Information Technology IT Briefing May 2007

Information Technology 1 IT Briefing May 17, 2007  Quick Updates  Meeting Maker Update  University Exchange  Web Hosting Architecture  Secure.Web  Karen Jenkins  James Reed  Lee Clontz

Information Technology 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 to  Production migration to begin late June  Training classes scheduled – users must register online (  Initial training materials on website  Tip sheets and training video coming soon 2

Information Technology Other Updates  IT-Alerts  New revised process  Goal to expedite announcement  New Debrief step  Huron Report  Kick-off soon  Will be requesting more volunteers 3

Information Technology University Exchange & Meeting Maker Updates James Reed

Information Technology 5 University Exchange Update  Confirmed date to begin Campus Migration  Oct. 1, 2007 EHC GroupWise migration tasks prohibit earlier start date.

Information Technology 6 ? Questions

Information Technology 7 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

Information Technology 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 8

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Information Technology Web Hosting & secure.web Lee Clontz

Information Technology 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

Information Technology secure.web migration  What's Changing?  The ability to use.htaccess files for authentication is being removed from most virtual hosts on Maple

Information Technology 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

Information Technology Impact  Links to protected content will change  For example, will now be located at  Secure directory will appear within your Web root  Paths in your application may change

Information Technology 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

Information Technology 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

Information Technology 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