Get short, timely messages from BU IT Help Center.

Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. It's easy to stay updated on an incredibly wide variety of topics. Join today and follow @buithelp.

Get updates via SMS by texting follow buithelp to 40404 in the United States
Codes for other countries

Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:
Country Code For customers of
Australia
  • 0198089488 Telstra
Canada
  • 21212 (any)
United Kingdom
  • 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
Indonesia
  • 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel
Ireland
  • 51210 O2
India
  • 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon
Jordan
  • 90903 Zain
New Zealand
  • 8987 Vodafone, Telecom NZ
United States
  • 40404 (any)

buithelp

  1. Resolved: Service Impacting Incident: Service Now degraded service: The Service Now ticketing system had tempora... bit.ly/KpWLKB
  2. Register for Outlook and WordPress Training Classes: Outlook and WordPress training for faculty, staff, and stud... bit.ly/Jnkop5
  3. Resolved – Service Impacting Incident: Sites using dbin were temporarily unavailable: Applications and web pages... bit.ly/K7CXtw
  4. Graduating students keep the BU Google Apps account: 2012 alumni will have continued access to their account hos... bit.ly/KLq7Di
  5. DO NOT RESPOND to “IMPORTANT NOTICE” phishing message: Please do not respond to a recent message that appears to... bit.ly/KdC2Kk
  6. Service Impacting Incident: Faculty Link Class List inaccessible: Faculty Link Class List inaccessible bit.ly/JnPNV2
  7. Departmental network printers may be unavailable: Incident Discovery Time: 09:00am on 05/09/2012 Services Impact... bit.ly/JUmhDw
  8. The IT Help Center at 533 Comm Ave has reopened after this afternoon's power outage in Kenmore Square.
  9. Power outage at IT Help Center in Kenmore Square: Incident Discovery Time: 11:50am on 05/08/2012 Services Impact... bit.ly/L1hd3I
  10. Blackboard Vista Intermittent Access: Incident Discovery Time: 10:40am on 05/08/2012 Services Impacted: Blackboa... bit.ly/LF1t9c
  11. Service Impacting Incident: Blackboard Learn – Some tools are intermittently available: Some tools within the Bl... bit.ly/Kg7Xfl
  12. Service Impacting Incident: Blackboard Learn – Course List not displaying for some students and faculty: The Cou... bit.ly/JJt0Tv
  13. Blackboard Learn – unavailable: Incident Discovery Time: 10:10am on 05/01/2012 Access to Blackboard Learn is cu... bit.ly/JDScef
  14. Service Impacting Incident: Some clients can’t connect to Exchange public folders: Some clients may be unable to... bit.ly/ISWFv8
  15. Applications and web sites using dbin are currently unavailable: Applications and web pages using dbin are curre... bit.ly/JsHh6Q
  16. Resolved: Service Impacting Incident: WordPress web site access intermittent.: Full service has been restored to... bit.ly/JMr9RL
  17. Resolved: BU Website search functionality is currently unavailable: Searching functionality on BU websites was t... bit.ly/JKHtT0
  18. Spring 2012 Computer Bulk Buy Initiative: Information Services & Technology, in cooperation with Sourcing & Proc... bit.ly/IBbsZn
  19. Resolved: Clients may be prompted to log in when using Exchange via Outlook: Resolved: Clients may be prompted... bit.ly/IpCDYT