Update: After careful consideration of the overall impact to the Institute, OIT will be postponing the afternoon portion of the planned maintenance on Sunday. There will no longer be an impact to Office365, Dropbox or Canvas. All other changes should be complete by 1pm. The notice below has been edited to reflect these changes.

WHAT’S HAPPENING?
GT's Office of Information Technology (OIT) will perform a series of data center upgrades and migrations that may possibly cause intermittent delays or disruption to major services including Banner, eduroam, GitHub, PeopleSoft, Single Sign-On, Vlab/MyCloud, and Web Hosting. Additionally, there may be occasional interruptions in wireless connectivity.

WHEN IS IT HAPPENING?
Sunday, February 24th from 7am to 8pm

All of the upgrades are planned for early in the day but OIT left themselves a long window just in case. 

WHY IS IT HAPPENING?
To improve service performance and the customer experience, and in preparation for migration to CODA, OIT is performing upgrades and maintenance on various networking hardware across campus.

WHO IS AFFECTED?
Customers using the following services:
Banner, eduroam, GitHub, PeopleSoft, Single Sign-On, Vlab/MyCloud, and Web Hosting

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
Save work locally, if possible, and frequently if you are working during the service window. If you experience disruption after the service window, please report it to TSO or OIT as appropriate.

WHO SHOULD YOU CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS?
Additional information about the upcoming maintenance can be found at status.gatech.edu. If you have additional questions, feel free to contact the TSO Help Desk (CCB 148, 404.894.7065, helpdesk@cc.gatech.edu).

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