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MBEST Announcements Archive
- Feb42026
Planned Outage - Authentication Unavailable on Financial Affairs Website During Improvement Work: Fri 2/6 @ 10pm - Mon 2/9 @ 6am
The Financial Affairs website will be undergoing work to improve the authentication platform over the coming weekend. The website WILL be up and available, as will all primary system launch pages (CruzBuy, CruzPay, etc.), however users will NOT be able to authenticate for access to protected resources, such as DocuSign enabled web forms and the Entertainment Dashboard.
The authentication outage is limited to only the Financial Affairs website, and will be in effect from Friday evening at 10pm PST until Monday morning at 6am PST. Users attempting to authenticate during this outage window may encounter a system error page when attempting to sign in.
If you have questions about this outage, please contact our finaff-tech@ucsc.edu team. - Jul222025
Financial Affairs Website: Planned Outage on 7/23/25 from 12:30am - 6:30am
The Financial Affairs website will be unavailable for 6 hours on Wednesday morning, July 23rd, from 12:30am to 6:30am for scheduled system maintenance. This will impact access to systems such as CruzBuy, CruzPay, CruzFly, ERS, and FIS. Please plan accordingly and contact
finaff-tech@ucsc.edu with any questions.
- May282024
Scheduled Site Maintenance Complete
The site maintenance has been successfully completed, and full functionality has been restored.
This was a significant upgrade to the underlying service that powers our website.
If you notice any website issues, please contact the web team at finaff-tech@ucsc.edu.
- May202024
Scheduled Site Maintenance and Content Freeze Over Memorial Day Weekend
Beginning Friday 5/24 @ 5:30pm through Tuesday 5/28 @ 7am the Financial Affairs website will be undergoing scheduled maintenance. While the site will remain available in a read-only mode, some services will be impacted.
Notably, the Entertainment Dashboard and ERF/MET forms will be unavailable during this scheduled maintenance period. If you have questions or issues regarding this maintenance, please contact the web team at finaff-tech@ucsc.edu. - Feb262024
Financial Affairs Website: Planned Outage on 3/3/24 from 2:30am - 5:30am
The Financial Affairs website will be unavailable for 3 hours on Sunday morning, March 3rd, from 2:30am to 5:30am for scheduled system maintenance. This will impact access to systems such as CruzBuy, CruzPay, CruzFly, ERS, and FIS. Please plan accordingly and contact finaff-tech@ucsc.edu with any questions.
- Oct72021
October 19-21, 2021 Monterey Bay DART Symposium
Join us online and in-person October 19, 20, & 21 for the 2021 Monterey Bay DART Symposium.. Three days of insight and discussion of emerging trends in drones, automation and robotics solutions to our shared challenges in human mobility, security, and the environment.
RSVP now at montereybaydart.org
For more information please see the full announcement.
Each morning of the Symposium features important speakers and panel discussions held online, and each afternoon features an on-site visit to a key facility in the region. The site visits include the NPS SLAMR facility, Air-Space Integration at the Monterey Bay Academy, and the MBEST and Joby Aviation facility in Marina. These facilities are not generally open to the public, so this is a special opportunity to visit them.
