University Collaboration Suite (UCS) software upgrade August 1

On Saturday, August 1, 2015, during an extended maintenance window (5:00 a.m. ā€“ 3:00 p.m.), Information Technology Services (ITS) will upgrade the software supporting the University Collaboration Suite (UCS) to Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) version 8.6.0 Patch 3. This software upgrade will address many bug fixes and feature enhancements.

Members of the University community utilizing UCS will not be able to send or receive e-mail and/or calendar appointments while the upgrade is occurring.

No messages will be lost during the upgrade. When the upgrade is complete all queued messages will be processed.

Enhancements and bug fixes addressed in ZCS version 8.6.0 Patch 3 include:

Calendar:
Drag and drop of recurring all day event functions correctly
Editor displays all attendees present in an invite
Chrome: Client no longer hangs if you scroll-up the vertical scrollbar from reminder dialog
When modifying a recurring appointment, custom repeat now shows correct values.

Web Client:
Ability to create new calendar on shared mailbox
Fixed issued causing conversations to display as flagged when no individual messages are flagged
In-Reply-to contains the parent message-id, no longer causing broken thread on some mail clients
Inline images display during reply/forward compose
Compose mail works properly in IE-8 if “Contacts” tab is disabled
Ability to paste image from clipboard
In compose, ability to tab into body area functions properly

UCS Resources

UCS Training Page: https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/itech/training/intranet/ucs.html

Zimbra version 8.6.0 Release Notes:
https://files.zimbra.com/website/docs/8.6/ZCS_860_NE_ReleaseNotes_UpgradeInst.pdf

Zimbra version 8.6.0 Patch 3 Release Notes:
https://files.zimbra.com/website/docs/8.6/ZCS_860_Patch3_ReleaseNotes.pdf

Questions or technical support:
https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/intranet/itrequest.html

Service may be affected starting on August 1, 2015 at 5:00 a.m.. The estimated time of resolution is August 1, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.

For more information, please contact IT Service Desk (ITServiceDesk@psu.edu).

For the most current information regarding this alert, please see http://alerts.its.psu.edu/alert-3613.