What is a Production Freeze?
A production freeze process ensures service availability and reduces risk by establishing a period of time, or “freeze”, during a business cycle where we will eliminate changes to any component related to any business critical service. In short, no major changes are made to services and systems during a freeze.
Necessary updates and security patches can be applied and emergency maintenance can be done during a freeze. For all other maintenance requests, security patches, and /or critical updates during freeze periods, a consensus of IT administration must agree to the change or update based on immediate need. If you have a question about a production freeze or need to place your event on the freeze calendar, please contact the IT Service Desk.
Scheduled Freezes
2024
- January 2nd – January 12th
- April 19th – April 29th
- (May 25th – May 27th – scheduled downtime for Information Technology updates)
- June 11th – June 14th Orientation Dates
- July 9th – July 12th Orientation Dates
- August 7th – August 9th Orientation Dates
- August 14th – August 23rd
- (August 31st – September 2nd Scheduled Downtime for Information Technology Updates)
- December 6th – December 16th
2023
- January 3rd – January 9th
- April 17th – May 1st
- (May 27th – May 29th – scheduled downtime for Information Technology updates)
- June 13th – June 16th Orientation Dates
- July 11th – July 14th Orientation Dates
- August 3rd – August 4th Orientation Dates
- August 12th – August 25th
- September 2nd – September 4th Scheduled Downtime for Information Technology Updates)
- November 27th – December 11th
2022
- January 3rd – January 14th
- April 18th – May 2nd
- (May 28th – May 30th – scheduled downtime for Information Technology updates)
- June 7th – June 10th Orientation Dates
- July 12th – July 15th Orientation Dates
- August 2nd – August 5th Orientation Dates
- August 15th – September 2nd
- December 2nd – December 12th
2021
- January 4th – January 19th
- April 19th – May 4th
- (May 29th – May 31st – scheduled downtime for Information Technology updates)
- June 8th – June 11th Orientation Dates
- July 13th – July 16th Orientation Dates
- August 3rd – August 6th Orientation Dates
- August 16th – August 31st
- December 3rd – December 13th
2020
- January 2nd – January 13th
- April 24th – May 4th
- (May 23rd – May 25th – scheduled downtime for Information Technology updates)
- August 15th – August 31st
2019
- January 7th – January 18th
- April 29th – May 14th
- August 7th – August 30th
- (August 31 – Sept 2nd – scheduled downtime for Information Technology updates)
- December 2nd – December 16th