When will the new suite of services be available?
- Managed U-M Pantheon: available since 2024
- Managed Web Applications - July 2026
- Static Web Hosting Services - August 2026.
Can you clarify the effect on existing websites?
- AFS Drupal & WordPress sites - owner is responsible to migrate their website out of AFS by December 2026. Can migrate to U-M Pantheon or other services.
- AFS Web Applications - owner is responsible to migrate their website out of AFS by December 2026.. Can migrate to Sevalla , ITS Container Service, MIServer or other hosting services..
- AFS Personal and Group Static Websites - all active AFS static websites will be migrated to the new ITS Static Web Hosting service before December 2026. No user intervention will be required. The website URLs will remain unchanged when the website is moved
What do I need to do to prepare to migrate to the new service?
- Drupal 7 websites in Pantheon. Pantheon extended support is ending December 2026. Drupal 7 can not be upgraded to Drupal 10 or 11. Rewriting the website to Drupal 10 and 11 can take months and should start now.
- AFS Drupal 10 and 11 websites - Pantheon documentation provides tools to migrate the websites to Pantheon. If the unit does not have the skills to migrate the websites out of AFS, IT Purchasing has a list of approved web agencies that can assist with migrating the websites.
- AFS Web Applications - Web applications can be migrated to the new ITS Web Application Hosting service, ITS Container Service, MiServer, or another hosting service. IT Purchasing has a list of approved web agencies that can assist with migrating the web application.
- Note: Websites that will be affected the most are ones that are very outdated and running on old versions of Drupal, PHP, and WordPress. Those websites will need to be upgraded prior to migration, and if they are on very old versions, they could require some re-design work. At this time, existing websites migrating to the Managed WordPress and Drupal platform will need to:
- Authenticate users at the web application level, not at the web server level
- Use only HTTPS
- Be on PHP 7.3 or higher
- Upgrade their website to the latest version of WordPress, Drupal 7, Drupal 9, or Drupal 10.
How can I stay up to date on progress?
Please join our Wolverine Web Services Interest Group to receive updates on progress, or bookmark our project website to check for updates. When we have details about our service, we will be sure to get the word out to campus!