Updates to UTMB’s web hosting and authoring infrastructure are planned this week. The work will require a disruption in service expected to last approximately 60-90 minutes, affecting both intranet and external sites (although not at the same time), on Thursday, Mar. 21, at 9:30 p.m.
This required upgrade to a newer version of the Sitefinity content management system (CMS) will temporarily disable access to most sites hosted from www.utmb.edu, intranet.utmb.edu, and utmbhealth.com. Work will start with intranet sites and then cycle to UTMB public-facing pages.
During the work, traffic will be redirected to a temporary home page with phone numbers and direct access to UTMB sites unaffected by the update, including Citrix and Epic, the provider directory, and many other application websites such as Kronos, Blackboard and Office 365.
As part of this update, the location and appearance of the current “Alerts” tab will be moved to the top navigation and cease to be pinned to the sidebar. Clicking on the Alert navigation tab will take a user directly to the Alert site. The change supports better ADA accessibility.
If you are a web developer, please suspend any work in the CMS after 7:30 p.m. on Mar. 21, to allow for a backup of the existing system.
We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions about Sitefinity or the upgrade, please write to Sitefinity support.
If you have general questions or experience problems after the upgrade, please contact the ITS Helpdesk.
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