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28
Aug.
2019

Federation

Early Reports: MDQ Proving a Time-Saver

Looking for reasons to consider the production release candidate of the InCommon metadata query service (MDQ)? Here’s an in-use memory graph at the moment a university switched to using MDQ in its production identity provider servers. In addition, a service provider reports: “We were able to switch to using…

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28
Aug.
2019

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InCommon Academy Expands Software Training and Workshops

The InCommon Academy introduces an expanded training program this fall with workshops covering four key open source software components: Shibboleth, Grouper, COmanage, and midPoint. Each of these interactive workshops lead you through installing and configuring one of the components, featuring the InCommon Trusted Access Platform containerized versions of the…

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28
Aug.
2019

Software

TIER Project Issues Final Report

The time involved in installing and configuring key software components has been significantly reduced, and training opportunities have expanded to help organizations come up to speed more quickly. Those are two of the findings of the final report from the Trust and Identity in Education and Research (TIER) program. The…

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28
Aug.
2019

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September 2019 IAM Online

Tales from the Cloud: Real-world Experience Moving IdM to the Cloud at Illinois Wednesday, September 11, 2019 2 pm ET / 1 pm CT / Noon MT / 11 am PT Are you considering moving some or all of your identity management infrastructure to the cloud? Want to know…

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28
Aug.
2019

Community BaseCAMP Events

BaseCAMP Serves Those New to Identity Management

Estimated reading time: 1 minute “What should we keep for BaseCAMP next year?” the evaluation survey asked. One response captured the essence of the program: “The level of training/education, the open and honest environment, vendors who are willing to be part of the…

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16
Aug.
2019

Academy Community Federation Software

Jump Start Your Identity and Access Solutions

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Looking for a better way to manage access to resources (on-prem or in the cloud)? Working on supporting collaboration within or outside or your organization and need some help? Need an easier way to update access when individuals…

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07
Aug.
2019

Community Federation

Working Group Exploring Requirements for Cloud-based IdP Services

Estimated reading time: 1 minute By Dean Woodbeck, InCommon Director of Community Awareness The InCommon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has chartered the IdP as a Service Working Group to explore ways to make it easier for organizations to participate in the InCommon…

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23
Jul.
2019

Federation

New Metadata Query Service Available for Production Use

Estimated reading time: 1 minute By Nick Roy, Director of Technology and Strategy, InCommon InCommon’s brand new metadata service went live on Tuesday, July 9th. The production release candidate of the new metadata query service (MDQ) – also known as per-entity metadata –…

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23
Jul.
2019

Community Events

InCommon Update – July 2019

Estimated reading time: 1 minute New InCommon Participants As of July 19, 2019, InCommon had 1,019 participants. Here are the new participants since the last update in June 2019: Higher EducationIvy Tech Community COllegeNortheast Community CollegeRush University Medical CenterWinston-Salem State UniversityResearch OrganizationHoward Hughes…

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