2025

• Integration of RWTH Email Routing with Role Management and the Organizational Directory
• Transition of the IdM Lifecycle to Regular Operation
• Completion and deployment of the ServiceProviderManager for managing systems that authenticate via RWTH Single Sign-On
• Alternative provisioning of external individuals (formerly “partners”) via the “Member of Organizational Unit” role and decommissioning of the Partner Manager
• Email addresses in role management: Transition to automatic use of the individual’s work email address within the respective organization in which they hold a role
• Phase-out of PC pool accounts

2024

• Use of organizational categories for standardized sets of permissions based on the type of organization in the core system and in role management
• Provision of the European Student Identifier for RWTH students
• MFA for VPN
• MFA for RWTH Single Sign-On
• Integration with the RA Portal (user certificates)
• Transition from redeeming role coupons to ConnectMe: All coupons can now be redeemed at a central location

2023

• Migration of all IdM applications to a shared template
• Support for the rollout of RWTHContacts (PVZ/OVZ) as a replacement for the CAMPUS phone book (implementation, exports)
• Implementation of organizational categories from the OVZ and migration of authorization sets from registration procedures to these sets
• Expansion of role management to replace partner procedures: The “Member of Organizational Unit” role now only needs to be assigned to a context
• Removal of all coupon procedures from the Partner Manager; rollout of the “Member of Organizational Unit” role as a replacement
• Partial implementation of the IDM.nrw standards
• Initial consolidation of the SAML (Shibboleth) interface (IKZ vs. OrgID, Contact, subjectID)
• Conceptual work on group management in ReRo

2022

• Preparations for the release of the new RWTHContacts service in the IdM Role and Group Management system
• Implementation of “group owners” in the IdM Role and Group Management system
• Migration of numerous coupon procedures for institutions from the Partner Manager to the IdM Role and Group Management system
• Preparation of ConnectMe for redeeming role coupons, which can be used to register with IdM for the first time
• Launch of a role- and organization-based WebGUI for IdMWebExports
• Development and launch of a WebGUI for managing IdM messaging
• Development and release of a mobile-friendly IdM home page as the central entry point to IdM

2021

• Development of a city user management system for the University Library
• Integration of the RegApp for account management of the HPC cluster
• Implementation of multi-factor authentication
• Development of a Moodle coupon system
• Transferring, reassigning, and deleting email addresses from IdM to MailAdm
• Follow-up work on the TIM/MIM migration

2020

• Implementation of the RWTH Organizational Directory
• Migration of the interface to the Exchange mail server to the NRW standard interface
• Decommissioning of the old IdM system (TIM)
• Decommissioning of the Grouper group management system
• Integration of the new RWTH telephone system

2019

• Migration of IdM role management to contexts/organizations from RWTHonline instead of CAMPUS
• Replacement of various groups from “Grouper” with roles in role management or the coupon process
• Migration of the coupon process for scholarship recipients and FZJ members to ConnectMe
• Launch of AccountWS
• Migration of various exports from the legacy system to the new system
• Consolidation of accounts (RWTH SSO, VPN)

2018

• Launch of New File Messaging
• Launch of IdMExports (Export Interface)
• Launch of the coupon process for external faculty and UKA
• Integration of existing coupon processes into ConnectMe and transition of permissions for managing coupon processes to roles from Role Management
• Overview of role administrators in Role Management and Self-Service
• Introduction of four new roles; organization of role names for better navigation

2017 

• Launch of the ConnectMe Coupon Redemption Process for Students
• Portal Overview in Self-Service
• Phase-out of the Old Activation Application
• Implementation of the Coupon Process for Affiliated Institutions, etc.
• Launch of JARDS
• Further Development of the SAP Integration
• Integration with the EdX Streaming Platform

2016

• Migration of IdM applications to a new design
• Development and implementation of the generic ConnectMe coupon system for employees
• Design of the RWTHonline interface

2015

• Integration of the HR department's SAP system with the new IdM system and synchronization of employee data with the old IdM system
• Development of a web export interface, “IdM WebExports,” through which exports can be retrieved at runtime

2014

• SAP Integration (Org-Management)
• Data Center Server Hosting Integration
• HPC Quota Allocation

2013

• IdM Role Management Go-Live
• New Role for Web2Print
• New Coupon Process for the International Academy
• Exchange Go-Live

2012

• Implementation of IdM Role Management as Part of the “ReRo” Project
• Exchange Migration

2011

• TIM Campus Integration
• Exchange Migration
• RWTH Partner Process
• Coupon Process for the Language Center
• Job Ticket/Parking Permit (Shib)
• Bluecard Go-Live for Students

2010

• Exchange Migration
• Online Password Reset
• Integration with the Data Center Ticket Tool
• Introduction of a coupon system for external users (GuTech, FZ Jülich, etc.)
• Introduction of a system for emeritus faculty
• Implementation of the Bluecard for students (photo upload, Aseag export, etc.)

2009

• Go-Live of GigaMove, a File-Sharing Service for Large Files
• Invitation Process for L2P
• Implementation of Bluecard for Students

2008

• Full SVA Integration via an Application for HR Staff (Employee Assignment)
• Guest Procedures
• Go-Live of Library Integration
• Address Change Process
• Procedures for Chief Physicians at Teaching Hospitals
• Integration with the ZHV Content Management System
• Implementation of Email Lifecycle
• Migration of MSDNAA to Campus Role

2007

• Password Change Notification
• Implementation of BTH Interfaces (Workflows, Client, Web Applications, Initial Data Import)
• Introduction of Grouper
• Introduction of RWTH-ID
• Integration with the Cip-Pool for Inorganic Chemistry

2006

• Integration with the University Hospital via paper-based requests and manual status assignment
• Introduction of the Person Lifecycle
• Migration from TIM 4.5 to TIM 4.6
• Procedures for Matas (Owner Department)
• Integration with RV-NRW Universities
• Provisioning at the University of Paderborn
• Integration with NR-GRID
• Integration with ProVerStand
• Go-Live: Self-Service, as a standalone GUI for users, replaces the TIM interface.

2005

• Integration with the RWTH Aachen Cluster
• Support for the establishment of the RZ Help Desk, including dial-in support
• Integration with SVA via paper application and the Self2Employee application (coupon)
• Integration with IXI-UMS
• Implementation of a single sign-on system (Shibboleth)

2004

• Initial Service Integration
  • Mail
  • www-users
  • VPN/WLAN/Dialup
  • Campus Office
• SOS Integration
• Student Account Activation
• Go-Live
• MSDNAA Integration

2003

• Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM) Workshops
• Software/Hardware Installation
• Migration of the Nolte Database (Data Transfer)