ARCHIVED: Completed project: InCommon Federation

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Primary UITS contact: Alan Walsh

Completed: March 24, 2009

Description: This project enables access to resources across organizational boundaries through the use of federation technologies and the InCommon Federation.

Outcome: Users at Indiana University are able to access and share resources with participants at other institutions as well as a select group of service providers.

Milestones and status:

  • Kick off project Completed February 2007
  • Join InCommon Federation Completed March 2007
  • Install test federation server Completed July 2007
  • Hold meeting led by CIC CIOs to evaluate collaborative opportunities Completed November 6-7, 2007
  • Production deployment of IU identity provider Completed April 24, 2008
  • Federated access to Microsoft DreamSpark Completed April 24, 2008
  • Federated access to National Institutes of Health Completed November 4, 2008
  • Federated access to the CICme application Completed February 17, 2009
  • Federated access to NoMoreClipboard.com Completed February 23, 2009
  • Federated access to IndianaCTSI.org Completed March 5, 2009

Comment process: Address comments to the IMS team.

Benefits:

  • Single sign-on across organizational boundaries
  • Greater collaboration with colleagues at other institutions
  • Increased access to third-party services

Related information: For details, see the InCommon Federation website.

Primary client: Faculty, staff, and students

Project team:

  • Alan Walsh, Project Lead
  • Jacob Farmer, Systems Analyst
  • Rahul Doshi, Systems Analyst
  • David Bickel, Systems Analyst

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