Starting January 1, 2026, all services within Banner 8 Self-Service will become a significant security risk as they will no longer receive essential security updates or defect patches. Additionally, Ellucian will revoke authorization with future updates, which will fully break the services inside of SSB8.

 

Due to the discontinuation of Banner 8 Self-Service, all applications, services, and forms will need to be migrated to another solution or tool by December 31, 2025. The ERP Software Services (ESS) team will work with corresponding Dx Partner Directors to lead this migration project for all functional areas across the University. Currently, ESS is in the discovery phase, assessing all active services in Banner 8 Self-Service to determine which are still in use and require migration. We are also communicating with Ellucian to understand what functionality currently exists in the Ellucian Ecosystem to replace the old services in Banner 8 Self-Service.

 

Members of the ESS team and Dx Partner Directors will soon be reaching out to meet with key stakeholders in each functional area using Banner 8 Self-Service. During these meetings, we will collaborate to identify which services, applications, or forms your functional area uses in Banner 8 Self-Service. This will be a collaborative effort where we share the services that Dx is already aware of, while also giving functional areas the opportunity to inform us of any services we may have missed. After all services have been identified, we will determine if they are obsolete or need to be migrated to another tool or solution. If migration is necessary, functional users will work with ESS to determine what the service does, and what functionality needs to remain in the new solution after migration. We have three general migration options (ordered by preference):

1. Utilize existing tools or solutions that UVU already has, including those in Banner 9 Self-Service or other third-party software UVU has already purchased.
2. If current solutions do not meet the desired functionality, your functional area may consider purchasing a new software solution. However, this should be a last resort and must follow proper channels and UVU policy for software acquisition.
3. Request in-house custom development of a new application or software service. This option should also be considered carefully as it is also a last resort if other services do not meet desired functionality and must follow proper channels and UVU policy for project requests through Dx

 

Dx understands that this migration may be worrisome as many critical systems are currently residing in Banner 8 Self-Service. Please rest assured that no services, applications, or forms will disappear without a proper replacement being implemented first. ESS and Dx will work closely to manage these changes over the next year. Please keep an eye out for a meeting invite from a member of the ESS team, or your corresponding Dx Partner Director, in the coming weeks to start this process.

 

Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

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