In order to add students to the same UM Microsoft environment as UM faculty, staff, and researchers, UM student email will be unavailable from Friday, August 21st at 4:30 P.M. to Monday, August 24th at 8:30 A.M. This will enable students to use Microsoft Office 365 tools, such as Teams or OneDrive, and to collaborate seamlessly with all members of the UM community.   During this brief outage, email access will remain available for faculty, researchers, and staff. 

Students will have the following experience  

• Email unavailable:  You will have no access to your UM email accounts after 4:30 p.m. on August 22 until 8:30 a.m. August 24. However, your Inbox will continue to receive email during the outage. 
• Waitlist paused: Aurora Waitlist notifications will not be sent out during the outage.  The Registrar will resume notifying waitlisted students of course availability once email access is restored. 
• Access restored:  Your Inbox will continue to receive email during the outage. Once the service is restored, your email will gradually appear in your Inbox.  Your most recent email will appear first, followed by older messages over a period of several hours.  

Remember to back up files from OneDrive and SharePoint 

• Back up OneDrive:  Files stored in your UM OneDrive will not be moved to the new environment.  To avoid losing your files, follow these instructions to download files from OneDrive to your computer.  You will have access to a new OneDrive folder after August 24.  
• Back up SharePoint: Files stored in SharePoint will not be moved to the new environment. If you are storing important files in a SharePoint site, download them to your computer as a precaution. 

You will be able to access your email after 8:30 a.m. Monday, August 24.   Please direct any questions to the IST Service Desk at 204-474-8600.  

Thank you in advance for your support.

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