<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Good morning all,</div><div><br></div><div>Sharing the below notice we received from ITS informing us that<span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> all campus services using single sign-on (SSO) will experience a brief scheduled unavailability starting at </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">10 PM on Saturday, March 7, 2026</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please read the full message below and share as appropriate.</span></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><span style="color:#002060">Thank you,</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Sherice</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"> <img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zCLx8JuZUEwJiZiUaRYba2XWUsi644nhOkFh2iZJMGFArT4O80kkCsyFseJLZrsoSivesAEzOHdNDN"></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">Sherice Underwood, Interim Financial
and Administrative Officer</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">BMP Administration Unit</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">Department
of Biochemistry </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">Department
of Microbiology and </span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Plant Pathology </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Boyce Hall, RM 1425</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Zoom
personal Link (8:30am -4:30)</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:rgb(35,35,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">: <a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/3844219267" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/3844219267</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:rgb(35,35,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">951-827-5902 </span><span lang="IT" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060"></span></p></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Lily Barger</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:lily.barger@ucr.edu" target="_blank">lily.barger@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM<br>Subject: Brief Service Disruption Scheduled for Weekend CAS Upgrade<br>To: Jennifer Farias <<a href="mailto:jennifer.farias@ucr.edu" target="_blank">jennifer.farias@ucr.edu</a>>, Yung Phung <<a href="mailto:yung.phung@ucr.edu" target="_blank">yung.phung@ucr.edu</a>>, Ronda Inzunza <<a href="mailto:ronda.inzunza@ucr.edu" target="_blank">ronda.inzunza@ucr.edu</a>>, Joanna Nguyen <<a href="mailto:joanna.nguyen@ucr.edu" target="_blank">joanna.nguyen@ucr.edu</a>><br>Cc: Rebeca Robles <<a href="mailto:rebecar@ucr.edu" target="_blank">rebecar@ucr.edu</a>>, Summer Cortner <<a href="mailto:scortner@ucr.edu" target="_blank">scortner@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Jennifer and team! </div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-2656263971502190879m_-7307181520437338482m_8900131960959375854m_946903174355872358m_-4802319114954611789gmail-docs-internal-guid-176a4f1a-7fff-7dba-4ba0-31877033e6ea"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">I am reaching out to inform you </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">that all campus services using single sign-on (SSO) will experience a brief scheduled unavailability starting at </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">10 PM on Saturday, March 7, 2026</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This essential maintenance is for an upgrade of the campus Central Authentication Service (CAS). This upgrade is critical to maintaining our security standards and ensuring the continued functionality of our multi-factor authentication (Duo) toolset.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">What this means for your area:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">During the Upgrade: </span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">While the maintenance window is broad–10 PM on Saturday, March 7, to 3 PM on Sunday, March 8–the actual downtime for campus services is expected to last only 15 minutes.</span></p></li></ul><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">After the upgrade: </span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You may need to clear the browser cache to successfully reestablish the single sign-on session.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt" role="presentation"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Users will see a new, brief progress bar during the Duo redirection process.</span></p></li></ul></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">ITS does not anticipate service disruptions outside of the maintenance window. However, if your department experiences persistent login issues after the maintenance, please recommend that users clear their browser cache or use an incognito window. If issues persist, please contact BearHelp at </span><a href="https://its.ucr.edu/help" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">its.ucr.edu/help</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> or 951-827-4848.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank you for your continued partnership as we work to strengthen UCR's security infrastructure. Please share this information with your staff! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank you, </span></p></span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div>
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</div></blockquote></div><div>Lily <br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">Lily Barger</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director, Campus Support
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Office (951) 827-0152 </p>
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