There will be a power outage from 4 a,m, to noon, Sunday, Oct. 16 that will impact several online services across campus.

The outage is required for Facilities Management to install new equipment in the Administrative Services Building, where the campus Data Center, UAPD and Parking and Transit are located.

During the outage, the following cloud-based services will remain available from off campus:

  • Blackboard Learn
  • Workday
  • Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, etc.)
  • Zoom, Box, and other cloud services using Azure Single Sign-On

Services relying on the ADSB Data Center will be unavailable during the outage, including, but not limited to:

  • Internet and VoIP phone service for buildings on the ADSB distribution switch
  • UAConnect and Data Warehouse
  • All uark.edu websites – Including the Housing Website and Housing Portal
  • High-Performance Computing Center
  • Campus Directory, Arkansas News, Events
  • MyDocs, Gizmo, and Fido file storage
  • MyLaw
  • MyParking Login
  • Perceptive Content
  • Qualtrics Surveys
  • R25: Series 25
  • Razorbuck$ (Transact)
  • Walton College of Business online systems
  • University Libraries main website Note: During the outage, links to library databases, e-journals, e-books, and catalog will be available at https://uark.libguides.com/down.
  • VDI labs and Remote Lab

Service impact updates will be posted on the IT Status Monitor page.

This is the first of two outages required to complete the work. The second maintenance window will be announced in the coming weeks.