The myUNT portal upgrade to version 9.0 was a success. Students and employees can experience the enhanced design and functionality at http://my.unt.edu/ immediately.

The EIS Portal System named myUNT (http://my.unt.edu) is being upgraded to an enhanced version of software. Beginning at 8 a.m on Saturday, April 25th, the myUNT portal (http://my.unt.edu) will be unavailable until Monday, April 27th.

The HSC portal (http://my.hsc.unt.edu/) will not be available for its current users during this system outage.

The outage will not impact student services independent of the portal, such as Blackboard Vista and EagleConnect. Business processes accessed through myUNT, such as Workforce Administration, Time and Labor, Records and Enrollment will be available through https://myLS.unt.edu. Cognos Budget reports and employee leave balances normally viewed through the portal will not be accessible.

Due to the current schedule that opens registration to freshmen on April 16th, we will delay the Portal 9.0 upgrade to the following weekend (April 25-26). An outage page will be posted during the upgrade that includes links to Blackboard Vista, EagleConnect, and other external systems that are normally accessed through my.unt.edu.

The EIS Financials system upgrade requires e-Pro processing changes during the week leading to the scheduled go-live. Purchasing and Payment Services must have all current requisitions processed through to purchase orders in EIS prior to the conversion. In order to allow for processing time, all departments must have needed requisitions created and approved through e-Pro on or before 5:00PM on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Additional information is listed in the February 2009 Spreadsheet Newsletter posted online at http://pps.unt.edu.

Following a transition to CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) last fall, the Office of Admissions officially retired its APPX undergraduate prospect system on Friday, January 23, 2009.

At an event hosted by Steve Vocelka and Lawanna Robinson, a small group of APPX users and CITC support partners gathered in GAB 560 that Friday to say “good bye” to APPX and witness the final shutdown of its ntsf880v1 SUN host.

Attending from Admissions were Janetta Willeford, Ailene Horton, Allison Carpenter and APPX administrator, Walter Bowen. Nancy Fisher and Brian Richman represented EISTS, and were joined by Don Butler from CITC.

Also on hand that day from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and the School of Health Professions was Joel Daboub, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Outreach. Back in 2002, Joel was a member of the team that ported the prospect system to APPX.

The undergraduate prospect system was a cornerstone for student recruitment follow-up operations for more than two decades. The system was originally built in 1987 with SPEED II, a 4GL development utility on the Wang VS5 platform.