Zoom Meeting Security

Please visit our Zoom Meeting Best Practices guide to ensure the privacy and security of your Zoom meetings. Using meeting passwords, keeping Zoom meeting links private (do not post them to a public website or social media), setting screen sharing to ‘Host-Only’, and more are covered in the Best Practices guide.

April 9: PaperCut Maintenance

Washington University Information Technology will be performing maintenance on the PaperCut application, which will cause PaperCut to be intermittently unavailable between April 9th, at 7:00 pm,  and April 10th, at 1:00am. We appreciate your patience as we enhance our services.

April 5: Network Maintenance affecting the Lofts at WashU

Washington University Information Technology will be performing maintenance on the Fiber optic network cabling which services the Lofts at WashU, which will cause the WashU Network, Phones, and WiFi to be unavailable on April 5, between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Affected Building Addresses 6200 Enright 6255 Delmar 6263 Delmar 6300 Enright We appreciate your […]

Intermittent Outages Detected affecting Multiple Websites

Washington University Information Technology has detected an issue where multiple university websites are experiencing intermittent outages. We are investigating the issue and will provide updates as they become available. We appreciate your patience as we work to restore service. Visit our Status Page for the current status of WashU IT services.

Updates to Zoom Screen Sharing

As of March 26th, in response to recent incidents of Zoombombing, Zoom has updated the default screen sharing settings for education accounts to “host only”. This new setting gives hosts sole permission to share content within their meetings.  However, hosts still have the ability to edit this setting and allow participants to share in meetings. […]

March 17: Network Upgrades in St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Washington University Information Technology will be upgrading a network device in St. Louis Children’s Hospital to improve network performance on March 17, between 4:00 and 7:00 a.m. This upgrade will cause the wired Network and Phones to be briefly unavailable, approximately 5 minutes per floor, during the maintenance window on March 17, between 4:00 and […]

March 11: McMillan Hall Network Device Maintenance

Washington University Information Technology will replace network equipment supporting one of the McMillan Hall basement telecom rooms on March 11 from 5:30 to 6:00 a.m. While we do not anticipate an interruption in service, there is a slight possibility that the Network, Wireless, and Phones could be unavailable for approximately 10 minutes during the maintenance […]

March 14: West Campus Data Center Air Conditioning & UPS Maint

Washington University Information Technology and Facilities will perform maintenance at the West Campus Data Center on both the Air Conditioning and the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) on Saturday, March 14, between 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. There is no anticipated service interruption associated with these maintenance activities. Maintenance Being Performed Air Conditioning (AC) Uninterruptible Power […]

March 11: Safety Presentation for 4480

We are pleased to announce that on March 11, from 8:30-9:30am, WUSM Protective Services will be in the 4480 Training Room presenting on personal safety, methods of de-escalation for situations, and maintaining security for 4480 Clayton. Presenters: Caitlin Courson An investigator with Protective Services, she has been with Protective Services for almost a year. Caitlin […]

March 9: Windows 10 Feature Update Available in Software Center

In an effort to keep computers secure in an environment with ever more sophisticated security attacks, Microsoft releases feature updates for Windows 10.  These updates keep computers safe from attacks and allows users to take advantage of new features and functionality. Windows 10 Feature Update Version 1909 is now available in Software Center for you […]