Document Actions

You are here: Home About Us News & Alerts News

Recent Announcements

You can subscribe to the University IT Services RSS newsfeed or Mailinglist rzinfo and receive current updates, malfunction reports and important dates in your newsreader or Mailbox.

You can be informed by E-Mail about news and malfunction messages by subscribing to the mailing list "rzinfo@rz.uni-freiburg.de". To do so, please log in to MyAccount and select Mail & Lists in the top menu.Select the Maillinglist "rztinfo" in the list of available Mailinglists.


RSS-Feed subscription | Alerts & Malfunctions


2023-12-01 10:00: The Omnibus service has been switched off
As announced, the omnibus server for mapping personal web areas was discontinued on 30 November 2023.
2023-11-22 10:18: E-mail program Outlook under Windows 11 must not be used
The new Outlook under Windows 11 apparently reveals more data than you would like. Users should switch to alternatives such as Thunderbird.
2023-11-03 10:09: High threat level for cyber security / Phishing a permanent threat
#ufrstatus High threat level in cyber security / phishing permanent threat
2023-10-25: SPSS Licese Codes 2023/2024 are available in the Asknet shop
The new SPSS and Amos licences are now on sale again in the Asknetshop.
2023-10-17: Presentation of bwLehrpool at the 79th DFN Operational Conference
The German Research Network (DFN) holds its 79th Operations Conference in Berlin. In the Cloud Forum in the afternoon, "DFN-federated" services, including bwLehrpool, were presented. The forum provided an opportunity for the various stakeholders at universities and research institutions to learn about the new federated service "bwLehrpool". This is intended to gradually extend the state service, which has been established for some time, into a federated offering that can be used at the end of the year.
2023-10-11 10:20: Vulnerability in cURL - update to version 8.4.0
#vulnerability Serious vulnerabilities have been discovered in the cURL tool collection. An update to the new version 8.4.0 should be done immediately.
edacticLab - the new qualification and consulting offer for teachers
In the winter semester, the edacticLab will be launched for the first time university-wide - a further development of our existing e-learning qualification program to expand and deepen digital teaching skills.
bwLehrpool: Preparation bwSync&Share
In preparation for the upcoming transition from network drive student user homes to bwSync&Share, the standard templates maintained by the RZ now include the Desktop Clients needed for file synchronization and push message reception.
2023-09-26 The production of UniCard Einrichtungskarten is possible again
As of now, Einrichtungskarten (unpersonalized UniCards) can be ordered again from the University Computer Center.
2023-09-21: Shutdown of Omnibus on November 30th 2023
The long-standing "Omnibus" service, through which employees had the option of offering simple personal web pages, is being discontinued for good.
Wed. August 30th 2023, from 4 pm - HISinOne maintenance approx. 30 min.
The campus management system HISinOne (productive, demo, active test) is not available on Wednesday, August 30th 2023 from 4 pm for approx. 30 min. due to system maintenance.
Caution: Phishing e-mails with reference to alleged wage/salary statement
The phishing emails come from a sender with the domain "ufrgs.br" and link to a fake myLogin website.
Zoom clients need to be updated
Due to several vulnerabilities in the Zoom Client, all users of the Zoom Client on all available operating systems are currently being asked to update the client. Without an update, the Zoom Client cannot be started.
RZ among the winners of the "Sustainable University" competition
On 5.7. the Sustainable University Working Group had a special joint meeting with the Chancellor and Prorector for Internationalization and Sustainability. In this context, the prizes of the energy efficiency competition were officially awarded and all six applications from the competition were briefly presented. The Computing Center was represented with three projects and jointly received a second prize from the competition for the projects "Energy Saving in High Performance Computing" and "Efficient Operation of Large Cloud Infrastructures at the RZ".
Changes to the department structures in the RZ since June 2023
As of June, some personnel and structural changes have come into effect in the data center, which we would like to inform you about.