The single sign-on system will be partially unavailable from 11:00 pm Tuesday July 19th, 2016 to 1:00 am Wednesday July 20th, 2016. While the maintenance is in progress users may intermittently experience difficulty logging into services such as Blackboard, Self Service, Office 365, Owlapps, and Workday.
We are currently experiencing some connectivity issues with Office365 applications, such as email, Skype for Business, and SharePoint. We are investigating the issue and have contacted Microsoft for assistance in order to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
OIT
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, 06/16/2016 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:
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Upgrade MalwareBytes Server
When: 3:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services: Malwarebytes EndPoint Security
Affected systems: Boc22mbes
Description of maintenance: OIT will upgrade the Malwarebytes server from version 1.5 to version 1.7.
User impact: Clients will be unable to talk to the server for approximately a half hour while the upgrade is running
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Update email routing for 365 users
When: 4:00AM – 5:00AM
Affected services: email for 365 users
Affected systems: idm
Description of maintenance: OIT will be modifying the email routing for 365 users
User impact: No end-user impact is expected
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The primary FAU Internet connection has been restored.
Thank you
FAU is currently experiencing an outage of its primary connection to the internet. While all traffic has switched over to a backup connection and all services are available, users will experience decreased speeds to the internet until the issue is resolved. Our service provider is aware of the issue and working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.
******* UPDATE 5/18/16 @ 8:25am ********
TouchNet systems has completed their maintenance. All systems are back online and ready for regular use.
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The TouchNet payment processing system will be undergoing maintenance; from 3:00(am) to 7:00(am) –EST, on Wednesday 5/18/16.
This will affect student payment services (Bill+Payment), as well as all Marketplace Stores, uPay sites and TouchNet ready partner payment services.
We expect all systems to be back online no later than 7:00(am) that morning. A follow up notification will be sent out when the system is back online.
Please be advised that a Phishing email has been identified.
The subject line of this message is Emergency Email! and the message states: “To Avoid Closure Of Your Email, Click Or Copy This Link:[google drive link]” – Please DO NOT click this message as it is not sent from OIT or FAU and by clicking the link your account will become compromised.
Google has suspended any user who has clicked the link. To enable your account, you must reset your Owlapps password. We recommend that you reset both your Owlapps and FAUNet ID passwords to avoid any future issues.
If you need assistance, please contact the OIT Help Desk at 561.297.3999
OIT
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, 04/21/2014 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:
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ANDISEC system upgrade
When: 3:00AM – 7:00AM
Affected services: All SFTP and network shares on andisec
Affected systems: ANDISEC
Description of maintenance: OIT will upgrade the operating system on andisec to a newer version (Server 2012 R2)
User impact: All SFTP and network shares on andisec will be unavailable during the window
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Adding support for Talisma XML Email
When: 5:00AM – 6:00AM
Affected services: FrevvoAPI
Affected systems: atlantic.fau.edu
Description of maintenance: OIT is adding support for Talisma XML Email
User impact: None expected
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Banner Financial Aid 8.26.0.1 patch
When: 3:00AM to 7:00AM
Affected services: N/A
Affected systems: Banner Financial Aid
Description of maintenance: Install the Financial Aid 8.26.0.1 patch in production. This release resolves a problem that came up during the testing of the Financial Aid 8.26.0 upgrade. That upgrade was placed on hold pending the release of this patch. The upgrade and patch are required for completion of College of Medicine financial aid awards.
User impact: None expected
Due to emergency third-party fiber maintenance from the vendor that provides Internet and network connectivity to FAU, there will be work performed that will sporadically affect connectivity to the campus from midnight until 6:00 a.m. on 4/13 and 4/14. We are making efforts to ensure that services are available as much as possible through the maintenance by utilizing backup internet connections and disaster recovery procedures. However, there may be intermittent and sporadic losses of connectivity due to the nature of the outage.
Thank you
*****UPDATE*****
TouchNet systems has completed their maintenance. All systems are back online and ready for regular use.
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TouchNet will be performing routine server maintenance from 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday 3/16/2016.
All student payment services and marketplace sites will be unavailable during this time.