Minnesota State SharePoint username change

The current Minnesota state SharePoint sites, know currently as https://mnscu.sharepoint.com, will be changing the username format to access the SharePoint sites. What is the current username format? Employees currently use StarID@mnscu.edu and students currently use StartID@go.mnscu.edu. What will the new username format be? Employees format StarID@minnstate.edu and students format StartID@go.minnstate.edu. When will this username format change take place? The changes […]

VPN upgrade Tuesday

Information Technology will be performing a mandatory upgrade of our Primary VPN system starting at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7. The upgrade process will take approximately 4 hours. During the upgrade, VPN access will be unavailable. If you have questions or concerns, please email support@mnstate.edu.

Network print control system upgrade on Monday

Information Technology will be performing a mandatory upgrade of our network print control system starring at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 6. The upgrade process will approximately 2.5 hours. During the upgrade, printing functionality will be unavailable. If you have questions or concerns, please email support@mnstate.edu.

Upcoming Firefox update may cause webpages to stop working

Firefox 52 update removes plugins Starting March 7, 2017, Mozilla, the maker of the popular internet browser Firefox will start releasing version 52 of their Firefox browser. This update includes the discontinuation of many browser plugins that have been popular including Java and Silverlight. Over the last year, many of the companies that created those plugins have been advertising their […]