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<div>Update: CIT is still pursuing fixes and testing work-arounds for the issue preventing Microsoft 365 Desktop Applications from being installed on new devices. Community members using these Office products can access the web versions and previously installed Desktop Applications.<br><br>On Thursday morning, January 29, 2026, Cornell community members who use Microsoft 365 Desktop Applications were unable to install M365 applications on new devices. Devices with previously installed applications were not impacted.

<div>On Friday, January 30 at approximately 5am ET there will be a momentary interruption of Wi-Fi service (eduroam, Red-Rover, and Cornell-Visitor) to make configuration change to the Wi-Fi system.&nbsp;<br><br>Most devices should re-connect automatically according to the individual device settings.</div>

<div>Zoom will enforce minimum client versions, as outlined in their Software Lifecycle Policy, on <strong>February 7th, 2026</strong>. See Zoom's <a href="https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&amp;sysparm_article=KB00... Quarterly Lifecycle Policy documentation</a> for the table of products and corresponding minimum versions.

<div>On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at 6:00am, CIT will enable a transport rule for all inbound email. After the change, email that does not pass DMARC standards will be rejected and will return a bounce message to the sender explaining the delivery failure. <br><br>Email sent using Cornell’s Microsoft Mail Service (Microsoft Exchange) or Cornell’s Google Mail Service (Cornell Google Workplace) will meet DMARC policy and be delivered. Note that, for the time being, email discussion list traffic will not be rejected by the DMARC policy change.

<div>7:00pm ET Vendor update: Microsoft 365 customers may see degraded service functionality or be unable to access multiple Microsoft 365 services. In their 6:40pm ET update, the vendor says the problem still persists. Their next update is expected around 11:20pm ET. CIT will continue monitoring their progress.<br><br>5:00pm ET Vendor update: Microsoft 365 customers may see degraded service functionality or be unable to access multiple Microsoft 365 services. In their recent update, the vendor says the problem still persists.

<div>PeopleSoft Student Center, Faculty Center, Student Essentials, ePay, Student Admissions, Contributor Relations, Financial Aid, Student Financials, Student Records, Student Employment (PSES) will be unavailable on Sunday, January 25, 2026, at 5am (ET) until approximately 10am for regularly scheduled server maintenance. This maintenance may not require the fully scheduled time.</div>

<div>KFS, Cynergy, eShop, and Cynergy Applications will be down for a patch release this Sunday, January 25 from 6am to 12noon EST.</div>

<div>Cornell AWS Organization configuration will be changed to enable trusted access to Cornell AWS accounts from the Organization with respect to the following services and features:&nbsp;<br><br></div><ul><li>AWS Resource Explorer&nbsp;</li><li>AWS User Notifications&nbsp;</li><li>S3 Storage Lens&nbsp;</li><li>Tag policies&nbsp;</li><li>AWS Security Incident Response&nbsp;</li></ul><div>This trusted access will provide the CIT Cloud Architecture Team to utilize add