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Note: Sessions are full. Recordings will be made available on our WashU M365 Training & Resources page by mid-January. Excel training will be offered again in March.  Training for Microsoft Excel will be offered in January. There will be both hands-on sessions for beginners and demonstrations for more advanced users.  Inspired by conversations with campus partners […]

WashU is excited to offer secure, scalable, cost-effective, unified API (Application Programming Interface) access to cutting-edge generative AI models. Designed for faculty, researchers and staff, the platform supports integration with sandboxed endpoints hosted within WashU’s Azure tenant, which is approved for sensitive data, including HIPAA and FERPA.  This will result in ease of access to powerful […]

To receive mandatory security updates and check in with inventory systems, all WashU computers must be powered on at least once a month and connected to the system’s network at a campus location or through VPN.  Non-compliance means a device will not receive mandatory, critical security updates. This affects performance, security compliance and could result […]

WashU IT has changed the default behavior for how individuals outside of WashU join Microsoft Teams meetings. Previously individuals in other organizations using Teams might have been held “in the lobby” until a meeting participant admitted them.  This setting was changed on November 24, allowing individuals from trusted organizations, such as BJC, to bypass the lobby […]

WashU IT Research Infrastructure Services (RIS) new Compute2 high-performance computing cluster is already driving faster, more efficient research across disciplines. For one researcher, Yuanjian Zhang, working on global atmospheric simulations, the upgrades have made a measurable impact.  “Compute2 features the latest Intel Emerald Rapids CPUs, which are about 30 percent faster than those on Compute1,” […]