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Skype for Business Telephone Outage Resolved

Thank you for your patience. ITS has now resolved troubles with the Skype for Business telephone client. Vendor support for Drake’s Skype for Business system was able to identify our failed services and redirect access to another system. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the support center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to...

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Skype for Business Telephone Outage

At 8:30 a.m., ITS was made aware of troubles using the Skype for Business desktop client. This is affecting the ability to sign-in, place calls, and receive calls using Skype for Business on Macintosh computers and select mobile devices. ITS is diligently working towards a resolution. We will provide updates and will let you know...

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Multi-system ITS Planned Outage on Sat. June 20 from 6 to 9 a.m.

ITS is performing required maintenance on our Banner student information system. As a result, access to MyDrake, MyDUSIS, Blackboard, Banner, Touchnet, and all connected systems will be unavailable between 6 and 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 20. For a more comprehensive list of affected systems, see https://drake.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/2025/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=76406&SIDs=3040 We appreciate your patience while we perform this...

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Update on Microsoft service outages

The outage affecting the ITS and Facilities service portal has been resolved. Requests can once again be submitted at service.drake.edu. The outage affecting other Microsoft systems including Exchange (email and calendaring), Skype for Business (phone), Teams, and OneDrive is not yet resolved. We will continue to share with you any updates we receive from Microsoft....

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Multiple Outages of Microsoft Services

Earlier this morning, ITS reported outages and service slowdowns of our Skype for Business system and the ITS and Facilities service portals. We have now learned that these issues are related. We are seeing connected reports of issues affecting systems including Exchange (email and calendaring), Skype for Business (phone), Teams, and OneDrive. These issues are...

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Skype for Business Outage

At 8:00 a.m., ITS was made are of a Skype for Business outage. This is preventing faculty and staff using Skype for Business from logging into the application or Polycom phones to make and receive calls. ITS is diligently working towards a resolution. We will provide updates and will let you know when this outage...

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ITS and Facilities Service Portal Outage

At 8 a.m., ITS was made aware of a partial outage of the ITS and Facilities service portal vendor, TeamDynamix. They are diligently working towards a resolution. In the meantime, you may or may not be able to access the system at service.drake.edu to request assistance. We will provide updates and will let you know...