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Directory Services receives initial technical inquiries from WWT

Final high-level design expected in late September 2017 Originally posted Monday, September 4 In July, World Wide Technology (WWT) visited Vanderbilt to meet with VUMC IT team members and begin the creation of an overarching plan for the VUMC Directory Services project. WWT has since created an initial project schedule, including a list of technical inquiries to aid in investigating and further formalizing their “high-level design”. VUMC IT is working diligently to provide answers to WWT’s questions to ensure accuracy.

Directory Services continues work on reorganization

WWT Planning Sessions a Success Originally posted Friday, August 11 Over 100 attendees, representing twenty departments and technical areas across the Medical Center, gathered over a period of four days in July and began defining goals, establishing key requirements and developing timelines for the massive endeavor of developing a new Active Directory (AD) for VUMC. World Wide Technology (WWT) was on-site to assist with the planning and facilitated the first of what will be several sessions as the project continues to make progress. 

VUMC IT to begin separation of Active Directory

What is the Active Directory? Originally posted Friday, July 14: VUMC IT, in partnership with VUIT and the Enterprise IT Transition Management Office, has finished preliminary research with World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) and is ready to begin separating the legacy Directory Services environment. This project is one of the largest IT transition efforts and will create independent directory services for the Medical Center and the University.

Dell's Back-to-School Offer

VUMC employees are eligible to save up to $150 on Labor Day door busters through Dell. See Dell's BackToSchool offer for details. Shop Online: www.Dell.com/VUMC.

SPSS 25

IBM released SPSS 25 earlier this year.  See product information for details on the new release.

Acrobat Pro and Acrobat Standard 2017

Adobe released Acrobat 2017 earlier this year.  See the following resources for product information: System Requirements New Features in version 2017 The VUMC Software Store placed $0 upgrades in the Software Store accounts of eligible customers.

Captivate 2017

Adobe released Captivate 2017 earlier this year.  See the following resources for product information: System Requirements New Features The VUMC Software Store placed a $0 upgrade in the Software Store accounts of eligible customers.

Dell's Labor Day Sale

VUMC employees are eligible to save up to $150 on Labor Day door busters through Dell. See Dell's Labor Day Sale for details. Shop Online: www.Dell.com/VUMC.