Nextcloud migration
In the coming weeks, Sciebo will gradually migrate all instances of ownCloud to Nextcloud. Nothing will change in the basic functionality, only a few features will be added.
In fact, everything should continue to work as before. If not, this document will hopefully help.
If you're having a more complicated case, feel free to email us as usual using our contact form.
Roadmap
list of planned migrations:
| Date | University |
|---|---|
| 15.07.2025 | FH Muenster |
| 17.07.2025 | Duesseldorf University |
| 22.07.2025 | HFM Detmold |
| 22.07.2025 | Uni Siegen |
| 23.07.2025 | W-HS |
| 24.07.2025 | Uni Bielefeld |
| 29.07.2025 | HS Gesundheit |
| 30.07.2025 | DSHS Cologne |
| 12. - 14.08.2025 | RWTH-Aachen |
| 19.08.2025 | FH-Aachen |
| 26. - 27.08.2025 | University of Cologne |
| 02.09.2025 | TH Cologne |
| 04.09.2025 | Uni Wuppertal |
Changes
- Apps are now at the top of the page and no longer at the top left of the menu
- Groups are now called Teams and can be found in the Contact app
- .odt, .odp. and other Libreoffice formats are no longer opened in Onlyoffice, but opened in Collabora
- there are now a few new apps: Calendar, Contacts, Deck (Kanban Board), Forms (surveys) and Polls (polls)
- The eye-friendly dark mode is activated by default; the menu at the top right Light Mode as well as High Contrast and Dyslexia modes can also be set via the modes
- Login only with Sciebo ID: Due to a bug, it was previously possible to log in with your e-mail address. Please only use your Sciebo ID to log in. If in doubt, you can find out what this is in MySciebo
- Incoming shares can be automatically sorted into a separate folder. This can be selected under Settings/Share.
Help, my client is not working anymore
We recommend every user to uninstall the old sciebo client and install the new Nextcloud based. See: Nextcloud clients
Alternatively, the unbranded Nextcloud client can be used for each platform, especially for mobile devices. A Nextcloud client for mobile devices can be found in the respective app stores (Play, FDroid and App Store).