011-06-27 by John Ireland

Service Level Descriptions for sysdev-owned services have been updated on the OUCS web site. This is an annual activity, typically falling in May/June, when SLDs for all OUCS services are reviewed, updated, and published. It is an opportunity for us … Continue reading →

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