| Authy by Twilio, desktop app |
March 2024 |
At the moment there are no University-approved desktop alternatives and we recommend that you uninstall Authy from any Windows PCs. As a functional alternative, you can use the Authy app or Microsoft Authenticator on any Apple or Android smartphone. |
| Basic Auth for Office365 |
January 2023 |
Reconfigure client applications and infrastructure services to use OAuth2 for Office365 connections. (See also Microsoft guidance on deprecation of Basic authentication in Exchange online). |
| Chorus Softphone |
July 2022 |
The Chorus Infrastructure Upgrade Project will contact all softphone users to make alternative arrangements, including move to Teams telephony |
| Java web plugin / applets |
Oracle support officially withdrawn March 2019 |
Work with vendors to ensure support for Java Web Start or alternative |
| Microsoft Stream |
The service will be fully shut down in February 2024 |
Update on Stream (Classic) retirement: Last day of service set for Feb 15, 2024 |
| Nintex forms and workflow |
Closed 11 April 2023 |
Migrate functionality to replacement technology such as SharePoint Online, Forms, PowerAutomate, Teams. |
| Office 2016 (on centrally managed PCs) |
Office 2016 will only be available by special request from July 2022. |
Self-install Office 2019 from the Oxford Applications Installer. All remaining Office 2016 installations will be upgraded automatically from 01/12/2022. All new PCs will be supplied with Office 2019 pre-installed. |
| Oracle Java (JRE / JDK) |
University use after January 2019 must be under a commercial license |
Move to an alternative Java implementation such as OpenJDK (or AdoptOpenJDK) on end-user devices and for development |
| OxCORT |
August 2022 |
OxCORT has been replaced by the Teaching Management System (TMS) and will be switched off from 31 August 2022. Further information on TMS is available. |
| OxFile |
OxFile was retired on 19 June 2023 |
See guidance on migration from OxFile to OneDrive. |
| OxPoints |
Read-only, restricted interface |
Dataset queries can be executed via our OpenData service
Data updates can be requested by email to applicationsupport@it.ox.ac.uk
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| SharePoint 2013 |
Closed 11 April 2023 |
Replaced by SharePoint Online (see SPO project information).
See also "Nintex forms and workflow" above.
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| WebAuth |
No new application servers |
Adopt an alternative authentication solution such as Shibboleth or ADFS |
| WebLearn |
Selected features no longer available from January 2022
Further feature restrictions from April 2022
Read-only and only accessible from University networks from 3rd October 2022
Retired during 2023
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Move to alternative systems (see WebLearn: Final changes before closure) |
