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What is ITNow 2.0, and how do I subscribe to it?

Note: UITS has retired the original version of ITNow; if you have the application installed on your computer, UITS recommends that you uninstall it. See How do I uninstall ITNow?

ITNow 2.0 is an application that notifies you about important changes to IU's information technology services as soon as they occur, all the time.

ITNow 2.0 builds a custom RSS feed that notifies you about important changes to IU's information technology services, allowing you to stay informed about planned downtimes, system outages, upcoming changes, and new features of important UITS services as soon as they are announced. This will help you anticipate downtimes and stay abreast of current events.

You can choose to subscribe to a General IT Notices feed (which includes all IT Notice alerts) or use the ITNow 2.0 Custom Feed Generator, which generates a single custom RSS feed for any combination of UITS services so you can configure it to monitor only the services you use. You can visit the web site and build an RSS feed on a service-by-service basis or by-service grouping.

In addition to the selected services, you will also get notices about service dependencies but without getting multiple copies, regardless of how many items are selected. This helps eliminate the possibility of missing an important service notice while minimizing message duplication.

ITNow 2.0 works with any RSS reader, including web browsers, third-party stand-alone readers, Microsoft Outlook 2007, and web-based news readers (such as My Yahoo!, Google, or Bloglines).

Note: For web-based news readers, you must first obtain an account, which is typically free, with the service provider. For instructions on how to add RSS feeds to specific web-based news readers, visit the My Yahoo! RSS tutorial, Google's Subscribing help, or the Bloglines FAQ.

To subscribe to the ITNow 2.0 Custom Feed Generator:

  1. Visit the ITNow 2.0 Custom Generator.

  2. Select the services for which you would like to receive alerts.

  3. Click Generate Feed.

  4. Follow the instructions to add the custom feed to the RSS reader of your choice.

Alternatively, to subscribe to the General RSS Feed, visit IT Notices - Current Notices and click Subscribe Now.

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