Alerts & Outages

Unplanned Outages

Banner Admin & Patriot Web Unavailable

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Impact of the change on users: Banner Admin and Patriot Web will be intermittently unavailable during the maintenance period. Reason for the change: ITS is patching server operating systems. (ID # 750939)
Banner Maintenance

Monday, January 12, 2026

Impact of the change on users: All services will be unavailable for Banner, DataMart, and De-centralized systems. Reason for the change: ITS is applying quarterly security and update patches to production servers. (ID # 754141)
Banner Admin & Patriot Web Unavailable

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Impact of the change on users: Banner Admin and Patriot Web will be intermittently unavailable during the maintenance period. Reason for the change: ITS is patching server operating systems. (ID # 751033)

Coming August 20- New Zoom Web Experience

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Effective August 20, 2026: The George Mason Zoom web homepage will be updated and will have a new look. Zoom is making this change to provide a unified, intuitive interface to help users access key features faster and manage settings more efficiently. See New Zoom Web Experience – August 2026 for a snapshot of the…
Ongoing Microsoft Azure Migrations

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Information Technology Services (ITS) is modernizing its enterprise systems this summer by transitioning our on‑campus data center infrastructure to Microsoft Azure, a cloud-based platform. This initiative replaces outdated hardware with a more reliable, scalable, and flexible environment that enhances system stability, strengthens disaster recovery capabilities, and supports long-term operational efficiency. The effort involves transferring several…

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