Maintenance: Microsoft Office 365 Update; App Restart

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Information Technology Services Advisory Page

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Jul 16, 2026 - 01:00 PDT

Scheduled

What is impacted: Employee and student computers; Microsoft is changing how Office 365 (aka M365) updates are installed on our devices. These updates will now occur more frequently than in the past. Moving from a semi-annual update to monthly updates. As a result, the July update will be larger than normal, bringing our software up to date for next month’s updates.
Level of impact: App restart. This update will attempt to install while you are not actively using Office apps, as it will need to restart Office to complete. If it cannot find a time when Office is not actively in use, it may prompt you to save your work so it can restart Office.
Timing: Beginning Thursday, July 16, at 1 am. Continuing until all computers updated.
Preparation: None
Posted Jul 15, 2026 - 13:51 PDT