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Soon there will be some nice vacation weeks for many of us. But the fraudsters do not take time off. Unfortunately, summer is the peak season for online fraud and fraudulent e-mails. Fake invoices and fraud attempts via text messages and phone calls are common.

On 15 July, a new solution for our KI-Guest wireless guest network will come into effect. Instead of entering a password, guests on campus will connect through a login portal.

The IT Office is further broadening the software portfolio with three popular software products that have a large number of users at KI.

The storage volumes for Swedish universities' user licences with Microsoft have changed - now these new volumes will apply at KI.

Microsoft recently adjusted the storage volume included in the user licences that apply to Swedish higher education institutions.

Finance, telephony and licence managers can now change the project number of IT services charged through the Companion system.

AI is increasingly being used in healthcare, education and research. AI chats are part of the AI offering at KI and Copilot (previously called Bing Chat Enterprise) has recently been made available to all employees. The goal is for AI to become part of the everyday work of KI's researchers, staff and students.

For KI researcher Ylva Trolle Lagerros, AI and Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) offer time savings and texts with cited sources, but also future opportunities for research collaborations with several countries. She also sees valuable connections between the use of AI tools and the role of teacher and researcher on digital support in healthcare.

For KI doctoral student Eric Åhlberg, AI and Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) offer tools for statistical analysis work and for managing certain administration. His long-term goal is for AI to become a validated tool for high-quality research results.

For ICT educator Marcus Emas, Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) and AI offer new opportunities to streamline the work with reference management, reading lists and assessing assignments, among other things. He emphasizes that AI at KI should be an equal tool and welcomes the introduction of Microsoft Copilot.

The IT Office is expanding its software portfolio with three titles with a large KI user base.

From 1 January 2024, you must apply for compensation for medical expenses and drugs in the PA-web.

From 12 December, the IT Office will use a new case management system to handle support cases from staff. This is the first step in a change that will affect the rest of the university administration in 2024.

His mission is to lead and develop the IT Office and contribute to KI’s continued digitization journey. Mattias Nordström has been the acting IT director since his predecessor Joakim Winter left last summer.

It is important to periodically check if there are current updates for your phone and computer.

UBW web can now be accessed remotely without a VPN connection – simply log in directly using your KI ID.

As one of two partners from KI in the CUREX project, LIME/HIC invites you to a workshop on Cyber Hygiene, and especially on the human aspects related to raising the cybersecurity and data privacy awareness of the workforce in the healthcare sector.

Karolinska Institutet's information management strategy was developed in Spring 2019 and is part of Strategy 2030. The aim is to create concrete, common and established ways forward for the management of information and data at Karolinska Institutet.