Banner Administration pages upgrade coming mid-January

Banner Administration Pages, Aurora Self Service and Argos Reports will be upgraded to the latest version from January 14, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. CST to January 17 at 9:00 a.m. CST, 2022. This annual update ensures that these key university systems remain available for you. In addition, other processes and systems that connect to Banner Administration Pages and Aurora Self Service could be inaccessible or have limited functionality during this time. 

This upgrade includes: 

• General software updates to align our systems to the latest versions and ensure continued performance
• Security patches to ensure the system continues to remain protected
• Annual tax compliance updates
• Infrastructure upgrades to guarantee Banner and Argos can connect to the latest technology

Staff working with Aurora Finance 

Finance systems not available during the upgrade include:  

• Banner Admin Pages (Banner Finance)
• FAST
• Salary Journal Voucher 
• Argos reports
• My Research Tools
• ePrint Reports
• ODS 

The following systems will be available with some functions impacted during the outage: 

• Concur
• EPIC
• UMPlan
• VIP

More information will be provided to users of these systems to detail what functions will continue to be available. 

Staff working with Aurora Student 

Systems not available during the upgrade: 

• Banner Admin Pages and Aurora Self Service 
  • No transcript ordering
  • No enrolment verification ordering
  • No registration activities
• UM Achieve
• Argos Reports
• ODS

Available services: 

• UM Learn
• Admissions
• Library services
• Active Living Centre 
• Jump/M365

Instructors

Systems not available during the upgrade: 

• Banner Admin Pages and Aurora Self Service 
  • No access to class lists 
  • No grading  
  • No grade approval
  • No student registration 

Available services: 

• UM Learn
• Admissions
• Library services
• Active Living Centre
• Jump/M365 

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