The University of Bonn's central e-mail system, operated by the University IT and Data Centre, has been undergoing a complete overhaul for several months. A new email system was set up at the same time. All users of the central email system are now being gradually migrated to the new email system. New Uni-ID users (students and employees) will be created directly in the new email system from noon on 28.05.2025. The new email system has the following new features: The standard mailbox size will be increased in future (students 1 GB, employees 10 GB); for technical reasons, this will only take place after the migration phase has been completed A new webmail interface (https://email.uni-bonn.de/SOGo/so/login?language=English) Uni-ID mailboxes and subdomain mailboxes will be merged. This means that all emails are available in a standardised way via one mailbox Focus on IMAP and discontinuation of MAPI support Improvements in the area of IT security. Who is affected? All members of the university are automatically provided with an e-mail inbox on the central e-mail server, which will be migrated to the new system. The pilot phase with test users began in May, and HRZ colleagues have already tested the new system. Following the successful completion of this test phase, it is now the next group's turn: the students' email accounts will be migrated to the new email system from 2 June 2025. If there are no technical delays, the migration of employees' email accounts is then planned from 16 June 2025, which is expected to take four weeks. From September, it will be the alumni's turn.In addition, there may have been separate subdomain email accounts at individual institutes, which are also located on the central email system. Their migration will take place in consultation with the IT administrator of the institute after all Uni-ID mailboxes have been moved.As soon as your email account is scheduled for a specific migration date, you will be informed of the specific date by email at least three days in advance. The next steps will be explained to you in this e-mail. Your e-mail account will be blocked during the migration. Depending on the size and complexity of your mailbox, the migration can take from a few seconds to (in individual cases) 2 hours. Incoming emails are stored temporarily and are not lost. What should email users do in advance? We recommend that email users back up their out-of-office notifications, any email rules, signatures and calendars from the web interface of the old email system before the day of the move so that they can be restored in the new system. Detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of this website.You can save your personal link to the migration status in your browser bookmarks, as you will not have access to your mailbox on the email server during the migration. As soon as the migration is complete, you can log in to the new e-mail system at https://email.uni-bonn.de.You may then need to customise your email client (see instructions below).

Since Monday, our trainee Paloma has been hosting two trainee IT specialists from other University IT and Data Centres. Lukas from Heidelberg and Julian from Düsseldorf are spending a week getting to know the training and tasks of the HRZ. In return, Paloma will visit the computer centres of Heidelberg University and Düsseldorf University for a week each.Alexander, our second apprentice in his 2nd year, is also taking part in the exchange with a group. This group will start in June with the Suderburg and Mannheim computer centres. The trainees themselves are largely responsible for organising and setting the agenda, including an evening programme. The aim of the exchange is to promote independence and to reflect on one's own working methods. The exchange also promotes social skills. The trainees learn to apply their knowledge in an environment that is foreign to them and at the same time receive new learning impulses. The trainees see this opportunity as a great chance and are highly motivated and committed to the exchange. The project promotes innovation and networking and enables all participants to ‘think outside the box’. The exchange is organised by the ZKI e.V. Training Working Group. The pilot project was launched in 2017 with the Regensburg, Würzburg and Heidelberg IT and Data Centres and has been running successfully ever since.

The cloud service Sciebo will be unavailable from 03 - 04 June 25 due to an urgently required software change of the operator of the University of Münster from Owncloud to Nextcloud.  You will not be able to access your Sciebo data during this upgrade. If you need files from your Sciebo Cloud during this time, we recommend downloading and saving them locally on your PC. You do not need to do anything else. All links will still work after the changeover. New tools and setting options will also be available following the successful changeover. We will keep you informed about this on this website.

Under the motto "Celebrate what you've achieved and power up for what's left" the Bergfest takes place in the botanical garden in Poppelsdorf for the third time. On Thursday, June 5 starting at 2 p.m., students can visit the different service and advice stations of the uni, reflext on their study situation and gain new skills at the empowerment stations. Once again the University IT and Data Center is represented with a booth and advises students regarding all IT-services that might be relevant during their studies: students can inform themselves about particularly recent subjects such as AI and HPC but also about data security using the cloud service Sciebo. Of course there is also an interactive element: During a quiz students will have the chance to learn fun facts about the HRZ and win a newly designed HRZ bag or a sustainable ball point pen for the next exam. 

The Uni Bonn app is a central part of the university life, thus, it is continuously improved. With the student ID and the semester ticket, two of the most important tools for students are already integrated. Starting 15 May, the library card for the Bonn University and State Library (ULB and MNL) will also be available in the Uni Bonn app. Additionally, information on using the libraries can now be accessed easily and swiftly via the new submodule "Libary Information". All information on the new digital library card can be found on the website of the ULB. More information as well as direct links to download the Uni Bonn app can be found on our webseite. 

In the context of this year's Dies academicus (14 May, 2025), visitors have once again the opportunity to take look behind the scenes and behind usually closed doors of the ultramodern supercomputer "Marvin". With its impressive computing power, the supercomputer, which recently celebrated its first birthday, belongs to the TOP500 of fasted computers in the world and is available to all university members. The tour through the machine room allows participants to learn more about technical details and the diverse implementation possibilities of "Marvin". Those who are interested can get an on-site picture of the impressive technology and can inquire about any questions with the related experts. The HPC team of the University IT and Data Center offers two 30-minute tours through the machine room of the new supercomputer "Marvin": Start tour group 1: 01:00 p.m. Start tour group 2: 01:30 p.m. Please note that the maximum number of participants is limited to 15 participants per group. Unfortunately, participation without prior registration and confirmation is not possible. If you are interested in participating, please contact the HPC team via e-mail at training@hpc.uni-bonn.de until Monday, 13th of May 2025. You will receive all further information (meeting point etc.) together with the registration confirmation via e-mail. 

On Fridays, May 2 and 30 as well as June 20, the IT-Helpdesk will be available with shortened opening hours. The IT-Helpdesk will offer support on site, via the support request and by telephone from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. on these days.

Courses on IT topics are offered in the HRZ's own course room every semester. The lecturers of the HRZ are looking forward to your registrations for the following IT classes via  eCampus in the summer term 2025:  Attention: All classes, except for the HPC classes, are held in German!   MS Excel I - Basic Knowledge12.05.2025 – 14.05.2025, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, registration via eCampus starting April 15, 2025 MS Excel II - Advanced 08.09.2025 – 09.09.2025, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm, registration via eCampus starting June 01, 2025 Writing academic papers using MS Word 02.06.2025 – 04.06.2025, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, registration via eCampus starting April 15, 2025 Planning academic papers06.06.2025, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, registration via eCampus starting April 15, 2025 HPC-Courses HRZ news HPC-Courses