News & Events
Upcoming Events
HarvardKey Authentication and Authorization Office Hours
July 15, 2026
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1:00PM - 2:00PM EDT
Group Services Office Hours
July 16, 2026
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1:00PM - 2:00PM EDT
Changes to the Harvard Guest Sign-in Experience on June 17th
What do I need to do? Beginning on June 17 at 7:00 AM: Click the Forgot Password link on the Harvard Guest Sign In screen and follow the prompt to reset your password. If you attempt to sign in prior to resetting your password, you will receive an...
New Date for Okta Cutover for HarvardKey
The new February 26, migration date provides technical teams with more time to complete comprehensive testing and integrate valuable pilot feedback, ensuring a smooth transition for all. It also accommodates requests for longer windows of communication...
Important Updates for Applications Integrated with HarvardKey
As part of our ongoing commitment to strengthening the security of Harvard’s systems, IAM is migrating HarvardKey authentication services to Okta. Key Dates for Applications Integrated with HarvardKey Normally, prior to a major authentication release we...
IAM Authentication & Authorization Services Team to upgrade HarvardKey’s Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP)
The IAM Authentication & Authorization Services Team will upgrade HarvardKey’s Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) on Tuesday, November 19th from 7am to 8am. To prepare, we are conducting a test run on Tuesday, November 12th from 7am to 8am. Your...
Removing AuthZProxy and Pin2 Bridge Infrastructure on Wednesday Morning 12/20/23
HUIT IAM will be removing AuthZProxy and Pin2 Bridge Infrastructure on Wednesday, 12/18/23 from 11:00am to 11:30am There is no action needed from any applications integrated with HarvardKey. IAM has already collaborated with the application owners in...
Shutting Down AuthZProxy and Pin2 Bridge Instances on Monday Morning 12/18/23
HUIT IAM will be shutting down AuthZProxy and Pin2 Bridge instances on Monday, 12/18/23 from 10:00am to 10:30am There is no action needed from any applications integrated with HarvardKey. IAM has already collaborated with the application owners in order...
Harvard ORCID Connect
The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team, in collaboration with Harvard Library, have created a new hub for claiming, tracking, and connecting ORCID iDs to Harvard. ORCID is a free and unique persistent identifier that enables researchers to populate...
Public LDAP is being decommissioned Wednesday, June 21 at 10 am
The following announcement was sent to IAM Data Customers on Tuesday, June 6th: IAM Data Customer, Please be advised that IAM will be decommissioning its Public LDAP service on Wednesday, June 21st at 10am. All registered clients have been notified and...
Annual Attestation for Applications Integrated with HarvardKey is Now Supported in HKAR
The IAM team is excited to announce that the HarvardKey Application Registry (HKAR) now has a new feature, Attestations, to support the annual attestation process required under the HarvardKey Application Integration Policy. During annual attestation...
PIN2 protocol support, IAM Authorization Proxy Service to be Retired by 11/30/2023
IAM will be retiring support for the PIN2 protocol and the Authorization Proxy (“AuthZProxy”) service of HarvardKey by 11/30/2023 . What action do I need to take? If your HarvardKey-integrated application relies on the PIN2 protocol or AuthZProxy, please...
New Term for POIs: Harvard Sponsored Role
Effective September 22, 2022, Harvard will replace the term “Person of Interest” (POI)—used to describe roles that grant individuals temporary access to the University’s digital and physical resources for administrative or scholarly purposes—with a new...
New HarvardKey Application Integration Form Published
The IAM Authentication & Authorization Services Team is pleased to announce that we have published a completely redesigned HarvardKey Application Integration form. In addition to a more intuitive format, the new form addresses information needed to comply...
Launch of the HarvardKey Application Integration Policy and Registry (HKAR)
We are pleased to announce that the HarvardKey Application Integration Policy was published on August 1, 2022. The policy outlines clear roles and responsibilities for both application teams and IAM and specifies compliance requirements for integrated...
Grouper 2.6 Upgrade Completed
IAM is pleased to announce the release of Grouper 2.6 on May 22, 2022, a significant upgrade from the prior 2.4 version. The upgrade delivers the following benefits along with minor UI enhancements. See the attached Grouper 2.6 Release Notes for more...
POI Policy Updates
After rollout of the POI Policy and Portal last month we received a number of policy questions and requests for exceptions. This feedback was brought to the POI Policy Working Group and several revisions were made to the policy that go into effect today...
IAM PI-17 - Sprint 4 Complete
The fourth sprint of the 17th quarter of IAM development is complete. The details of Sprint 4 are as follows: Quarter 3 (PI-17) Feature Progress Committed features 20 change % of total In Progress 10 60% To Do 0 0% Complete/Deferred 3 +1 40% Changes to...
IAM Quarterly Update
It has been one full quarter since the last IAM Program update. In this latest progress report we'd like to provide a final status for PI-16 (October - Early January 2019), and for our current Program Increment (PI-17 through the end of March). PI-17...
IAM PI-16 Mid-Point Update
Half of PI-16 (October 2018 - early January 2019) is complete and almost every planned feature has begun. So far we have released an update to improve user opt-in of Office365 and are very intensely focused on preparing for two major upgrades in early...
PI-15 Complete, PI-16 Begins
After a brief hiatus of status reporting the IAM team is happy to report PI-15 (July - Sept 2018) is complete and PI-16 (end of 2018) has begun. PI-15 saw a tremendous volume of work to move all IAM hosts out of the 60 Oxford Street Datacenter and we are...
IAM PI-15 - Sprint 4 Complete
The fourth sprint of the 15th quarter of IAM development is complete and we continued a large percentage of our commitments including implementing a new card type to allow DCE students access to the libraries. The details of Sprint 4 are as follows: PI-15...