Coppin State University Integration Strategies for PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal June 7, 2006 at 10:45 AM Portal 2006 Conference Gettysburg, PA

Coppin State University Coppin State University Liberal arts university established in 1900 Part of the University System of Maryland Enrollment – around 4,900 students FTE – 2,959 (Fall 2005) Located in Baltimore, MD Became a University in April 2004

Coppin State University Recent Accolades 2005 EDUCAUSE Award for Innovation in Network Technology “Education All-Star Award” from Network World Magazine Ranked 19 out of top 50 by Intel’s 2005 “Most Unwired College Campuses” in US News and World Report Magazine

Coppin State University Session Overview This session will cover the following: 1.Setup and configuration for single signon between Enterprise Portal, Financials, and HR/SA 2.Integration with Microsoft Exchange Integration with 3 rd party systems (Library, SkillSoft) 4.Future plans – LDAP, Blackboard, Exchange 5.Questions and Answers 6.Roundtable Discussion

Coppin State University Environment Overview PeopleSoft Applications –Enterprise Portal 8.8 PeopleTools –Learning Solutions 8.0SP1 PeopleTools –Financials 8.4SP2 PeopleTools Servers –Windows 2000 / 2003 –SQL Server 2000

Coppin State University Single Signon Setup and Configuration Portal setup –Add content provider URL path using Data Mover Financials – portal_cprv_fscm840.dms Learning Solutions – portal_cprv_ls800.dms Human Resources – portal_cprv_hrms800.dms Example –UPDATE PSNODEURITEXT SET URI_TEXT = ‘ where MSGNODENAME = ‘ERP’ and URI_TYPE = ‘CN’

Coppin State University Single Signon Setup and Configuration Portal (cont.) –Rename Default Local Node – portal_node_rename_840.dms (recommend using database name) –Setup Authentication Password in Node Definition

Coppin State University Single Signon Setup and Configuration HR/SA (Version 8) –Setup Portal node definition and authentication password via Application Designer –Setup Portal node as trusted node (PeopleTools > Maintain Security > Setup > Single Signon)

Coppin State University Single Signon Setup and Configuration Financials (Version 8.4) –Setup Portal node definition (PeopleTools > Portal > Node Definition) Configure authentication password On Portal content tab, enter Content URI Text and Portal URI Text –Example: »Content URI Text – »Portal URI Text –Setup Portal node definition as trusted node (PeopleTools > Security > Security Objects > Single Signon)

Coppin State University HTTPS / Load Balancing Setup and Configuration Tips: –Needed to remove hashing from load balancing configuration for images to display properly –Content Links From Portal homepage, Portal web server needs to communicate with content provider web server (Financials and HR/SA). From Portal menu, Portal application server needs to communicate with content provider web server (Financials and HR/SA)

Coppin State University HTTPS / Load Balancing Setup and Configuration Tips: –Setup application messaging on separate web/application server –Setup report server on separate web server

Coppin State University Integration with Microsoft Exchange 2003 Need to apply Bundle #8 and latest ASP files Create asp folder and copy files to Outlook Web Access (OWA) server Enable forms-based authentication on Exchange server Setup local login rights for each user on OWA server Made student domain the default; configured each employee user id to access employee domain

Coppin State University Default Setup

Coppin State University Employee Setup

Coppin State University Integration with 3 rd party systems Portal Account Sign-on Utility –Setup for websites using simple post signon –Need to provide following info: URL Username Password Additional fields as required

Coppin State University Integration with 3 rd party systems Integrated systems: –HEUG.Online (PeopleSoft higher education user group) –SkillSoft (employee training system) –Research Port (library services) –CATALOG USMAI (library services)

Coppin State University Integration with 3 rd party systems

Coppin State University Future Plans LDAP –configure Portal to access campus provisioning system (eliminate PS password) Exchange –use provisioning system to keep username/password in-sync Blackboard (2 options): –Customization - java authenticator –LDAP with provisioning system

Coppin State University Questions? Chris Kennedy Sr. Systems Administrator/Analyst Coppin State University 2500 W. North Avenue Baltimore, MD