February Server and Network Maintenance: Thu., 2/19, 7pm – 1am
IT will perform regular monthly system maintenance on servers and network equipment beginning 7 PM Thursday, February 19th, and ending 1 AM Friday, February 20th, Eastern Time.
The IT team performs monthly maintenance to keep systems running smoothly and prevent small issues from becoming bigger problems. Patching improves the stability of Chan computer systems and protects against vulnerabilities such as malware, viruses, and other computer threats.
The following services will be unavailable during the dates and times above:
- All Virtual Desktop Systems
- File services
- Mailman listservs
- Local SMTP email services
- Powerfaids and NetPartner
- Wasabi
- Research Servers maintained by the Infrastructure Team
All other services will be unaffected during the maintenance timeframe, including the following:
- Zoom
- Canvas
- Crimson Print
- Microsoft 365 (email, calendar, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Administrative forms (account requests, visitor pass requests, computer setup, etc.)
- Kiteworks by Accellion File Transfer service
- my.harvard
- Web Server (main hsph.harvard.edu site)
- Emma
Upcoming Maintenance Dates:
- 3/19/2026
- 4/23/2026
- 5/21/2026
- 6/18/2026
- 7/24/2026 (Friday)
- 8/20/2026
- 9/17/2026
- 10/23/2026 (Friday)
- 11/19/2026
- 12/18/2026 (Friday)
Please contact our IT Helpdesk at (617) 432-4357 or email helpdesk@hsph.harvard.edu with any questions or concerns you may have regarding this information.
