What’s new for UCS upgrade on July 20?

By Ryan Johnson, technology training coordinator

On Saturday, July 20, 2013 , during an extended maintenance window (4:30-7:30 a.m.), Information Technology Services (ITS) will upgrade University Collaboration Suite (UCS) to version 8.0.4.

New Features in this update include:

  • Sent messages can be sorted by the To: field
  • Enhanced search capabilities
  • Read More button scrolls through selected email them moves to the next unread message
  • Color coding of emails and calendar appointments

Version 8 also has changes to the interface including:

  • Redesigned search capabilities
  • The removal of the schedule view button
  • Mail toolbar has been redesigned

To learn more about these changes, I have started a new Training page to highlight many of these changes in Version 8.

During the UCS software upgrade, users will not be able to send or receive e-mail or calendar appointments. No messages will be lost during the upgrade. When complete, all queued messages will be processed.