The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will complete its yearlong Microsoft 365 and workstation migration Jan. 2–5, when it shifts to a new email domain and wraps up the final phase of the Future Ready Cloud Collaboration Workspace Migration project.
The transition begins at 8 a.m. Jan. 2 and continues through 8 a.m. Jan. 5. University e-mail access will not be available during this time. Canvas and MyRed will not be affected.
What it means
Faculty and staff will be able to sign in to Microsoft 365 apps, though e-mail messages sent to @unl.edu addresses will be held in queue until the switch is complete.
Students will temporarily lose access to Outlook, OneDrive and other Microsoft tools during the final phase, with queued email delivered once the system goes online Jan. 5. OneDrive files may take additional days to finish migrating. Afterward, students will log in with NUID@nebraska.edu and current password. Learn more about a TrueYou username.
After the transition, all emails will appear as @unl.edu and @huskers.unl.edu. Secondary email identities remain available, and messages sent to @nebraska.edu will still deliver, though those addresses will no longer appear in directory searches.
Users may also need to reshare OneDrive or SharePoint shared links they have created.
Support available
Virtual assistance will be offered Jan. 5-9 via the ITS Zoom Support Room from 8 to 10:30 a.m., with walk-in help at all HuskerTech locations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional pop-up help centers will operate the week of Jan. 12 at Cather Dining Center and the Osborne Legacy Complex. Students, faculty and staff can also contact the HuskerTech Help Center at 402-472-3970 or nusupport@nebraska.edu.
Zoom information sessions regarding the domain change are 1 p.m. Mondays through Dec. 1.
Project impact
By the close of the migration weekend, UNL will have moved more than 65,000 email accounts, 5,000 workstations, 10,000 SharePoint/OneDrive sites and 2 petabytes of data, along with facilitating more than 5,000 support interactions. The shift is designed to improve security, streamline collaboration across NU campuses and prepare the system for emerging AI-driven tools.
Project leaders are grateful to campus partners for their patience and credited early pilot groups in the College of Business and College of Arts and Sciences with helping refine the process for the broader university.