Updates
Monday, July 15, 2024
Renew your digital certificates before they expire on July 30. Certain web applications continue to require authentication using a personal certificate rather than Touchstone, so IS&T recommends keeping your MIT certificate up to date.
Friday, June 28, 2024
Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) will begin enabling Touchstone authentication for MIT's Google Workspace for Education service on July 8. IS&T will notify each account by email in advance on their scheduled day that Touchstone authentication will take effect after 5 p.m. that day.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
IS&T will update Touchstone's configuration on June 17 so that all Touchstone-enabled systems will use the new Okta-powered single sign-on service.
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) is retiring MIT's Webex service. No new MIT accounts will be created after June 7 and the service will be retired on August 30, 2024.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) has published initial guidance for the community on the use of tools and services leveraging generative artificial intelligence.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
MIT community members accessing systems using Touchstone and Duo authentication will notice some visual changes and an improved two-factor authentication experience as Information Systems and Technology implements updates to the Institute's single sign-on web authentication service on Friday, March 22, after 6 p.m.
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce the launch of MIT Sites, a new self-service website platform for MIT community members, powered by CampusPress, a WordPress hosting provider specializing in higher education sites.
Monday, December 18, 2023
This past August, Slack announced a significant design update – built to improve focus, organization, and productivity – which has been rolling out to Slack Enterprise users in phases. This redesign arrives at MIT on January 3, 2024.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
On Monday, May 15, computers at MIT running version 10.4.1 of the Code42 backup application will be automatically updated to CrashPlan version 11. This update requires macOS users to grant full-disk access to the CrashPlan application in order to continue backing up successfully.