{"id":5180,"date":"2026-01-15T11:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:00:05","slug":"google-calendar-planned-changes-fri-jan-16-12-p-m-1215-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/2026\/01\/15\/google-calendar-planned-changes-fri-jan-16-12-p-m-1215-p-m\/","title":{"rendered":"{GOOGLE CALENDAR}: Planned Changes, Fri, Jan 16, 12 p.m. &#8211; 12:15 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:0pt\" align=\"left\" id=\"gmail-docs-internal-guid-14fdacfe-7fff-e5d9-8745-fbfd1d1e9b58\">\n<table style=\"border:none;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"592\"><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height:98.25pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(102,0,0);padding:5pt;overflow:hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"><span style=\"border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:276px;height:105px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/files\/2026\/01\/image-4.png\" alt=\"This logo identifies the Technology Services department within the University of Puget Sound\" width=\"276\" height=\"105\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:412.5pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Dear members of the Puget Sound community,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Technology Services (TS) has planned the following maintenance activities. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">No outage or interruption to services are expected.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> Details on the maintenance being performed are available below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Google Calendar: Planned Changes<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Friday, January 16 | 12 p.m. &#8211; 12:15 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">TS will change how Google Calendar handles invitations sent via email. Currently, calendar invitations from any sender are automatically added to your calendar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">After the change, only invitations from known senders will be automatically added to your calendar. Known senders include individuals with a <a href=\"http:\/\/pugetsound.edu\">pugetsound.edu<\/a> email address, senders saved in your contacts, and individuals with whom you have previously corresponded.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">A gray banner will appear in invitations from unknown senders indicating that the event has not yet been added, with options to add the event or report it as spam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">The subject line for invitations from unknown senders will begin with \u201cInvitation from an unknown sender,\u201d while invitations from known senders will continue to begin with \u201cInvitation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Once you accept an invitation from an unknown sender, future invitations from that sender will be automatically added to your calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Please review this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.pugetsound.edu\/TDClient\/158\/Portal\/KB\/ArticleDet?ID=9187\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">support article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> for how to adjust your individual calendar settings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">SYSTEMS IMPACTED:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Google Calendar (associated with your <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">pugetsound.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> account)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">REASON FOR MAINTENANCE:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Attackers send fraudulent event invitations that are automatically added to calendars.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">To reduce the risk of calendar phishing, TS will adjust Google Calendar settings so that invitations from unknown senders will not appear on your calendar unless the invitation is explicitly accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">For more information on Technology Services&#39; Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/technology-services\/help-support\/service-announcements\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">Service Announcements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> page on the Puget Sound website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Thank you for your patience as we conduct this important work. If you have any questions or concerns, please don&#39;t hesitate to contact the TS Service Desk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:94.5pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(102,0,0);padding:5pt;overflow:hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">TS Service Desk<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Walk-In Support: Tech Center in Collins Library<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Phone Support: (253) 879-8585<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Online Help:<\/span><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/support.pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">support.pugetsound.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Email Support: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:servicedesk@pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\"><a href=\"mailto:servicedesk@pugetsound.edu\" >servicedesk@pugetsound.edu<\/a><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear members of the Puget Sound community, Technology Services (TS) has planned the following maintenance activities. No outage or interruption to services are expected. Details on the maintenance being performed are available below: Google Calendar: Planned Changes Friday, January 16 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/2026\/01\/15\/google-calendar-planned-changes-fri-jan-16-12-p-m-1215-p-m\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}