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Talent Center will be unavailable from <b>midnight Tuesday, July 14, until 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 15</b>, while the system receives enhancements. Oracle, the vendor, determined the maintenance window. The HCM Solutions Team has completed checks to ensure that the system is ready for the update. In the unlikely event of an issue, the HCM Solutions Team will closely collaborate with Oracle to determine the cause and resolve the issue. If the outage period is extended, an update will be provided at https://status.pitt.edu.

This incident has been resolved.

Talent Center and the University Career Site’s search capabilities will be unavailable Tuesday, July 14, from 10 p.m. to midnight while the system receives an update. The maintenance period was determined by the vendor (Oracle).

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

If you’re someone who keeps a million and one digital and physical notebooks (and can never find the note you’re looking for), Microsoft’s all-in-one digital notebook is ready and waiting in your Microsoft 365 account — and it comes free to students, faculty, and staff with your Pitt credentials.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

This incident has been resolved.

Starting at Pitt is a lot. New campus. New schedule. New everything. The last thing you need is to show up without the digital tools you need to hit the ground running. This checklist walks you through exactly what to set up — and when — so you're ready to log in, connect, and go from day one.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

A recent breach of a third-party vendor’s CRM system has exposed business contact information held by several vendors in Pitt’s portfolio, increasing the risk of phishing and social engineering attempts. No Pitt systems or student data are known to be involved. If your unit works with affected vendors, please review the guidance below.1. Know how to spot and report phishing scams.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Beginning Thursday, July 9, InCommon, the consortium that provides Digital Certificates for the University, is transitioning from Sectigo to a new certificate platform, CertiNext. Existing certificates remain valid through their expiration dates, and TLS server certificates remain available without change.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Pitt Digital has resolved the issue that affected access to website addresses shortened through the pi.tt URL shortener. Full service has been restored. We continue to monitor the service closely to ensure continued stability and reliability.

This summer, you have a pretty good reason to fine-tune your remote work setup. Starting in July, PennDOT’s closure of I-376 Parkway East will route interstate traffic through Forbes and Fifth avenues.

Pitt Digital provides students, faculty, and staff with access to a suite of institution-approved AI tools through Generative AI@Pitt, built around equitable access and privacy protections. The tools are one part of a broader, University-wide approach to responsible AI that includes the AI Coordination and Development Committee — announced by Provost McCarthy in February — as well as the Pitt AI-Scholar Teacher Alliance (PASTA), a faculty-led monthly forum that has grown to more than 140 members since its launch in 2023.

The vendor has resolved the issue that affected Claude for Education earlier today and restored full service.

Pitt Digital helps organize an Air Force Association CyberCamp, a free, weeklong cybersecurity program for high school students now in its 10th year at Pitt. More than 1,400 students have completed the camp since its launch, and this year's program expanded for the first time to include Pitt Greensburg alongside the Pittsburgh campus event. Instructors use curriculum from the national CyberPatriot program and emphasize the logic, reasoning, and ethics behind cybersecurity skills — with an eye toward addressing the hundreds of thousands of unfilled cybersecurity jobs nationwide.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

On Friday, June 26, Pitt Digital will automatically update GlobalProtect VPN to version 6.2.8 on all University Windows and Mac devices. This update brings enhanced security and improved stability to your VPN experience.What to expect: 

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

This incident has been resolved.

The vendor has resolved their issue and restored full service. Pitt Digital continues to closely monitor affected services to ensure continued reliability and stability. Any additional updates will be posted to status.pitt.edu.