Universities of Wisconsin Administration facilitates the advancement of the support and implementation of information technology and library services in learning and administration across all Universities of Wisconsin campuses.

Planned System Outages

Systemwide IT outages

  1. WiscWeb Outage

    The WiscWeb service will be undergoing maintenance at this time. There will be a brief outage for WiscWeb sites during this maintenance. This update impacts the following websites: WiscWeb: https://kb.wisc.edu/wiscweb/113730 CALS: https://kb.wisc.edu/wiscweb/136798 School of Ed: https://kb.wisc.edu/wiscweb/136799

  1. Web Hosting (Linux Prod) Outage

    The Web Hosting (Linux Prod) service will be unavailable while maintenance is performed. Servers Porky, Taz, Lola, Sheepdog, and Gossamer will be unavailable during maintenance. Links to specific services impacted (Campus login required): https://kb.wisc.edu/130699 https://kb.wisc.edu/131453 https://kb.wisc.edu/135708 https://kb.wisc.edu/138281 https://kb.wisc.edu/130707 https://kb.wisc.edu/150331

  1. City of Milwaukee PD5 Splicing

    This work has been rescheduled from Monday 8/4 to Monday 8/11. On Monday August 11th 2025 from 0700 to 1700 hours CDT City of Milwaukee personnel will migrate cables and splicing near MLK Jr Dr & Locust St. This work will affect the following UWSysNet circuits: Madison to Milwaukee: MAD:CHIC:UWSN006-1 MAD:MILW-809:UWSN123-1 MAD:MILW:UWSN002-1 MAD:MILW:UWSN002-2 MILW:PLT-KAR:UWSN105 MILW:UWW-GDH:UWSN104-1 MILW:WAUK:UWSN200-3 Oshkosh to Milwaukee: BOREAS Sheboygan-EMS Research Wave MILW:SHEB:UWSN223-1 (MAN to EMS 01) MILW:SHEB:UWSN223-2 (MAN to EMS 02) MILW:SHEB:UWSN223-3 (MAN to EMS 03) MILW:SHEB:UWSN223-4 MILW:SHEB:UWSN223-5 MILW:SHEB:UWSN223-6 MILW:UWEC:UWSN0005-1 MILW:UWEC:UWSN0005-2 MILW:UWSP:UWSN117-1

  1. HRS- Human Resource System Outage

    HRS will be down for maintenance. HRS/EPM may be unavailable to users during this time. This also includes end user access to Self Service modules and Timesheet entry, as well as Applicants using Candidate Gateway. HRS batch processing is limited or suspended during this time. Maintenance processes in PeopleSoft require clearing application and web server cache. The HRS system to respond slowly, as cache is re-built, immediately following maintenance outages.

  1. UW SysNet - Spectrum Maintenance - Milwaukee, WI (Day 4 of 4)

    For four nights in a row, August 12-15 2025, from 0000 to 0530 CDT Charter will be performing fiber maintenance in the Milwaukee area. This work may affect all UWSyNet circuits terminating in UW Milwaukee EMS: UWGB Marinette (backup) UW Platteville Baraboo (backup) UWSP Marathon County (backup) UW Superior (backup) WPR 10th St Milwaukee, WI