Planned BUworks Outage: Sunday 2/12, 8 am – 1 pm

Please be advised that certain BUworks Finance, Human Resources, and Procurement services will have scheduled downtime on Sunday, February 12, 2023, from 8:00 am through 1:00 pm. This downtime is necessary to perform software updates to the BUworks platform. BUworks services, including time entry submission and approval, paystub viewing, journal entries, bank updates and address…

Transitioning BU Wireless Network to Eduroam: Early Adoption Ecouraged

As part of our continuing effort to improve wireless service across campus, we will be transitioning our wireless network to eduroam, a global roaming wireless service accessible on campus and at participating institutions around the world. The transition will improve wireless security while allowing BU to continue to support the growing number of devices on the campus Wi-Fi…

Resolved: Planned BUworks Outage: December 2nd-4th

Please be advised that BUworks Finance, Human Resources, and Procurement services will have scheduled downtime beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 2022 through 1:00 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 2022. This downtime is necessary to perform software updates to the BUworks platform. All BUworks services, including time entry submission and approval, paystub viewing, journal…

Planned BUworks Outage: Sunday 10/9

Please be advised that BUworks Finance, Human Resources, and Procurement services will have scheduled downtime on Sunday, October 9, 2022 from 8:00 am through 12:00 pm. This downtime is necessary to perform software updates to the BUworks platform. All BUworks services, including time entry submission and approval, paystub viewing, journal entries, bank updates and address…

Transitioning how IP addresses are assigned – Beginning Sunday 7/3

As part of our continuing effort to improve wireless service across Boston University, we will change the way Internet Protocol (IP) addresses get assigned to wireless devices on campus. Effective Sunday, July 3, 2022, IS&T will transition the process of assigning IP addresses on Wi-Fi from public IP addresses to private IP. This process is…

Planned BUworks Downtime – Sunday May 8th

Please be advised that BUworks Finance, Human Resources, and Procurement services will have scheduled downtime on Sunday, May 8, 2022 from 8 am through 2 pm. This downtime is necessary to perform software updates to the BUworks platform. All BUworks services, including time entry submission and approval, paystub viewing, journal entries, bank updates and address…

Planned BUworks Downtime – Sunday 4/10

BUworks Finance, Human Resources, and Procurement services will have scheduled downtime on Sunday, April 10, 2022 from 8 am through 2 pm. This downtime is necessary to perform software updates to the BUworks platform. All BUworks services, including time entry submission and approval, paystub viewing, journal entries, bank updates and address information, student/staff/faculty request form…

Zoom cloud recording retention changes – Review your saved recordings by 3/13/21

The University will be changing how long Zoom cloud recordings are retained. This is a reminder that, on March 13, 2022, Zoom cloud recordings that are at least 180 days old will be automatically deleted….

Planned ServiceNow Outage – Friday 12/17

On Friday, December 17th, ServiceNow will be upgraded to the “Rome” version. As a result of the upgrade, ServiceNow will be unavailable starting at 11 p.m. on Friday. The planned restoration time is 7 a.m. Saturday, December 18th. The new version of ServiceNow contains a number of new features. Please see the Upgrade Release Notes knowledge article…

Planned BUworks Outages: Sunday August 8th and Sunday August 15th

Please be advised that BUworks Finance, Human Resources, and Procurement services will have scheduled outages on Sunday, August 8, 2021 and Sunday, August 15, 2021. These outages are necessary to perform essential software and infrastructure updates for the BUworks environment. The service outages are planned as follows: 8 am Sunday, August 8, 2021 through 4…