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August 6, 2020 9:07 am

UBC IT Community Update - July 30, 2020

Filed under: Bulletins, Client Services, General

Read this month's news from Jennifer Burns, Associate Vice-President, Information Technology & Chief Information Officer, including details on: Implementation of Microsoft Teams (MS Teams) and OneDrive Remote Access to Application Software and Computer Lab Resources Discounted Vendor Packages for Students Internet Connectivity Improvement for International Students Relaxed FIPPA Data Residency Requirements Extended Read the full […] Read More ›

July 31, 2020 2:59 pm

Filed under: Bulletins, General, Research Support

Interested in high-performance computing? Want to learn a new programming language? UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is hosting the 4th annual UBC Research Computing Summer Sessions from August 17th-28th, 2020. This year, the program will be offered virtually in the form of a series of webinars and hands-on online workshops. The Summer Sessions are free […] Read More ›

August 11, 2020 3:32 pm

Campus-Wide Login (CWL) myAccount Maintenance August 17, 2020, 07:00-08:00 PT

Filed under: General, IT Infrastructure, Campus-Wide Login

The Campus-Wide Login (CWL) myAccount website (https://www.myaccount.ubc.ca/) will be under maintenance on August 17, 2020, 07:00-08:00 PT.Active sessions may be interrupted which will require a restart of the browser. Read More ›

August 11, 2020 3:29 pm

UBC Student & Alumni Email Management Site Decommissioning August 17, 2020 06:45-07:00 PT

Filed under: General, IT Infrastructure, Email

On August 17, 2020, 06:45-07:00 PT, the UBC Student & Alumni Email Management Site will be retired. On this date, UBC students will be able to opt into a new email service that includes a hosted mailbox and a new email address (cwl@student.ubc.ca). The legacy Student & Alumni Email service (name@alumni.ubc.ca) will continue to operate […] Read More ›

August 8, 2020 7:56 pm

Web Services Hosting Platform Maintenance – August 9, 2020, 22:00 PT to August 10, 2020, 01:00PT

Filed under: General, IT Infrastructure, Websites & Applications

Web Services’ vendor, Platform.sh, will be performing platform maintenance from August 9, 2020, 22:00 PT to August 10, 2020, 01:00 PT to release an underlying software upgrade. All projects and environments will continue to function during the upgrade; however, at one point the Console User Interface will be unavailable for about 1 minute. The list […] Read More ›

August 4, 2020 3:19 pm

TeamShare and Home Drive Maintenance August 22, 2020, 10:00-11:00 PT

Filed under: General, IT Infrastructure, Servers & Storage

TeamShare and Home Drive based at the Vancouver campus will be undergoing maintenance on August 22, 2020, 10:00-11:00 PT. No end user impact is expected during this window. Read More ›

August 4, 2020 3:12 pm

TeamShare and Home Drive Maintenance August 10, 2020, 09:30-23:59 PT

Filed under: General, IT Infrastructure

TeamShare and Home Drive hosted at the Vancouver campus will be undergoing maintenance on August 10, 2020, 09:30-23:59 PT. No end user impact is expected during this window. Read More ›

August 4, 2020 8:13 am

BCNET EduCloud Server Maintenance August 8, 2020, 07:00–17:00 PT

Filed under: General, IT Infrastructure, BCNET, Servers & Storage

UBC IT Systems will be performing scheduled maintenance on the BCNET EduCloud Server environment (https://bcnet.educloud.ubc.ca) on August 8, 2020, 07:00-17:00 PT. Virtual machines running on the BCNET EduCloud server will remain up and running. Administrators will be able to manage virtual machines via normal management methods like RDP and SSH, but will not be able […] Read More ›

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