Dear SWITCH edu-ID announce subscribers,
please consider to participate in our next event - registration is now open:
TRID WG Meeting and SWITCH edu-ID Update Event, 15.5.2019:
https://www.switch.ch/edu-id/events/trid-wg-2019/
And here our latest news about migrations of universities, the most
wanted (and now implemented) functions and some other work we've promised:
Two universities have adopted SWITCH edu-ID:
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The first two universities adopting SWITCH edu-ID are University of
Lucerne (February) and Distance University (March).
Both migrations were slightly delayed, but ran rather smoothly:
https://identityblog.switch.ch/2019/03/14/university-of-lucerne-the-edu-id-…
100'000 edu-ID accounts:
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On 25th of February 2019 the hundred-thousandth user has created his/her
SWITCH edu-ID account during the registration for studies at ZHAW:
https://identityblog.switch.ch/2019/03/20/100000-edu-id-accounts/
Technical Accounts:
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No longer need to create fake account for test purposes:
https://identityblog.switch.ch/2019/02/01/technical-accounts/
Organisation Administrator Interface:
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This interface provides information about activities, user and technical
accounts, statistics, contacts etc. A useful tool also already before an
organisation adopts SWITCH edu-ID:
https://identityblog.switch.ch/2019/01/17/managing-user-affiliation-with-th…
Two Factor Authentication - Two-Step Login:
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An organisation or a service can now trigger that users must provide a
second factor.
Beside SMS also TOTP (get code via authentication app) will be
implemented soon:
https://identityblog.switch.ch/2018/12/19/edu-id-two-factor-authn/
edu-ID Website:
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We've consolidated the information on the SWITCH edu-ID website
https://www.switch.ch/edu-id
Legal FAQs:
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Legal questions about data protection are answered on
https://www.switch.ch/edu-id/about/legal/legal-faqs/ (in German and French)
We hope to see you on May 15 at the yearly TRID WG meeting/ Update Event
in Berne!
Your SWITCH edu-ID team
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SWITCH
Petra Kauer-Ott, SWITCH edu-ID
Werdstrasse 2, P.O. Box, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland
phone +41 44 268 15 15, direct +41 44 268 15 69
petra.kauer(a)switch.ch,
http://www.switch.ch
https://www.switch.ch/edu-id/
Working for a better digital world
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