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Update
Microsoft has reported that its teams are actively working to restore the affected servers and return its services to normal operations. OIT will continue to monitor and provide updates as soon as possible.
Rutgers IT Alerts
November 11, 2026
Ongoing
Planned maintenance for Rutgers email alias services overnight Nov. 13-14
Scheduled
November 11, 2026 12:38 pmVarious Rutgers email alias services will undergo planned maintenance from 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, until approximately 2 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. ScarletMail and Rutgers Connect will remain available, but during this timeframe, users may experience delays receiving email to personalized @rutgers.edu addresses. The Service Activation process, for setting up some IT services at Rutgers, will also be temporarily unavailable. This maintenance is required to apply vendor-mandated system updates that will improve overall system support and enhance the delivery of large file attachments.
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This webpage highlights major IT alerts and outages.
If you are experiencing any issues not listed here, please contact the OIT Help Desk at 848-445-HELP (4357) or send a message to help@oit.rutgers.edu.
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