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Unsolicited marketing emails re: Harvard website transition project

March 7, 2024

HUIT is aware that some Harvard website owners have received emails from a third-party web development company regarding the ongoing Harvard OpenScholar website transition project.

 

Please note that this company is not affiliated with Harvard or the website transition project. Owners of Harvard OpenScholar websites will be contacted directly...

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Project Delivery Forum - Creative Ideas & Tools Learned from the FAS Data Hub

February 22, 2024

Project Delivery Forum was held on February 22, 2024.

Celeste Scott and Kaitlyn Santa Lucia shared valuable ideas that you can try on your projects to be more effective. We discussed 1) Creative thinking on how to approach a project, 2) Tools that help teams overcome complex problems, and 3) Real stories of how they were applied to scale the FAS Data Hub program.
 

New storage limits from Microsoft and Google

February 16, 2024

Microsoft and Google have announced that they are phasing out free storage for university customers. To prepare, HUIT has partnered with Schools and units to assess the University’s overall storage needs and is rolling out new default storage limits for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace accounts with some exceptions by school. Impacted Schools and units are contacting their affiliates directly to communicate processes to request additional storage or find alternative solutions.

To maximize storage, we recommend that you periodically review and delete files that are no longer...

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Project Delivery Forum - Inside Strategic Procurement

January 11, 2024

Project Delivery Forum was held on January 11, 2024.

The Project Delivery Forum welcomed Kelly Viola from Harvard University Strategic Procurement who shared insider tips on how to be successful with contracts and agreements, plus we navigated the world and jargon of MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, CMS, IP, and SOWs.

 

Google implementing stricter email authentication requirements for bulk senders

December 20, 2023

In February, Google and other email service providers will enforce stricter requirements on senders of bulk mail to help reduce spam and malicious email. To meet these requirements, administrators of email marketing platforms (e.g., Mailchimp, Constant Contact, etc.) need to set up email authentication to avoid disruption in delivery.... Read more about Google implementing stricter email authentication requirements for bulk senders

Update on important change to Harvard OpenScholar websites

December 14, 2023

In May we wrote to let you know that Harvard is transitioning away from the OpenScholar web platform, and that all Harvard OpenScholar websites that are compliant with Terms of Use will be moved to a new platform by November 2025. 

We’re pleased to confirm that most Harvard OpenScholar sites can be automatically migrated to our new HarvardSites Drupal platform.... Read more about Update on important change to Harvard OpenScholar websites