Group Services

This page is intended for Harvard Help Desk employees attempting to solve user access problems involving the Harvard identity provider (IdP). Most commonly, users will be attempting to access an external site such as HathiTrust and not be able to gain...

A universally unique identifier (UUID) is, in short, what it says it is: a string of letters and numbers intended to uniquely identify information. Within the context of identity and access management at Harvard, UUIDs are used as an internal identifier...

An Introduction to Identifiers The term "identifier" comes up frequently in an identity and access management context. But what exactly is an identifier, and what are the characteristics of a "good" identifier? In short, an identifier is just that —...

InCommon Federation Operated by Internet2, the InCommon Federation is a consortium of members of the U.S. higher education community dedicated to creating and supporting a common trust framework for U.S. education and research. It serves as a gateway to...

About the Display of Data in Online Directories With the rise of federated login and other similar practices, more data about Harvard users have been made accessible to authorized applications, and as a result, the need to maintain strict access controls...

The Identity & Access Management services at Harvard University are based on an identity registry of members of the Harvard Community. It includes people who have been assigned Harvard University ID numbers (HUIDs) or who have been assigned or have self...