Astra Schedule offline for planned maintenance 10/5-10/10/2016

Astra Schedule will be offline for scheduled maintenance starting on Wednesday, October 5th at 5:00 p.m. through Monday, October 10th at 7:00 a.m. All Astra users will use the link ‘z.umn.edu/astra’ to access the software after the maintenance is complete on Monday, October 10th.

Activity report listings of all scheduled classes and events held from October 6-9, 2016 are available for reference while Astra Schedule is offline. View scheduled room activity.

How you can prepare:

• The new link z.umn.edu/astra can be used right away.
• Delete all old Astra bookmarks in your web browser.
• Create a new Astra bookmark for z.umn.edu/astra.
• If your department has links to Astra on their webpage, update them to point to z.umn.edu/astra.
• If your department distributes activity calendars by URL or by embedding in your website, notify ocmsoftwarehelp@umn.edu to obtain a new URL for your calendar.
• Submit all your room requests for the week prior to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 5th.

You may see up-to-date status on the outage on the OIT System Status site. If you have questions, please contact ocmsoftwarehelp@umn.edu.