What is happening? Stream (Classic) is being retired and replaced by Stream (on SharePoint).
When is it happening? Stream (Classic) will be retired on February 15, 2024.
What is the impact?
What is happening? Information Systems & Technology (IST) is replacing the DNS, DHCP, and IPAM infrastructure. In preparation for this work, changes to the current infrastructure will be frozen.
When is it happening? Effective Wednesday, March 8 at 3:00 p.m., changes to the current infrastructure will be frozen. The replacement of the DNS, DHCP, and IPAM infrastructure will take place Sunday, March 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. IT administrators will not be able to log in to the infrastructure until Monday, March 13.
Update: The Waterloo Studio will relocate from EC5 to MC1088. Effective February 2, 2023, the following Studio services can be requested via waterloostudio@uwaterloo.ca:
What is happening? Quest will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance.
When is this happening?
What is happening? We will be testing the University’s campus-wide emergency communication system.
When is this happening? Monday, January 23, 2023, at 1:15 p.m.
What is the impact? Emergency communication channels being tested include:
Resolved: Issues with ADFS have been resolved. Users logging into nexus machine may continue to experience issues while the workstation resyncs.
What do I need to do? If you are utilizing a machine on the Nexus domain you can use the following steps to resolve the issue.
This work has been postponed until further notice
What is happening? A one-year retention policy will be implemented for Microsoft Teams Chats (i.e., private 1:1 chats, group chat messages). Posts to a Channel and other Teams data will not be impacted.
When will this change be implemented?Monday, January 30, 2023.
What is the impact?
What is happening?
The Fall 2022 issue of the IST Newsletter is now available. There are several new, exciting projects underway that we’re excited to share with you. We’ve improved the user experience for postdoctoral fellows; purchased an Adobe Acrobat Pro licence for campus; launched a new web voting tool; and are actioning the IT Review recommendations, just to name a few. Jump over to the IST Newsletter to learn more about what we’ve been up to this term.
What is happening? WatIAM White Pages is being replaced with Campus People Directory.
The Campus People Directory will be available at https://iamtools.uwaterloo.ca/directory.
When is this happening? Wednesday November 16th, 2022
What is the impact?