Information Services
April 1, 2025
Migration from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 planned for spring 2026
For your awareness, Purdue IT will transition from Google to Microsoft 365 through a tenant migration during spring 2026, with the goal of improving user experience and service integration.
March 17, 2025
R: Drive Retirement: Timeline Reminder
Starting March 22, the R:\ drive (departmental storage) will be set to read-only. This means that you will no longer be able to add or modify any files on this drive but can still access the files stored there.
January 27, 2025
Windows 10 End of Life – Windows 11 Upgrade Timeline
Microsoft has announced the "End Of Life" for Windows 10, with the official end date set for October 2025. In preparation for this transition, we must upgrade all existing Windows 10 systems to Windows 11.
January 14, 2025
R: Drive Retirement – Timeline Update
The R:\ drive will be transitioned into a read-only mode starting March 22, 2025. This is a preparatory step before the drive is fully retired during the summer of 2025.
November 13, 2024
Upcoming Microsoft 365 Environment Changes
On November 18, Purdue IT will finalize the process of merging the Purdue Northwest and Purdue West Lafayette Microsoft 365 environments. See details about what's being merged and how it will affect you.
October 9, 2024
“R” Drive Retirement – Timeline and Training Opportunities
Continuing the project of moving on-premise storage on to a more easily accessible cloud storage solution, we have begun the final phase of retiring the “R” drive – which is primarily used as departmental storage.
September 19, 2024
Brightspace Innovation Grant Opportunity
The Purdue Brightspace team is sponsoring a grant program for all Purdue campuses to invest in research and innovation projects that leverage Brightspace to promote high-quality instruction, improve outcomes for instructors/students, or foster other new and emerging approaches to teaching.
June 13, 2024
Upcoming Microsoft 365 Environment Changes
In late July/early August, Purdue IT will begin the process of merging the Purdue Northwest and Purdue West Lafayette Microsoft 365 environments.
May 3, 2024
Vice Chancellor Winders selected for AGB Institute leadership program
Timothy Winders has been selected for the 2024-25 cohort of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) Institute for Leadership and Governance in Higher Education.
December 21, 2023
Recent Project Highlights: Enterprise Applications
Here are a few recent projects performed by Enterprise Applications Services (EAS) and how each contributes to student access and success at PNW.
