OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. Sept 1 from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

Office of Information Technology will be performing routine systems maintenance which includes but is not limited to rebooting Windows servers as deemed necessary, installing critical patches and other health checks on Thursday, 09/01/2022 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:


Desktop Configuration Change
Description of change: ​OIT will be making a security change to desktops in CM22.
Downtime window start 9/1/2022 8:30 AM
Downtime window end 9/1/2022 8:30 AM
Affected services: Windows Defender
Expected End-user impact: ​None, some security settings in Windows Defender will be enabled and will not be allowed to be turned off.


Microsoft 365 License Migration
Description of change: OIT will be migrating users to a new Microsoft 365 license​
Downtime window start 9/1/2022 6:00 AM
Downtime window end 9/1/2022 6:05 AM
Affected services: All 365 services​
Expected End-user impact: No end user impact is expected​


REDCap Update
Description of change: ​Research computing will conduct routine maintenance on REDCap
Downtime window start 9/1/2022 12:00 AM
Downtime window end 9/1/2022 1:00 AM
Affected services: REDCap database & REDCap (shown on the REDCap KB page)
Expected End-user impact: ​REDCap will be offline during the update.


Posted in Research Computing, Systems