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New OneDrive storage limits
Updated: July 8, 2026 To comply with a new storage limit from Microsoft and help manage storage usage over time, HUIT has applied new default storage limits on all Microsoft 365 OneDrive accounts, effective June 9, 2026. All new and existing OneDrive...
Canvas cyber incident
Update: Friday, May 8, 8:44 AM As of this morning, Friday, May 8, the Canvas platform is accessible to Harvard users. Instructure—parent company of Canvas—has stated the cyber incident is now contained and provided additional details on their website...
IT Stakeholders Forum Wrap-Up: April 2026
Thank you to those who were able to attend the IT Stakeholders Forum on April 16. We had some terrific presentations about using AI tools in your everyday work. Below are links to the recording and slide presentations from the session: Recording...
Tech Talk Wrap-Up: Communications in the Age of AI
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our April 15 Tech Talk. This session featured a presentation on the use of AI in Communications, led by members of the HUIT Communications team. View the presentation materials here. For more information on upcoming...
Cybersecurity alert: Harvard IT impersonation and fake HarvardKey login page
Information on an active cybersecurity threat involving individuals impersonating Harvard IT staff
New retention period for Zoom cloud recordings
Updated: July 1, 2026 Many individuals or departments record classes, town halls, webinars or other Zoom-based meetings using Zoom's "Record to the Cloud” option. Those cloud recordings are stored indefinitely in their Zoom accounts. To reduce storage...
Digital Digest Issue #9
On March 3, HUIT sent out the ninth issue of the Digital Digest newsletter. This newsletter features news, tips, resources, and updates on information security and data privacy, digital accessibility, IT services, innovation and emerging technology, and...
Minimizing data risk
Data is essential to our daily work at Harvard—from complicated research projects to everyday emails and files, much of what we do requires us to create, use, or store data. All data at Harvard carries a risk classification based on a five-tier scale...
IT Stakeholders Forum Wrap-Up: January 2026
We’re excited that so many of you joined us at the latest IT Stakeholders’ Forum on January 29. The session featured a panel discussion about data risk minimization. Experts from across the University weighed in on navigating data retention, privacy, and...
Keep video scrapers out of your webinars
Video scraping is when third parties record or download proprietary video content without permission and repost it on external websites for profit. Once a video is posted somewhere else it can be difficult to get it taken down, meaning the content owner...
Digital Digest Issue #8
On December 18, HUIT sent out the eighth issue of the Digital Digest newsletter. This newsletter features news, tips, resources, and updates on information security and data privacy, digital accessibility, IT services, innovation and emerging technology...