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macOS and Microsoft 365 access.

July 9, 2024 by Stacey, Craig

This notice is specifically for Mac users. The controls put into place last month for Windows and Linux are going into effect for macOS computers on July 23.   On July 11, co-managed computers will have the “Company Portal” installed on them via jamf (aka Self Service) to prepare for this. After July 23, unofficial apps …

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Reminder on upcoming changes to your access to Argonne email, coming June 20.

June 18, 2024 by Stacey, Craig

See this prior announcement for a fuller description, as well as the slide deck and recording from Monday’s town hall. I just want to remind everyone the changes described above will go into effect Thursday (June 20).  If your computer is not certified GFE (Government Furnished Equipment), you will only be able to access your …

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Confluence Maintenance

June 18, 2024 by Cashdollar, Matthew Paul

Confluence (https://apps.cels.anl.gov/confluence aka confluence.cels.anl.gov) will be offline for security maintenance June 19th, 8-9 AM Chicago time.

An important note on the upcoming changes to email.

June 10, 2024 by Stacey, Craig

Last week, these changes were announced for Microsoft 365, the service that provides our e-mail (Outlook), Teams, OneDrive, and other Microsoft tools.  These changes are required by Argonne’s management to comply with DOE directives.  I want to provide a summary of what this means for you.  For CELS, the implementation is currently planned for June …

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Scheduled Maintenance for May 28, 2024 9AM-12PM CDT

May 24, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the CELS Systems Group will perform OS and application updates for the systems listed below. During the maintenance window, these systems will be intermittently unavailable as we apply updates and restart them. We expect to restore their normal operational state by noon. If this maintenance …

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Confluence Service Scheduled Maintenance for May 21, 3PM CDT

May 16, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT, the CELS Systems Group will perform updates to the Confluence service hosted at https://apps.cels.anl.gov/confluence. The Confluence service will be temporarily unavailable during this period as we update and restart the system. We expect the service to be restored by 4:00 PM or possibly earlier. If this …

Scheduled Maintenance for May 21, 2024 9AM-12PM

May 16, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the CELS Systems Group will perform OS and application updates for the systems listed below. During the maintenance window, these systems will be intermittently unavailable as we apply updates and restart them. We expect to restore their normal operational state by noon. If this maintenance …

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Scheduled Maintenance for April 23, 2024 9AM-12PM

April 22, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the CELS Systems Group will perform OS and application updates for the systems listed below. During the maintenance window, these systems will be intermittently unavailable as we apply updates and restart them. We expect to restore their normal operational state by noon. If this maintenance …

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Confluence Service Scheduled Maintenance for April 16, 3PM CDT

April 10, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Tuesday, April 16th, 2024, from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT, the CELS Systems Group will perform updates to the Confluence service hosted at https://apps.cels.anl.gov/confluence. The Confluence service will be temporarily unavailable during this period as we update and restart the system. We expect the service to be restored by 4:00 PM or possibly …

Scheduled Maintenance for April 16, 2024 9AM-12PM

April 10, 2024 by Avarca, Anthony

On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the CELS Systems Group will perform OS and application updates for the systems listed below. During the maintenance window, these systems will be intermittently unavailable as we apply updates and restart them. We expect to restore their normal operational state by noon. If this …

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