UM website outage scheduled Sunday, Nov. 29

November 24, 2020 —

There will be a website outage to update the UM web hosting server this weekend.

The outage is scheduled for 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 29. During this time, anyone visiting the umanitoba.ca website will see an outage page.

Content creators

The project team requests that content creators stop publishing on Friday, November 27 at 4:00 p.m. and resume after the outage on Sunday.

You will not notice any changes to the UM website or your faculty or unit’s web pages after the update.

Any questions or concerns about the update may be directed to project manager Blair Dagdick. Blair.Dagdick@umanitoba.ca

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