Pure will be migrating to the cloud (off-premise) during w/c 27th April 2026.

This is a requirement for us to be able to continue using the system beyond version 5.35.

Users should experience no change when using Pure following the move.

Schedule:

Sunday 26th April (midnight)
*Pure Live (on-premise) will be shut down in readiness for the data migration
*Access will be unavailable until after the migration

Monday 27th April
*Data migration

Tuesday 28th April (exact timings cannot be given)
*Elsevier build new instance of Pure (hosted off-premise)
*Populate with migrated data
*Hand over access to York Pure Admins

Following the move to cloud Pure can be connected to using:

Pure - https://pure.york.ac.uk/admin
YRD - https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal

Any issues or concerns can be raised by email to Research Systems Team via pure-support@york.ac.uk.