On 27.03.2025 between 09.00 a.m. and 06.00 p.m.

+++ 27.03.2025 03.30 p.m.: The maintenance work has been successfully completed. +++ During the specified period, new Exchange servers will be deployed for the Groupware service. During this process, there may be brief interruptions as e-mail programs might not immediately detect the correct server.

From 29.03.2025 8:00 a.m. until 30.03.2025 6:00 p.m

During this period, the University of Kassel will be carrying out extensive maintenance work on its network infrastructure. During this maintenance there will also be longer service interruptions for the next.Hessenbox.

Award for emergency communication solution HeartBeat – First place in the InfoSec Impact Award

The InfoSec team at TU Darmstadt secured first place in the InfoSec Impact Award, organised by NExT e.V. and the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), with its innovative emergency communication solution, HeartBeat.

Software error in VPN client – workaround available

As of version 5.1.8.105 of the Cisco Secure Client for VPN connections, problems occur with the selection of the connection address under Windows 10/11 and macOS. After restarting the system or the client, saved addresses are no longer visible in the drop-down menu.

On 22.03.2025 between 08.00 a.m. and 02.00 p.m.

Maintenance work is taking place during the specified period. The system will not be available during this time.

Open Tuesdays to Thursdays from 9.00 a.m. to 4 p.m. from 1 April 2025

The HRZ Service Centre Stadtmitte is extending its opening hours. This gives students and employees of TU Darmstadt more time for personal counselling and support.

Register now!

The event is aimed at the IT system administrators of the departments, institutes, and central facilities.

On 26.03.2025 between 7.30 a.m. and 9.00 a.m.

+++ 26.03.2025 09.00 a.m.: The maintenance work has been successfully completed. +++ The software on the IDM portal and login servers will be updated during this period. This may cause brief outages (less than 5 minutes) or delays in services.

+++Update vom 10.03.2025 um 10:06 Uhr: Die Störung ist behoben. Der Dateiupload funktioniert wieder.+++ Aktuell läuft der Dateiupload in ein Timeout. Wir sind dabei, den Fehler zu beheben, und informieren Sie an dieser Stelle, sobald das Problem gelöst wurde.

On 12.03.2025 between 07:30 a.m. and 03:00 p.m.

During this period, there may be occasional delays in the processing of data in the IDM system. Due to the redundant configuration, no outages in the TU-LDAP are expected.

On 06.03.2025 between 02.00 p.m. and 05.30 p.m.

The certificate provider HARICA is carrying out maintenance work during this period in order to switch to new GÉANT Issuing CAs. No certificates can be issued during this time.

On 05.03.2025 between 07.30 a.m. and 09.00 p.m.

Maintenance work will be carried out on the 2FA administration during this period. Due to the redundant configuration, no outages are expected. However, short-term delays are possible.

On 19.03.2025 between 06.00 p.m. and 11.59 p.m.

+++ Update from 19.03.2025: The Cisco UC update could not be carried out due to a technical problem on 18.03.2025. The problem was identified and fixed today. As a result, there will again be restrictions on Jabber login, the presence function and chats today (19 March). Local telephony should only be affected for a short time, if at all. +++ Due to an upgrade of the Cisco Call Manager, there will be a temporary interruption to telephony services for Cisco devices. Ongoing calls will be disconnected. The outage is expected to last between 5 and 30 minutes. Logging into the Jabber client may also be unavailable for up to 60 minutes. We are working to keep the disruption as short as possible. Alcatel phones are not affected.

On 25.02.2025 between 07.00 a.m. and 08.00 a.m.

During the specified period, the webmail interface for Linux mailboxes (URL: https://webmail-linux.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de) may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance work. Only institutions that use the webmail interface for Linux mailboxes are affected.

On 26.02.2025 between 03.00 p.m. and 08.00 p.m.

The Cisco Unity Connection Server (voicemail) will be updated to the latest major version during the specified period. This may result in a brief interruption to voicemail functionality (approx. 20 minutes) – telephone numbers within the Cisco system are affected.

On 22.02.2025 between 08.00 a.m. and 06.00 p.m.

Maintenance work is taking place during the specified period. The system will not be available during this time.

On 19.02.2025 between 7.00 and 8.00 a.m.

+++ 19.02.2025 07.55 a.m.: The maintenance work has been successfully completed. +++ During this period, a minor update to the latest Moodle version will be installed. The Moodle system will be unavailable for a maximum of one hour. It is also not possible to login into Mahara and Panopto.

On 11.02.2025 between 7.30 and 9.00 a.m.

+++ 11.02.2025 08.25 a.m.: The maintenance work has been successfully completed. +++ Due to maintenance work on the IDM portal, there will be temporary system outages during this period.

On 11.02.2025 between 8.00 and 09.00 a.m.

An update to the new ShareLaTeX version will take place during this period. The server may be temporarily unavailable during the update. Changes made during this time may not be saved.

Activation of the authentication procedure for further centrally managed subdomains from 05.02.2025

From 05.02.2025, the DKIM authentication procedure will be activated for all subdomains *.tu-darmstadt.de in the central groupware service.