Project Type: Adopt and deliver cloud technologies

What is it? ITS is transitioning from running Atlassian Confluence and Jira on-premises to the cloud-hosted versions. Confluence is a widely used collaboration tool for managing technical documentation in a wiki format, while Jira is used for project management across various divisions within the organization. To make things simpler and more reliable, we are also switching to Microsoft’s tools called Azure Active Directory (AAD) and Microsoft Authenticator for accessing Confluence and Jira. This is the… Read More about Atlassian Cloud Migration (Confluence and Jira).

When UNC migrated to Microsoft 365, we implemented an on-premises infrastructure called “Active Directory Federation Services” (ADFS) to support authentication into Microsoft 365. ADFS addressed security concerns around syncing passwords into the Azure Active Directory Cloud service, but it also created an on-premises dependency for Microsoft 365 and technical debt. Note: Technical debt can be defined as “incomplete configurations or deployments of technology that have been on the books, but due to lack of resources… Read More about Decommission ADFS Infrastructure for M365 Authentication.

Ocelot, a cloud-based chatbot application, is being implemented in several student administration offices across campus. This project enhanced the student chatbot experience by pulling data from PeopleSoft to provide personalized information to students. The tool used to accomplish this was the Ocelot PeopleSoft Connector. This project was cancelled by the customer. (January 11, 2022)