Project: InCommon Federation
Primary UITS contact: Alan Walsh
Last update: 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 web site.
Primary client: Faculty, staff, and students
Project team:
- Alan Walsh, Project Lead
- Jacob Farmer, Systems Analyst
- Rahul Doshi, Systems Analyst
- David Bickel, Systems Analyst
