Plan to restore UMBC FAQ site to full availability

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 09:47:21 -0400

I wanted to get everyone an update on where we are securing and upgrading the campus FAQ site. In order to upgrade the system to a secure version, we have made a copy of the servers to avoid extensive downtimes during this process. Because of this, we ask that no one make any changes to the FAQs or the permissions of areas inside them until we are finished this process. Any updates made after Tuesday at 5:00pm won't be carried over into the upgraded version.

We are currently working on the system upgrade, and expect to have it fully upgraded and online by the end of the week. At that time, the service will be opened back to the entire Internet, and no longer limited to UMBC.

In the meantime,

The campus community can continue to access the FAQs while on campus, or off-campus through the Virtual Private Network (VPN) or Virtual Desktop Environment (VDE).

We appreciate your patience and we try and ensure that this system is safe and secure for everyone's use.

If you do have any specific questions, feel free to email me at damian@umbc.edu and I'll be happy to work to answer your questions.

Damian Doyle

Assistant Vice President

Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions

DoIT - UMBC