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Operational
ConnectNU (Student Information Systems)
Operational
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Operational
ECATS (Student Information Systems)
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The myHR system will undergo scheduled maintenance in order to apply Tax Update 26-A. This maintenance necessitates system downtime, meaning myHR, including Self Service and Careers, will be unavailable beginning Saturday, March 7th, at 7 a.m. through approximately 3 p.m.
What This Means
• Functionality — The system components and capabilities you currently enjoy on myHR will continue to function after the upgrade as they do now. Your user experience will be unchanged. Before logging into myHR after the update, users will need to clear their cache.
• Data Availability — During the downtime, data lookup will remain available to administrators in the myHR reporting database. All reports will remain accessible in Cognos and myHR reporting queries. Posted on
Feb 19, 2026 - 12:16 CST
Northwestern Information Technology will be making a software configuration change to the wired network infrastructure at the location in the title. There will be a brief interruption, less than 1 minute as the change is made. This work is being performed to enable Network Authentication on the infrastructure. Devices that do not support Network Authentication will continue to operate normally. Additional information about the refresh project can be found at the following link. https://www.it.northwestern.edu/about/it-projects/data-network-authentication-deployment/ Posted on
Mar 05, 2026 - 11:26 CST
Northwestern Information Technology will be performing a software upgrade to the Palo Alto Departmental firewalls on the Evanston Campus listed below. The firewalls are being upgraded to install new software that brings them up to the latest vendor-recommended version and also protects us from recently released security vulnerabilities. Standalone firewalls will be down for around 5-10 minutes during the reboot. No end user impact for the Redundant Paired firewalls during this upgrade due to the redundant nature of this equipment.
To complete our scheduled upgrade to the newest version of the software, NUFinancials will be unavailable from 5 p.m. on Friday, March 13rd, until 7 P.M. on Saturday, March 14th, 2026. Please note that we will send a go-live message once NUFinancials is back online. Project Background: As a reminder, the upgrade is part of a project to ensure NUFinancials is up-to-date with Oracle enhancements, patches, and fixes. This upgrade will make the process of identifying and solving new problems quicker and more efficient. And also, it will significantly accelerate the delivery of new capabilities into our business to stay current and improve the overall user experience. Upgrading to: PeopleTools environment 8.62.07, PUMs -52, 53, 54
Post-Upgrade Notes: • Before logging into NUFinancials after the upgrade, all users need to clear their browser cache. • If there are changes in the functionality/look & feel, training documents will get updated accordingly. Kindly check the NUFinancials training documents if in case of any questions. • Users may notice changes to the look and feel
If you have questions or concerns about the information in this message, feel free to contact me. Please also regularly check the NUFinancials Announcements page and the Known Issues page for more relevant information.
If you need assistance with NUFinancials, please contact the IT Service Desk at consultant@northwestern.edu or 847-491-4357 (1-HELP), option 2. Posted on
Feb 23, 2026 - 16:17 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Mar 6, 08:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Mar 6, 07:00 CST
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology will be performing maintenance on network infrastructure in the location in the title. This work is to address issues with this specific equipment. Network connectivity including VoIP phone, wireless, and wired services will be affected for the given time frame.
Mar 2, 14:39 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been cancelled.
Mar 5, 14:10 CST
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology will be performing maintenance on network infrastructure in the location in the title. This work is to address issues with this specific equipment. Network connectivity including VoIP phone, wireless, and wired services will be affected for the given time frame.
Mar 2, 13:39 CST
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved.
Mar 5, 13:50 CST
Investigating -
Northwestern Information Technology is investigating an issue causing a service interruption to the wired, wireless, and telephone services on the second floor of University Hall. Support staff are working to restore service as quickly as possible.
The next update will be provided on Thursday by 9:30 CST.
Mar 4, 21:20 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Mar 4, 05:30 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Mar 4, 04:30 CST
Scheduled -
To support a Facilities capital project, and to provide safe conditions for electrical maintenance, the power will be shutdown for 1 hour, from 4:30am - 5:30am on Wednesday 3/4.
This shutdown is specific to the areas listed below. It does not impact red receptacles or lights for animal rooms/suites. Please shutdown/unplug computers or any special equipment Tuesday end-of-shift.
Ground Level -Passenger Elevator #9 (only serves Level 1 and Level 1M) -All of Slice pizza kitchen receptacle power, including the reach-in refrigerators/freezer and walk-in cooler.
Basement -All Basement CCM office area, kitchenette, bathrooms and locker rooms -AHR B-305 receptacles -Feed B-101 receptacles -Office B-341 receptacles -Certain automatic door openers (card reader and locks remain powered/functional) -B-103, original old wiremold receptacles (not in use) -B-103, 208V receptacles used for charging small UPS’s
Sub-Basement -All Sub-Basement CCM office area, breakroom, kitchenette, bathrooms and locker rooms -SB-303 X-Ray Equipment -Certain automatic door openers (card reader and locks should remain functional) -Cagewash receptacles, bedding dispensers, ActivView panel
Feb 25, 09:09 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Mar 4, 00:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Mar 3, 23:00 CST
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology has been notified of scheduled maintenance to one of our Internet Service Providers (ISP). During this maintenance window, affected traffic will be routed through alternate ISPs. No service interruption is expected.
Mar 2, 13:38 CST
Resolved -
Northwestern Information Technology confirms the incident is resolved for Active Directory.
Mar 3, 15:41 CST
Update -
Due to continuing service work, a subset of users will be affected for Cayosoft and Shibboleth in the next 15 minutes.
Mar 3, 15:07 CST
Identified -
Northwestern Information Technology has identified an issue with ADFS impacting a subset of services. Minor disruption to a subset of users of the ADFS service was experienced during the replication process.
IT support staff are working to restore full service as quickly as possible.
The next update will be provided by 15:45 CST.
Mar 3, 14:45 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Mar 3, 06:52 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Mar 3, 06:00 CST
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology will be performing maintenance on network infrastructure in the location in the title. This work is to address issues with this specific equipment. Network connectivity including VoIP phone, wireless, and wired services will be affected for the given time frame.
Mar 2, 13:39 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 27, 22:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 27, 06:00 CST
Scheduled -
Our vendor will be performing Two-Way Radio Maintenance at the following locations; Schapiro Hall, Henry Crown Sports Complex, North Campus Parking ,Ryan Walter Athletics, EV tunnels, Simpson Querrey. This maintenance will begin February 27 from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. During this time Two-Way Radio coverage at that location will be impacted. Local & Remote Dispatch will not see a service interruption.
Feb 12, 13:20 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 27, 14:45 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 27, 07:45 CST
Scheduled -
To provide safe conditions for electrical maintenance, the power will be shutdown at the Crown Center for between 7:30 AM and 2:30 PM on February 27, 2026.
Feb 27, 07:35 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 26, 22:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 26, 06:00 CST
Scheduled -
Our vendor will be performing Two-Way Radio Maintenance at the following locations; Schapiro Hall, Henry Crown Sports Complex, North Campus Parking ,Ryan Walter Athletics, EV tunnels, Simpson Querrey. This maintenance will begin February 26 from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. During this time Two-Way Radio coverage at that location will be impacted. Local & Remote Dispatch will not see a service interruption.
Feb 12, 13:20 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 26, 07:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 26, 06:30 CST
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology will be making a software configuration change to the wired network infrastructure at the location in the title. There will be a brief interruption, less than 1 minute as the change is made. This work is being performed to enable Network Authentication on the infrastructure. Devices that do not support Network Authentication will continue to operate normally. Additional information about the refresh project can be found at the following link. https://www.it.northwestern.edu/about/it-projects/data-network-authentication-deployment/
Feb 20, 15:11 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 25, 22:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 25, 06:00 CST
Scheduled -
Our vendor will be performing Two-Way Radio Maintenance at the following locations; Schapiro Hall, Henry Crown Sports Complex, North Campus Parking ,Ryan Walter Athletics, EV tunnels, Simpson Querrey. This maintenance will begin February 25 from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. During this time Two-Way Radio coverage at that location will be impacted. Local & Remote Dispatch will not see a service interruption.
Feb 12, 13:20 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 25, 22:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 25, 19:01 CST
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology will be updating hardware for the campus Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol(DHCP) and Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers. No service interruption is expected due to the redundant nature of the service.
Feb 10, 11:37 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 25, 21:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 25, 18:00 CST
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology will be performing maintenance on network infrastructure at the locations listed below This change is to apply vendor-recommended best practice configurations for network loop protection. Network connectivity for each site, including VoIP phone, wireless, and wired services, will have a brief outage of about 5-10 seconds during the given time frame.
50 ARTS CIRCLE DR Pick-Staiger Concert Hall 60 ARTS CIRCLE DR Regenstein Hall of Music 70 ARTS CIRCLE DR Bienen School of Music 405 CHURCH 515 CLARK 555 CLARK 601 UNIVERSITY PL Scott Hall 618 EMERSON Delta Gamma Sorority 619 CLARK 619 UNIVERSITY PL Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority 625 UNIVERSITY PL Delta Delta Delta Sorority 626 UNIVERSITY PL Shepard Residential College 630 CLINTON PL 630 EMERSON Hobart House 633 CLARK Rebecca Crown Center 633 EMERSON 636 EMERSON Pi Beta Phi Sorority 637 UNIVERSITY PL Alpha Chi Omega Sorority 640 EMERSON Gamma Phi Beta Sorority 647 UNIVERSITY PL Rogers House Residence Hall 650 EMERSON North Mid-Quads Residence Hall 655 UNIVERSITY PL South Mid-Quads Residence Hall 700 UNIVERSITY PL Lutkin Memorial Hall 701 UNIVERSITY PL Alpha Phi Sorority 710 EMERSON 711 UNIVERSITY PL Kappa Delta Sorority 711 ELGIN RD Music Administration Building 717 UNIVERSITY PL Delta Zeta Sorority 720 EMERSON Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority 720 UNIVERSITY PL 721 UNIVERSITY PL Evans Scholars House 726 UNIVERSITY PL Chapin Hall (Humanities Residential College) 910 UNIVERSITY PL 1007 CHURCH 1007 Church 1201 DAVIS 1201 Davis 1220 LEON PL 1220 Leon 1603 ORRINGTON AV 1603 Orrington 1725 ORRINGTON AV McManus Living-Learning Center 1800 SHERIDAN RD John Evans Alumni Center 1800 SHERMAN AV 1800 Sherman Ave. 1801 HINMAN AV 1801 Hinman Ave. 1801 MAPLE AV 1801 Maple Ave 1808 CHICAGO AV 1809 CHICAGO AV 1809 Chicago Ave 1810 CHICAGO AV 1812 HINMAN AV 1813 HINMAN AV 1815 CHICAGO AV 1818 HINMAN AV Brentano Hall 1819 HINMAN AV 1820 CHICAGO AV Allison Hall 1820 SHERIDAN RD Jones Fine and Performing Arts Residential College 1823 SHERMAN AV Music Practice Hall 1823 CAMPUS DR Sailing Center 1835 HINMAN AV 1838 CHICAGO AV 1840 CAMPUS DR Kresge Underground 1841 SHERIDAN RD Visitor Center 1845 SHERIDAN RD Fisk Hall 1850 CAMPUS DR Locy Hall 1855 SHERIDAN RD East Fairchild (Communications Residential College 1856 ORRINGTON AV 1860 CAMPUS DR Crowe Hall 1861 SHERIDAN RD West Fairchild (International Studies Residential 1865 SHERMAN AV Willard Residential College 1870 ORRINGTON AV Chi Omega Sorority 1870 CAMPUS DR McCormick Foundation Center 1870 SHERIDAN RD Alice Millar Chapel/ Parkes Hall 1871 ORRINGTON AV Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority 1877 CAMPUS DR John J. Louis Hall 1880 CAMPUS DR Kresge Hall 1881 SHERIDAN RD Harris Hall 1897 SHERIDAN RD University Hall 1900 ORRINGTON AV 1915 MAPLE AV Engelhart Hall 1920 CAMPUS DR Annie May Swift Hall 2020 RIDGE AV 2131 ORRINGTON AV 2131 Orrington Av 2135 ORRINGTON AV 2601 ORRINGTON AV Wieboldt House
Feb 20, 15:11 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 24, 22:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 24, 06:00 CST
Scheduled -
Our vendor will be performing Two-Way Radio Maintenance at the following locations; Schapiro Hall, Henry Crown Sports Complex, North Campus Parking ,Ryan Walter Athletics, EV tunnels, Simpson Querrey. This maintenance will begin February 24 from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. During this time Two-Way Radio coverage at that location will be impacted. Local & Remote Dispatch will not see a service interruption.
Feb 12, 13:20 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 24, 17:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 23, 08:00 CST
Scheduled -
Northwestern IT will be working with our vendor to perform regular maintenance to upgrade software with security patches on the two-way radio system on Feb 23-24, 2025. During this maintenance window, a brief service interruption of approximately 5 minutes is expected for departmental radio dispatch stations at 9:00am on Feb 24. General two-way radio coverage and operation on the Evanston and Chicago campuses will not be impacted.
Feb 16, 08:21 CST
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved.
Feb 24, 09:14 CST
Identified -
Northwestern Information Technology has identified an issue causing degraded performance for SolarWinds (Server Management). Support staff are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
The next update will be provided on Tuesday by 9:30 CST.
Feb 23, 20:25 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 23, 22:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 23, 06:00 CST
Scheduled -
Our vendor will be performing Two-Way Radio Maintenance at the following locations; Schapiro Hall, Henry Crown Sports Complex, North Campus Parking ,Ryan Walter Athletics, EV tunnels, Simpson Querrey. This maintenance will begin February 23 from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. During this time Two-Way Radio coverage at that location will be impacted. Local & Remote Dispatch will not see a service interruption.
Feb 12, 13:20 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 23, 19:58 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 23, 19:00 CST
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology will be performing maintenance on the University’s authentication/authorization system (the service used for Single Sign-On to many Northwestern applications) to complete an upgrade.
No outage is expected; however, some users may experience intermittent login issues during the maintenance window.
Feb 13, 10:10 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 23, 14:06 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 23, 12:30 CST
Scheduled -
Please be advised that SolarWinds will experience a brief period of unavailability as services are restarted to remediate ongoing performance degradation.
Feb 23, 12:29 CST
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved.
Feb 23, 12:52 CST
Monitoring -
The vendor has confirmed this incident is resolved.
Northwestern Information Technology will continue to monitor services to ensure all affected Northwestern services are fully restored.
The next update will be provided by 13:00 CST
Feb 23, 11:56 CST
Update -
Northwestern IT continues to monitor the vendor issue impacting the availability of Duo Multi-factor Authentication.
To minimize the disruption to students registering for spring classes today, we have implemented a temporary workaround for CAESAR.
The next update will be provided by 12:00 CST.
Feb 23, 10:39 CST
Update -
Northwestern is impacted by an issue affecting Duo Multi-factor Authentication. The issue specifically impacts Microsoft-based authentication, including CAESAR, Canvas, myHR, NUFinancials, Teams, Sharepoint, and Exchange email. When attempting to authenticate with Duo, users are experiencing a 504 timeout message. Services that use WebSSO are not impacted.
The vendor is working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. However, we have not yet received a projected resolution time.
The next update will be provided by 11:00 CST
Feb 23, 09:37 CST
Identified -
Northwestern Information Technology has identified an issue and Duo is unavailable.
While the vendor is working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible, we have not yet received a projected resolution time.
The next update will be provided by 10:00 CST.
Feb 23, 09:04 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 23, 12:15 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 23, 09:15 CST
Update -
We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time.
Feb 23, 09:11 CST
Scheduled -
Please be advised that SolarWinds will experience a brief period of unavailability as services are restarted to remediate ongoing performance degradation.
Feb 23, 09:08 CST
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved.
Feb 23, 09:09 CST
Investigating -
Please be advised that SolarWinds will experience a brief period of unavailability as services are restarted to remediate ongoing performance degradation. It is anticipated that full functionality will be restored by 9:00 AM.
Feb 23, 08:10 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 20, 22:00 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 20, 06:00 CST
Scheduled -
Our vendor will be performing Two-Way Radio Maintenance at the following locations; Schapiro Hall, Henry Crown Sports Complex, North Campus Parking ,Ryan Walter Athletics, EV tunnels, Simpson Querrey. This maintenance will begin February 20 from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. During this time Two-Way Radio coverage at that location will be impacted. Local & Remote Dispatch will not see a service interruption.
Feb 12, 13:20 CST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 20, 20:29 CST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 20, 19:00 CST
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology will be performing maintenance on the University’s authentication/authorization system (the service used for Single Sign-On to many Northwestern applications) to complete an upgrade.
No outage is expected; however, some users may experience intermittent login issues during the maintenance window.
Feb 13, 10:16 CST
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved.
Feb 20, 15:37 CST
Monitoring -
Northwestern Information Technology is monitoring the recovery of wired, wireless, and telephone services for the first floor E wing of the Technological Institute. Support staff will continue to closely monitor these services to ensure they are stable.
The next update will be provided by 15:30 CST.
Feb 20, 14:56 CST
Investigating -
Northwestern Information Technology is investigating an issue causing a service interruption to the wired, wireless, and telephone services on the first floor E wing of the Technological Institute. Support staff are working to restore service as quickly as possible.
The next update will be provided by 15:00 CST.
Feb 20, 14:20 CST