Recent News

When? Thursday, October 22, 2026, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Likely for 30 minutes.

Why? The Meridian service account passwords need to be updated due to the recent campuswide mandatory password updates.

Systems Affected: Meridian Desktop, Meridian Mobile, Meridian Explorer, any links to the documents from FIT or the Infrastructure Maps.

How Does This Affect Me?

Users will be unable to access the Meridian desktop client, Meridian Explorer, any Document Management links in...

The 2025-2026 fiscal year end Facility Data Reports are now published. The statis reports are available to view in Meridian or through FIT - Facility Data Reports - Previous Year's Reports. Users will need permissions to log into Meridian Explorer to view these reports.

Users can also access current reports in real time through the links under Facilities Data Reports. To gain access, follow instructions below or click the 'about' section in the Facility Data Reports section in...

FIS has recreated the FIS Records Transmittal for closeout due to the new version of Adobe Acrobat and the removal of Foxit from our machines.

Please see changes described below and use the new records transmittal going forward.

As always, if you need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us for support.

FIS Closeout Process Closeout Forms from Meridian

What: Planon is going to push the new Facility Status field into production for Properties, Construction History and Complexes.

When: September 11th, 2025 @ 8:00 pm

Background: The Facility Status field will be used to track the status of the facilities while they go through the phases of construction and their lifecycle. The user-defined status field will remain, but for Properties, Construction History and Complexes they will either be 'active' or 'inactive'.

- Active - any...

On Tuesday June 3rd, 2025 at 5:00 pm, IPF IT and FIS will be conducting our annual upgrade of the Meridian software system. Meridian and Meridian Explorer will be upgraded to the 2024 version.

Users will need to install the new version of Meridian following the instructions outlined here.

Instructions and/or outage notices will also be sent to users via email.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to fissupport@ipf.msu.edu.

UPDATE: The systems have been upgraded to the newer versions as of August 27th, 2024.

Beginning the week of July 22, 2024 and lasting through August 27th 2024, IPF IT, FIS and SDM will be conducting our annual upgrade of the AutoCAD, Meridian and Munsys software systems. These three systems need to be upgraded in tandem because they are connected functionally.

- AutoCAD will be upgraded to the 2024 version. - Meridian will be upgraded to the 2023 version. - Munsys will be upgraded...

The 2023 – 2024 fiscal year end Facility Data Reports are now published. They are available to view here.

The switch from FAMIS to Planon in January has made some of the reports that were able to be published live to be unavailable in FIT at this time. The links to the Facility Data Reports on the FIT home page are pulling the data from FAMIS, which has not been updated since January 16th, 2023. However, the information in the Buildings section of FIT is the current information that is...

Users can subscribe to various distribution lists to get updates when attributes are added or modified in the following Planon modules or when FIS updates building and floor plan information. These distribution lists will be replacing the RSS feeds and group emails users used to receive for these types of updates. If you would like to be added to any of these lists, please submit a ticket in the FIS support portal and select 'yes' for which distribution lists you would like to receive...

A new version of the Facilities Information Tool (FIT) is being deployed officially on Monday July 24th, 2023. The way you get to the information may look a little different and the user experience may feel different in some aspects, but the underlying functionality of what FIT provides the users is the same as before. FIT still provides users with a comprehensive way to get to the facility and infrastructure information

click here to see what has changed: FIT 2023 new look!

The newest Meridian Document Type, called Operations Documents, is now available to search against using the 'Search Meridian' function in AppTree for users that have mobile Meridian permissions (currently all IPF Building Services staff).

'Operations Documents' is an area for the current building systems and distribution systems drawings and documents to be stored in Meridian. These files are NOT related to projects, but rather are the current, comprehensive view of the buildings, much...