Banner Administration Pages upgrade coming this January 2023

Includes important security enhancements and improvements to the Administration Pages and Aurora Self-Service

December 12, 2022 —

Banner Administration Pages and Aurora Self-Service will be upgraded to the latest version from January 6, 2023, at 4 p.m. to January 9, 2023, at 8 a.m. This upgrade will bring important security enhancements and focus on improving the quality of the Administration Pages and Aurora Self-Service. It also includes changes to support the 2022 tax year.

This upgrade will include several enhancements:

Change in authentication – you will now be able to use your University of Manitoba email (@umanitoba.ca) to log in to Banner Administration Pages
General system patches to address known issues with Administration Pages, Aurora Self Service 8 and 9.
Latest security patches to ensure Banner remains secure

Enhancements to Accessibility features for Banner Administration Pages
Annual tax compliance updates
Infrastructure upgrades to ensure Banner will continue to stay up to date

What does this mean to you?

Do you use Banner Administration Pages to view, create, or update records and transactions, such as students’ records or journal entries?

This update will provide you with improvements to the overall system and align the university to regulatory requirements. However, your key data, general functions, and the business rules you follow to perform these functions in Banner Administration Pages will remain unchanged.

How does this impact you?

Banner Administration Pages and Aurora Self-Service will be temporarily unavailable from January 6, 2023, at 4 p.m. to January 9, 2023, at 8 a.m. as the systems upgrade. In addition, other processes and systems that connect to Banner Administration Pages and Aurora Self-Service (e.g., Argos, BDM, FAST, UM Achieve, EPIC, ODS, IDM Warehouse) could be inaccessible or have limited functionality during this time. More information will be provided to the users of these systems.

Once the upgrade is completed, you must use your University of Manitoba email address (@umanitoba.ca) to log in to Banner Administration pages.

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