University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: User Services

User Services provides Help Desk support, computer repair, open computer lab support, technology-use consulting, departmental support and educationally discounted product purchasing.

macOS 13 Ventura Approved for Customer Systems

Departmental Support (DS) has approved macOS 13 Ventura for installation on DS-managed customer computers. Testing and validating has been performed to ensure compatibility with the majority of our security and management infrastructure and commonly deployed campus applications. Most customers on a recent version of macOS (12.3+) may upgrade their systems to Ventura themselves at their …

Partners invited to attend the Unification Project Forum on Apr 12

In spring 2021, Administrative Information Management Services (AIMS) joined the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Our two organizations have been working on unifying operations through an effort called the AIMS Transition Project. We are excited to announce that on April 19, 2023, there will be a single point of contact for all supported partners. This …

Updates Regarding TikTok on DS-Managed Devices

DoIT Departmental Support (DS) will be implementing controls to block and/or remove TikTok from DS-managed devices in accordance with UW–‍Madison and Universities of Wisconsin policy. These controls will be different based on the platform used (iOS vs macOS vs Windows; etc) but in each case there should be no user impact save for those attempting …