Friday, December 2, 2011


DCPS TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ANNOUNCEMENT!

Scheduled Shutdown Weekend:
Saturday December 3rd, 2011 from 7:30AM – 4:30PM 

Each month the district’s technology team must apply updates and critical patches to systems to make sure that they are not vulnerable to security threats that are identified by companies such as Microsoft and Adobe on a regular basis (Once a month). Please note these important dates on your calendar to insure you are ready for the future maintenance dates.

MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE 2011 – 2012


Month

Date
Production SAP, EDIN, & Compass, Portal, Exchange Available
QA, DEV, & Training available at 3002
Backup Generator Available at 3002
December 2011
3rd
No 7:30AM – 4:30PM
Yes
No 
#January 2012
14th
No 7:30AM – 4:30PM
Yes
Yes
*February 2012
11th
No 7:30AM – 4:30PM
Yes
No
March 2012
10th
No 7:30AM – 4:30PM
Yes
Yes
April 2012
7th
No 7:30AM – 4:30PM
Yes
No
May 2012
5th
No 7:30AM – 4:30PM
Yes
Yes
June 2012
2nd
No 7:30AM – 4:30PM
SAP Reboot prior to YE Roll
Yes
No
July 2012
14th
No 7:30AM – 4:30PM
Yes
Yes
August 2012
11th
No 7:30AM – 4:30PM
Yes
No
#January 14, 2012 SAP will need priority patching and coordination for Payroll Pre-processing or W2!
*February 11, 2012 Genesis will need priority patching and coordination for FTE survey!

Systems that are affected by this outage include (but not limited to):

OnCourse
Genesis
Exchange (ALL Email) –Please shutdown Outlook client
Destination Learning Management
SAP
Compass
Learning Village
Pearson Limelight/Inform