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 would do a dry run in production to allow application teams an opportunity to test. Because of the change in user experience associated with the Okta cutover, we will instead do a phased approach to allow for testing by first delegating authentication for non-production environments of applications integrated with HarvardKey and then delegating authentication for production. We do not expect any interruption to HarvardKey authentication during the cutovers.

  • 1/16/25 - Okta cutover for HarvardKey in non-production environments
  • 1/14 - 2/11/25 - HarvardKey registration change freeze
  • 2/11/24 - Okta cutover for HarvardKey in production
  • February 2025 - August 2026 - Okta migration

See our Okta Migration Info for HarvardKey-integrated Applications page for full details of what we’re asking of HarvardKey-integrated application teams. 

Share on: