System status
University Systems makes every effort to inform the university community of any issues affecting the services that we offer. Messages regarding planned maintenance or unexpected outages of our services are shown below.
Status
NETS: ISE Authentication Server Maintenance - July 21 2025 - 10 PM
Effective 11 hours ago: Patching completed successfully. ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Network services will be patching ISE to address a major vulnerability beginning at 10 PM on July 21, 2025. ISE...
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Notices
Banner maintenance scheduled for June 1, 2025
May 26, 2025
The University's central administrative system (Banner) used for student records, payroll, and finance will be unavailable on Sunday, June 1, 2025, from 9:30 am until 6:00 pm to perform planned...
New University Systems Website
May 5, 2025
On the evening of May 5th 2025, University Systems launched a new website. The new site is built from the ground up for all users, with a focus on accessibility, plain language, and ease of...
Restricting use of DeepSeek at UVic
May 1, 2025
DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that specializes in open-source large language models. It recently launched a free AI-powered chatbot which has gained significant attention.
Role-based email changes
December 19, 2024
We're upgrading all employee email accounts from Exchange 2016 to Exchange Online. This update will help us maintain the technical currency of UVic's email service. It also adds better Microsoft...
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