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Read more at: VPN downtime Friday 19th April 9am - 11am

VPN downtime Friday 19th April 9am - 11am

17 April 2024

This is to announce that the VPN will be unavailable on Friday 19th April between 9am and 11am This is for planned maintenance by the UIS.


Read more at: Planned maintenance to the University Wireless Service 5th April

Planned maintenance to the University Wireless Service 5th April

4 April 2024

A reminder that the UIS will be carrying out planned essential maintenance to the University Wireless Service on Friday 5th April 2024 between 7:30 and 9:00. They plan to restore full resiliency to the central systems housed in our 2 data centres. There will be some interruption to service during this period. Users may be...


Read more at: Planned maintenance to the University Wireless Service 25-27 March

Planned maintenance to the University Wireless Service 25-27 March

20 March 2024

A reminder that the UIS will be carrying out a series of planned essential maintenance to the University Wireless Service during 25–27 March. They plan to replace the 4 high-capacity routers that connect the various wireless systems into the wider University Data Network (UDN). They are doing this because the routers have...


Read more at: OneDrive 1TB storage quota for staff and students - 19 June 2024

OneDrive 1TB storage quota for staff and students - 19 June 2024

20 February 2024

What is happening? The UIS will apply the OneDrive 1TB storage quota to all staff and student Microsoft 365 accounts (Microsoft A3 and A5 licence holders) on 19 June 2024. The quota is already in place for new accounts and existing accounts using less than 1TB. How it will affect users The UIS will email the staff and...


Read more at: POSTPONED UNTIL 4 MARCH: UniOfCam SSID wireless service to be decommissioned

POSTPONED UNTIL 4 MARCH: UniOfCam SSID wireless service to be decommissioned

10 January 2024

The UIS has POSTPONED the decommission of the UniOfCam SSID and ticket-based access service for visitors until 4 MARCH 2024. What is changing Decommissioning the UniOfCam SSID, which provides wifi access for: staff and students who log in each time they connect with their University account (formerly Raven) credentials...


Read more at: Eduroam public certificate change 07.30 Friday 8 December

Eduroam public certificate change 07.30 Friday 8 December

8 December 2023

The UIS are changing the public certificate used by eduroam at 07:30 on Friday 8 December. Anyone who has used the eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT) for Windows devices , the eduroam profile for macOS devices , or the geteduroam for Android app to set up their eduroam connection won't notice any change. What to do...


Read more at: Essential Voicemail Maintenance (1st Dec)

Essential Voicemail Maintenance (1st Dec)

28 November 2023

The UIS will be undertaking essential maintenance to our Voicemail system beginning on Friday 1 st December at 5:30pm and completing around midday on Saturday 2 nd December. During this period Voicemail will be unavailable for both recording new voicemail messages, and retrieving messages already recorded. Automated...


Read more at: VPN maintenance on Sunday 10 December

VPN maintenance on Sunday 10 December

17 November 2023

The UIS will be upgrading the main VPN (vpn.uis.cam.ac.uk) during an extended weekly maintenance window between 08:00 and 12:00 on Sunday, 10 December. There will be a short outage during this time. After the upgrade, connected users will need to reconnect. More information from the UIS below: Why we need to upgrade We...


Read more at: Prepare for cloud storage quotas

Prepare for cloud storage quotas

4 October 2023

The UIS have completed their consultation and analysis of the impact of Dropbox, Google and Microsoft’s announced changes to storage service quotas on users at the University. On Thursday 28 September, they will implement: a 500GB quota for new individual and shared Google Drives, as well as existing accounts that are...


Read more at: UniOfCam access decommissioned from 8th January 2024

UniOfCam access decommissioned from 8th January 2024

11 September 2023

UIS will decommission the UniOfCam SSID and ticket-based access service for visitors on Monday 8 January 2024. Following consultation with institutions who participated in trials the UIS have chosen the best date and ensured that suitable alternative services are available to meet everyone’s needs. What is changing The UIS...