Information Technology Production Freezes for Campus Services

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

2026

  • January 2nd – January 12th
  • May 2nd – 11th
  • (May 2nd – May 25th – scheduled downtime for Information Technology updates)
  • June Orientation Dates
  • July Orientation Dates
  • August Orientation Dates
  • August 12th – August 21st
  • (September 5th – September 7th Scheduled Downtime for Information Technology Updates)
  • December 4th – December 14th

2025

  • January 3rd – January 12th
  • May 2nd – 12th
  • (May 24th – May 26th – scheduled downtime for Information Technology updates)
  • June Orientation Dates
  • July Orientation Dates
  • August Orientation Dates
  • August 13th – August 22nd
  • (August 30th – September 1st Scheduled Downtime for Information Technology Updates)
  • December 6th – December 15th

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