In May 2018, ITS began sending monthly messages to Faculty and Staff announcing an upcoming software update. These updates are typically small, but essential to keeping Carleton computers healthy.
Schedule
Typically, the announcement is sent the first Tuesday of the month and includes instructions for users to initiate the update proactively. On the second Tuesday of the month, the update becomes automatic.
This schedule is a bit variable depending on holidays, start/end of term, etc.
Update History
2019.06 SPSS License Codes (Sent to SPSS Users only)
2019.06 Windows 10 (1903) and macOS 10.14
2019.05 Adobe Updates
2019.04 Resuming Patches and Updates; New Bomgar Button, Firefox, and Chrome
2019.03 License Server Targeted Communications (sent only to fac/staff with this software installed)
ArcGIS, ArcGIS Pro, ESRI City Engine
2019.03 CrashPlan Login and Suspension of Updates
2019.01 Windows 10 1809 Announcement
2018.12 macOS 10.14 Announcement
2018.11 CrashPlan Announcement
2018.10 Spirion Identity Finder Announcement
2018.10 Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application Announcement
2018.09 New OSes, K1000 Patching, Windows Updates
2018.09 Suspending Updates
2018.08 K1000 Agent 8.1.52
2018.07 Bomgar Button and TMPU
2018.06 K2 Agent
Remediation
Installation statistics are monitored for each update. Machines that fail to update will be addressed at a later date by the Help Desk.