News and information about InCommon Academy offerings

[Dean Woodbeck <>]

Registration is open (www.incommon.org/educate/shibboleth/registration.html) for the latest in the Shibboleth Workshop Series, to be held March 14-15, 2011, in Amherst, Massachusetts. The workshops are available to those interested in installing and operating the Shibboleth Single Sign-on and Federating Software from institutions of higher education and their partner organizations. Only 28 seats are available for each workshop.

• Shibboleth Identity Provider Workshop on March 14, 2011
• Shibboleth Service Provider Workshop on March 15, 2011
  

The Shibboleth workshops will provide attendees with technical installation and configuration experience with Shibboleth Single Sign-on and Federating Software, version 2. Developed for organizations new to Shibboleth, and those with existing implementations interested in upgrading to the v2 release, the workshops will offer the opportunity to:

• Install either a prototype Shibboleth identity or service provider in a virtual machine environment.
• Hear tips for configuring and running the software in production.
• Learn about integration with LDAP directories and selected packages.
  

The Identity Provider Workshop will be March 14, from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. ($335 for InCommon Participants and Internet2 members; $350 for others). The Service Provider Workshop is March 15, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. ($335 for InCommon Participants and Internet2 members; $350 for others). Please note there is separate registration and a separate fee for each workshop.

Organizations are encouraged to send up to two attendees who best represent these functions: system install, integration, and ongoing support staff; and/or campus technology architects. Details and registration information and links are available at the InCommon website. (http://www.incommon.org/educate/shibboleth)

Travel and lodging information is also on the website. (http://www.incommon.org/educate/shibboleth)

This Shibboleth Workshop Series is sponsored by InCommon, Five Colleges, Inc., the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Internet2.