Welcome
The University IT Services ("RZ") is the IT service provider for the University of Freiburg. The RZ has been the central operating facility since 1966. We provide the IT infrastructure for the university. On our web pages you will find all information about our tasks and services.
Further instructions and information regarding our services are available in the RZ-Wiki (currently available only in German).
Current Announcements
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| Title | Creation Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2026, 06:00 – 07:00 – Urgent firmware update for various firewalls | Jun 12, 2026 01:19 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung Due to the installation of new firmware on various firewalls on Wednesday, 17 June 2026, the following services may be temporarily unavailable or experience brief interruptions between 06:00 and 07:00: - External and internal access to University systems. - University of Freiburg VPN connection - Internet access - various HPC services (bwCloud, bwSFS, deNBI, Nemo2) - University of Freiburg email service - telephony services - DNS name resolution - Central Administration VPN access - Central Administration email service - Central Administration services and systems (HISinOne, intranet and others) |
| 12 June 2026, 12:40: University website CMS update completed | Jun 12, 2026 12:41 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung Maintenance break on the University of Freiburg CMS successfully completed |
| 11 June 2026, 17:09: Open WebUI maintenance window successfully completed | Jun 11, 2026 05:10 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung Maintenance work on the Open WebUI cluster has been successfully completed. The service is now available again. Thank you for your patience. |
| 11 June 2026, 15:05: WordPress Core Update 12 June 2026, 12:00–13:00 | Jun 11, 2026 03:09 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung On 12 June 2026, between 12:00 and 13:00, WordPress version 7.0 will be installed on the university website. During this time, editors should not edit any content. |
| 11 June 2026, 14:39: Friday 12 June 2026 between 14:00 and 17:00: Maintenance and service interruption at Rheinstrasse 10–12. | Jun 11, 2026 02:46 PM | #ufrstatus #ufrstatus #wartung We are replacing the older OS6850 switches with the newer OS6560 models, which means there will be an interruption during this process and neither internet nor telephone connections will be available. This will affect the data network and VoIP telephones#maintenance #stoerung #wartung #stoerung |
| 11 June 2026, 13:23: Open WebUI maintenance window extended | Jun 11, 2026 01:25 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung Maintenance work on the Open WebUI cluster is still ongoing. Thank you for your patience. |
| 10 June 2026, 10:20: The OriginPro licence server will be taken offline on 1 December 2026 and subsequently shut down permanently. | Jun 10, 2026 10:20 AM | #ufrstatus #wartung The OriginPro licence server will be taken offline on 1 December 2026 and subsequently shut down permanently. From now on, OriginPro licensing will be based on single-user licences. This will ensure that you can continue to work with Origin without restriction or interruption. |
| 9 June 2026, 17:55: Open WebUI maintenance window, Thursday 11 June 2026, 10am–1pm | Jun 09, 2026 05:58 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung The UFR AI Open WebUI service will be unavailable on Thursday, 11 June 2026, between 10:00 and 13:00 due to maintenance. |
| 2 June 2026, 14:34: Maintenance on the Open-Xchange mail server for students | Jun 02, 2026 02:36 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung For security reasons, it is necessary to install security updates for the OpenXchange service. The service provides all mailboxes for students at the University of Freiburg. To this end, the GWDG has scheduled a maintenance window for today, 2 June 2026, between 17:00 and 21:00. Access to the service will be temporarily unavailable during the maintenance window. |
| 2026-06-02 10:44: HISinOne urgent maintenance on Tue. June 2 from 4 p.m. for approx. 60 min. | Jun 02, 2026 10:46 AM | #ufrstatus #wartung The campus management system HISinOne (productive, demo, active test) is not available on Tuesday, June 2 from 4 pm for approx. 60 min. due to unscheduled urgent maintenance work. |
| 29 May 2026 09:05: FreiData: Maintenance break successfully completed | May 29, 2026 09:06 AM | #ufrstatus #freidata: Update – Service back online |
| 26 May 2026, 22:28: ILIAS update on 27 May 2026 | May 26, 2026 10:28 PM | #ufrstatus #wartung Due to an urgent update, the ILIAS-based systems (E-Klausur, kosmic, medical, Lehre and wb) will be unavailable on 27 May 2026 from 10 am to 12 noon. |
| 22 May 2026, 17:10: Follow-up report: Impact of the power cut on the University IT Services core systems | May 22, 2026 05:11 PM | #ufrstatus #stoerung The operational restrictions affecting the University IT Services systems have now largely been resolved. |
| 22 May 2026 10:12: FreiData: Maintenance window on 28 May 2026 from 08:00 to 20:00 | May 22, 2026 10:13 AM | #ufrstatus #freidata: Update – Service unavailable |
| 22 May 2026 07:05: Update on the current disruptions caused by the power cut | May 22, 2026 07:11 AM | #ufrstatus #stoerung The restrictions affecting the central university administration systems and HISinOne are still in place. |