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Faculty NinerNET credentials are now active for 150 days, increased from 120 days, after the contract end date. This will particularly help part-time faculty who teach one semester but not the next. For any questions, contact the IT Service Desk at x.75500 or help.uncc.edu

Puppies are great. Know what else is? FREE software. And that includes Microsoft Office! That’s right. If you’re a student, you can get Microsoft Office, antivirus, SAS and more. Just to go software.uncc.edu and download what you want!

You want to select eduroam for fast, reliable, secure Wi-Fi in the academic buildings and around campus. Oh, and guess what? Hundreds of more APIs are being added in the Student Union and several other buildings this summer for an even better Wi-Fi experience! P.S. For Wi-Fi in residential halls, select “HOUSING-WiFi“

You can now personalize your university email address so it’s more recognizable to others! Using the easy steps shown in this FAQ, create one at ninernet.uncc.edu.* Want to know more about email aliases? See these FAQs. *Available to people who do not already have an email alias. Professional names only.

Haven’t signed up for Duo 2-factor authentication? It’s easy–there are no forms to complete and no waiting. Just log into ninernet.uncc.edu and follow the prompts in the Duo section. 2-factor authentication protects your NinerNET account by requiring two forms of verification instead of one. It requires 1. Something you know (your password) and 2. Something […]

Congratulations to all students graduating in May! Keep in mind your current university Gmail and Google Drive accounts will stay active for about one year after you graduate. Be sure to save any information you wish to keep after this time in a different place (e.g. personal account, flash drive). For questions, you can contact […]

Get your work done using Microsoft Office 365 for FREE! The package includes some of Microsoft’s most powerful applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote and OneDrive. All students, faculty and staff with active NinerNET credentials are eligible. Go to: software.uncc.edu and download it today!

Chancellor Dubois has engaged consultant BerryDunn to begin a new campus-wide IT assessment of resources, services, and processes in all distributed IT units and in the ITS department. See his message about the initiative sent to all University faculty and staff on November 17, 2018.

ITS works hard to keep all systems up and running smoothly, but sometimes things happen. A system might be brought down for planned maintenance (during low-use hours, like over the weekend) or an unplanned outage may occur, which we fix as quickly as possible. When you sign up for IT System Alerts, you’ll get an […]

Faculty and staff will start receiving mock phishing emails as part of a new phishing simulation program. This program is designed to help people identify a phishing scam by providing real-time feedback if they click the link included in the phishing email. What will happen? Starting this month, mock phishing emails will be sent to […]