Due to Microsoft's global policy changes, the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ is required to significantly reduce Microsoft 365 cloud storage usage across campus. This change applies to all user groups, including employees, students, alumni, retirees, and generic accounts.
IST is enabling sensitivity labels in the Microsoft 365 environment. These labels will be required for all files stored in OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams, as well as all emails sent using Outlook.
All office phones, Skype phones and Skype for business will be eliminated effective March 31, 2025.
The University will decommissionWatSAFE, both the mobile app and desktop notifications, by the end of February 2025.
University’s central WebEx service, uwaterloo.webex.com, will be decommissioned April 30, 2025
The University has reached its current storage limit for Webex recordings, therefore cloud storage is no longer available.
On October 1, 2024, we will retire the WatSAFE app and replace it with the Regroup Mobile app. This change is part of a new, integrated Emergency Notification System (ENS) which will be fully implemented by October 1, 2024.Â
‘Mail Routing Address’ field in WatIAM will no longer permit adding a non-UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ email address (e.g., Gmail) or changing it to be empty.
Classic Teams will be retired by Microsoft on May 31, 2024.
Duo Factor Authentication to be required for all users signing in to Microsoft 365 Apps