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Banner maintenance scheduled for Nov. 1, 2026

October 28, 2026

The University's central administrative system (Banner) used for student records, payroll, and finance will be unavailable on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026 from 9:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. to perform planned system maintenance.

Banner and all services dependent on Banner will be unavailable during the scheduled Banner maintenance including:

  • Banner Self Service (Online Tools functions: Student, Human Resources and Employee, Advisor, and Finance)
  • University of Victoria Online Admissions application
  • Online application to graduate (OAG)
  • Millennium FAST
  • Banner Document Management System (Xtender)
  • Banner Workflow
  • Banner Communication Management
  • APEX applications using Banner data (e.g., Applicant Information Review System (AIRS))

Brightspace, email, M365/Teams, and Zoom will not be affected.

Withdrawing from courses

The deadline to withdraw from Fall courses without penalty of failure is Oct. 31 at 11:59 p.m. As this maintenance occurs after the deadline, it is not impacted by the Banner outage.

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 If you have questions about this Banner upgrade or require assistance, please contact IT support.

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