We're investigating reports of issues accessing Microsoft 365 services. Please see MO1022159 in the admin center for more information.

After an extended period of monitoring, we've confirmed that the service has successfully recovered following our fix. For more details, please see MO1022159 in the MIcrosoft 365 admin center.

👋 We are retiring our Teaching Matters X account. This account will no longer be monitored. For the latest Teaching Matters blog posts and news, please follow us: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/teachi… LinkedIn newsletter: edin.ac/3ZeuFiu Instagram: uoe_teaching Thank you!

Want to know how you can use Jira in the workplace? Look no further than this interview with an experienced user. Find out tips, tricks, and how others use Jira: information-services.ed.ac.uk/an-interview-w…

Pure, the University’s Current (RIS), has been moved from on premise to hosted in the Cloud, saving costs, enhancing security, and reducing time staff spend on maintenance. Find out more: information-services.ed.ac.uk/hosting-pure-i…

Over the past few months, Jira has undergone two major upgrades. From better user experience to enhanced security and general efficiency, these upgrades are key to the running of the service. Read all about it: information-services.ed.ac.uk/successfully-u…

A new SharePoint Solution, integrated with Pure, has been implemented for the storing and management of research impact evidence records for all University Schools and Colleges 🗞️. Read all about the amazing work here: information-services.ed.ac.uk/using-sharepoi…

Congrats Tracey Madden, Learning Technology Advisor, EDE Learning, Teaching and Web Tracey created a study on #Scottish British Sign Language users, with #statistics, sourcing #ScottishCensus data to complete the Developing Your Data Skills Programme. Well-done Tracey! 🎉

As of 8.15am this morning, Information Services are seeing unavailability for all ed.ac.uk websites, which is causing a lack of access to services such as MyEd, UniDesk, the VPN, Learn and more, including the main Uni website. This is being investigated urgently.

The Network team are still investigating this morning's outage, but Information Services are now seeing services all coming back online in the last short while.

Fantastic news! The Events Management Community is a finalist in the 2025 Scottish Event Awards🥳. From inductions to sustainability conferences, it is a haven for event managers and planners. Read all about this brilliant nomination: information-services.ed.ac.uk/emc-finalist-f…

Retain is a key application to help the University manage Health and Safety related data. With ColdFusion reaching its end of life, it has been migrated to Python, ensuring the data remains safe and secure🔑: information-services.ed.ac.uk/migrating-reta…

This Wednesday (16 April), a new set of Email Security policies will be implemented ✉️. This will help users across the University using Microsoft 365 by improving the filtering and checking of emails 🔐. Find out more and what to expect: information-services.ed.ac.uk/we-are-improvi…

The University uses Kinetic Solutions to help accommodation management🛌. To ensure this continues, a new contract has been signed between us and Kinetic, keeping daily management for Estates effective and running as smoothly as possible. Find out more: information-services.ed.ac.uk/using-kinetic-…

We're investigating an issue in which some admins are unable to access the Microsoft 365 admin center. Please go to status.cloud.microsoft for more information, or follow MO1056087 if the admin center is accessible to you.

A semi-automated solution is in the works by Apps to help the teaching offices in CAHSS manage the workload of preparing, sending, and checking mailing lists📧. This will save a lot of time and extra effort! Read all about it: information-services.ed.ac.uk/automating-sch…

The student experience is a key part of the University 😀. To help make a good Welcome Week 2025 for incoming students, applications will be working with Careers to support the successful delivery of the Making Transitions Personal Review. Find out more: information-services.ed.ac.uk/supporting-a-s…

Want to know how you can integrate Jira into Miro? Look no further than our latest user experience article. Find out all about how integrating Jira into Miro can help the management of complex projects in a collaborative and remote environment: information-services.ed.ac.uk/taking-advanta…

There is always so much news about the EMC, but it has never had the proper introduction it deserves...until now! Read all about the EMC, how it started, what it does, and the latest of their fantastic initiatives: blogs.ed.ac.uk/applications/w…

Keeping our fingers crossed for tonight! 🤞