PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) will be unavailable during scheduled maintenance to the Student Information System taking place overnight from Saturday, Dec. 21, at 11 p.m. until Sunday, Dec. 22, at 7 a.m. The maintenance will be performed by the vendor, Sierra-Cedar.
Timely updates and reboots are essential to maintain the security and integrity of the University’s network. Please take note of the following updates and guidelines in three areas related to cybersecurity:
Install New Microsoft Patches and Reboot
Today Microsoft released their December security updates that affect a wide range of products. It is crucial to promptly identify and install these updates to protect your systems from vulnerabilities. Please adhere to the following installation timelines:
PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) will be unavailable during scheduled maintenance to the Student Information System taking place overnight from Saturday, Nov. 23, at 11 p.m. until Sunday, Nov. 24, at 8 a.m. The maintenance will be performed by the vendor, Sierra-Cedar.
Microsoft Corporation has announced security updates for November that affect a broad range of Microsoft products. Microsoft Corporation typically announces security updates on the second Tuesday of each month.
Pitt Information Technology recommends that users immediately identify and install the security updates necessary to remediate these vulnerabilities by using Microsoft's Windows Update feature on their computers as soon as possible within the following guidelines:
PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) will be unavailable during scheduled maintenance to the Student Information System taking place overnight from Saturday, Nov. 16, at 11 p.m. until Sunday, Nov. 17, at 7 a.m. The maintenance will be performed by the vendor, Sierra-Cedar.
Effective Saturday, Nov. 30, devices running macOS 12 (Monterey) will no longer be able to access University resources through PittNet VPN (Pulse Secure) or Global Protect VPN.
PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) will be unavailable during scheduled maintenance to the Student Information System taking place overnight from Saturday, Oct. 19, at 11 p.m. until Sunday, Oct. 20, at 7 a.m. The maintenance will be performed by the vendor, Sierra-Cedar.
TeamDynamix, which includes Pitt Information Technology’s Services Portal and Knowledge Base at services.pitt.edu, as well as the TDAdmin, TDNext and TDClient services will unavailable from midnight to 4 a.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 19, while the vendor (TeamDynamix) performs a system upgrade.
Microsoft Corporation has announced security updates for October that affect a broad range of Microsoft products. Microsoft Corporation typically announces security updates on the second Tuesday of each month.
Pitt Information Technology recommends that users immediately identify and install the security updates necessary to remediate these vulnerabilities by using Microsoft's Windows Update feature on their computers as soon as possible within the following guidelines:
Pitt Information Technology, the Office for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion and the University Center for Teaching and Learning are pleased to announce that
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now available for purchase by University departments as an add-on to Microsoft 365.
Pitt Information Technology, in partnership with Health Sciences, Swanson School of Engineering, the University Library System, the Health Sciences Library System, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and the vendor Symplectic will be upgrading the current Faculty Information System to a more modern, cloud-based version of Symplectic Elements.
Microsoft Corporation has announced security updates for September that affect a broad range of Microsoft products. Microsoft Corporation typically announces security updates on the second Tuesday of each month.
Updates for Pitt IT-Managed Servers
PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) may be unavailable briefly during scheduled maintenance to the Student Information System taking place overnight Saturday, Aug. 17, at 11 p.m. until Sunday, Aug. 18, at 7 a.m. The maintenance will be performed by the vendor, Sierra-Cedar.
Microsoft Corporation has announced security updates for August that affect a broad range of Microsoft products. Microsoft Corporation typically announces security updates on the second Tuesday of each month.
Pitt Information Technology recommends that users immediately identify and install the security updates necessary to remediate these vulnerabilities by using Microsoft's Windows Update feature on their computers as soon as possible within the following guidelines:
PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) will be unavailable during scheduled maintenance to the Student Information System taking place overnight from Saturday, August 10 at 11 p.m. until Sunday, August 11 at 7 a.m. The maintenance will be performed by the vendor, Sierra-Cedar.
PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) will be unavailable during scheduled maintenance to the Student Information System taking place overnight from Saturday, July 27 at 11 p.m. until Sunday, July 28 at 8 a.m. The maintenance will be performed by the vendor, Sierra-Cedar.
If you are experiencing MyResNet Wi-Fi issues, please contact the Technology Help Desk at +1-412-624-HELP (4357) to report them.
Microsoft Corporation has announced security updates for July that affect a broad range of Microsoft products. Microsoft Corporation typically announces security updates on the second Tuesday of each month.
Pitt Information Technology recommends that users immediately identify and install the security updates necessary to remediate these vulnerabilities by using Microsoft's Windows Update feature on their computers as soon as possible within the following guidelines:
PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) will be unavailable during scheduled maintenance to the Student Information System taking place overnight from Saturday, July 13 at 11 p.m. until Sunday, July 14 at 7 a.m. The maintenance will be performed by the vendor, Sierra-Cedar.