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Information Technology
IT Briefing
May 2007
Information Technology
IT Briefing May 17, 2007
Quick Updates
Meeting Maker Update
University Exchange
Web Hosting Architecture
Secure.Web
Karen Jenkins
James Reed
James Reed
Lee Clontz
Lee Clontz
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Quick Updates / Reminders
Remedy debrief – problems last week
Due to attempted firewall cut-over
PeopleSoft HR & Kenexa/BrassRing (Applicant
Tracking) upgrade go-live July 9, 2007
Healthcare Exchange
Stress testing complete
Pilot testing to begin late May
Local support users with affected customers (GroupWise
users) please send email to [email protected]
Production migration to begin late June
Training classes scheduled – users must register online
(https://it.emory.edu/ehc-training)
Initial training materials on website
Tip sheets and training video coming soon
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Other Updates
IT-Alerts
New revised process
Goal to expedite announcement
New Debrief step
Huron Report
Kick-off soon
Will be requesting more volunteers
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University
Exchange &
Meeting Maker
Updates
James Reed
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University Exchange Update
Confirmed date to begin Campus Migration
Oct. 1, 2007
EHC GroupWise migration tasks prohibit earlier start date.
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Questions
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Meeting Maker Update
Service available until August 2008
Approved by Governance
Users will need to be migrated to the new
EmoryExchange environment by this time
Server Problems Require DB Rebuild
Weekly server crashes
Lots of account creates/deletes over 2+ years
Lots of white space and orphan items within
database
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Maintenance
WHEN – July Maintenance (7/15/07)
What this means…
New Databases (Must Export/Import Data)
Data Purge – same as always done before
18 Months data retained
New server hardware
Urgent need to upgrade to Windows
Clients will have to click on “REVERT” when
signed in for the first time
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Questions
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Web Hosting &
secure.web
Lee Clontz
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Web Hosting
Waiting on final piece of hardware
Should have by Friday May 18th
Pilot to begin in mid-June
Interested parties, let us know
Training and mass migration to occur upon
successful pilot – date TBD
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secure.web migration
What's Changing?
The ability to use .htaccess files for
authentication is being removed from most
virtual hosts on Maple
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Rationale
Enforces SSL on sites that use .htaccess
authentication controls
Prevents passwords from passing in the
clear
Eliminates certificate mismatch error
Users have requested secure space with
Healthcare LDAP access
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Impact
Links to protected content will change
For example, http://yoursite.emory.edu/private
will now be located at
https://secure.web.emory.edu/yoursite/private
Secure directory will appear within your Web
root
Paths in your application may change
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Migration
Impacted developers will receive list of affected
directories
WebComm team will copy content to secure
directory/ies on May 21st for testing
Migration must be completed prior to go-live of
new Web architecture
Protected content will not be migrated from Maple to
new Web architecture
Users encouraged to delete protected content in
old Web directory after testing
Authentication controls will be restricted to
secure.web area in new Web architecture
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What Developers Need to Do
Change any external links to protected
content
Check hard-coded paths in applications
that access file system in protected content
CGI will not be supported in secure.web
architecture at launch
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FAQ & A
Will .htaccess redirects continue to work?
Yes
Will ColdFusion or PHP authentication
mechanisms continue to work?
Yes
Will Netegrity-protected content be
affected?
No
Will ColdFusion datasources be replicated?
Yes, but testing strongly encouraged