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Scheduled maintenance is taking place from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM AEST on 22 August 2026 as part of standard monthly infrastructure patching.
During this time, some IT services may be degraded or partially unavailable.
Access to various systems may be intermittently impacted while maintenance activities are carried out.
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Aug 19, 2026 - 15:14 AEST
Scheduled maintenance is taking place on Intralign Authentication on 25 August 2026.
As a result, users may experience authentication issues or be temporarily unable to log in during this time.
To facilitate this maintenance, access to Intralign authentication services will be impacted from 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM AEST.
This maintenance migrates authentication from Okta to Microsoft Entra ID as part of the University's strategic identity platform initiative.
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Aug 19, 2026 - 15:13 AEST
Scheduled Genie Neurology maintenance is taking place on 26 August 2026.
As a result, Genie Neurology will be unavailable from 3:40 PM until 7:30 PM AEST.
This maintenance will upgrade Genie Neurology to new version 11.3.4 and implement required Medicare-related updates.
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Aug 19, 2026 - 15:08 AEST
On 29 August 2026 the iThenticate 2.0 upgrade is scheduled to launch.
To facilitate this upgrade, access to iThenticate will be unavailable from 12:00 AM on 29 August 2026 until 12:00 AM on 30 August 2026.
About the upgrade: This vendor-managed upgrade moves Macquarie University to iThenticate 2.0. During the outage users will be unable to submit documents, generate similarity reports or access review functions. The maintenance has been scheduled on a weekend to minimise impact to research activities.
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Aug 19, 2026 - 15:10 AEST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 20, 03:00 AEST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 19, 23:00 AEST
Scheduled -
Scheduled MUH File Server maintenance is taking place on 19 August 2026.
As a result, the MUH File Server will be unavailable from 11:00 AM until 3:00 PM AEST.
This maintenance supports migration of the service from on-premises infrastructure to AWS to improve long-term sustainability and platform modernisation.
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Aug 19, 15:12 AEST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 18, 23:30 AEST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 18, 20:30 AEST
Scheduled -
Scheduled maintenance is taking place on iTeach and Unit Guides on Tuesday 18th August, 2026 from 8:30pm to 11:30pm.
As a result, iTeach and Unit Guides may be partially unavailable during this time and service may be degraded.
Stay informed: - Keep up-to-date on the operational status of all IT systems and services by subscribing to real-time notifications at https://itstatus.mq.edu.au - Follow @mqu_it on X for breaking alerts and status updates - Contact the IT Service Desk on 02 9850 HELP (4357), or email onehelp@mq.edu.au.
Aug 18, 17:23 AEST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 15, 22:00 AEST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 15, 18:00 AEST
Scheduled -
Scheduled maintenance is taking place on GlobalProtect VPN on 15 August 2026 at 6:00 PM (AEST).
As a result, GlobalProtect VPN will be degraded or partially unavailable during this time.
To facilitate this maintenance, access to GlobalProtect VPN services will be impacted from 15 August 2026 6:00 PM (AEST) until 15 August 2026 10:00 PM (AEST).
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Aug 13, 17:06 AEST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 14, 12:00 AEST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 14, 10:00 AEST
Scheduled -
Scheduled maintenance is taking place on Kronos Authentication on 14 August 2026 at 10:00 AM (AEST). The maintenance supports a mandatory authentication upgrade and SSO reconfiguration for Kronos.
As a result, Kronos Authentication will be degraded or partially unavailable during this time. Users may be logged out while the upgrade is in progress and will need to sign in again once the change is complete.
To facilitate this maintenance, access to Kronos authentication and login services will be impacted from 14 August 2026 10:00 AM (AEST) until 14 August 2026 12:00 PM (AEST).
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Aug 12, 16:01 AEST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 14, 10:30 AEST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 14, 09:00 AEST
Scheduled -
Scheduled maintenance is taking place on TeamViewer Authentication on 14 August 2026 at 9:00 AM (AEST). The maintenance supports the migration of authentication from Okta to Microsoft Entra ID.
As a result, TeamViewer Authentication will be degraded or partially unavailable during this time.
To facilitate this maintenance, access to TeamViewer login and authentication services will be impacted from 14 August 2026 9:00 AM (AEST) until 14 August 2026 10:30 AM (AEST).
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Classification rationale: Both changes impact user authentication rather than making the entire application unavailable, therefore Service Degraded / Partial Outage is the most appropriate status page category.
Aug 12, 16:07 AEST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 13, 19:00 AEST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 13, 17:00 AEST
Scheduled -
Scheduled maintenance is taking place on Smartsheet Authentication on 13 August 2026 at 5:00 PM (AEST).
As a result, Smartsheet Authentication will be degraded or partially unavailable during this time.
To facilitate this maintenance, access to user authentication and login to Smartsheet will be impacted from 13 August 2026 5:00 PM (AEST) until 13 August 2026 7:00 PM (AEST). The maintenance supports the migration of authentication from Okta to Microsoft Entra ID.
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Aug 12, 15:35 AEST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 13, 15:01 AEST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 13, 11:00 AEST
Scheduled -
Scheduled KMS and Infrastructure Report Utility Server maintenance is taking place on 13 August 2026.
As a result, KMS and Infrastructure Report Utility Server will be impacted from 13 August 2026 11:00 AM (AEST) until 13 August 2026 3:00 PM (AEST). During this time the service will be unavailable while the production application is migrated from the on-premises VMware environment to AWS.
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Both notices are correctly classified as Service Unavailable because the CRs explicitly state the services will be unavailable / not functioning during the outage window.
Aug 12, 15:25 AEST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 13, 15:00 AEST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 13, 11:00 AEST
Scheduled -
Scheduled Qlik Replicate (Snowflake) maintenance is taking place on 13 August 2026.
As a result, Qlik Replicate (Snowflake) will be impacted from 13 August 2026 11:00 AM (AEST) until 13 August 2026 3:00 PM (AEST). During this time the service will be unavailable while the production application is migrated from the on-premises VMware environment to AWS.
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Aug 12, 14:59 AEST