Duration:
3/8/2022 8:00 am

Group Responsible:
Services & Tools

Affected Area:
BNL Indico

Expected Impact:
Creation of local Indico accounts disabled

Maintenance Type:
Information

Description:
As part of the modernization of the ITD-managed Indico services at BNL and in keeping with best practices with regards to access control to collaborative tools, the creation of local Indico accounts will be disabled on Tuesday, March 8th. Please read the full announcement on https://indico.bnl.gov/.

Indico users may still access Indico with their local accounts until May 31st, 2022. However, all Indico users are urged to switch to federated accounts at their earliest possible convenience. On or about June 1st, Indico access via local accounts will be disabled in its entirety, and access to Indico will only be possible via federated accounts. Acceptable federated accounts include BNL Active Directory, BNL SDCC, InCommon and EduGAIN. It does NOT include Google and other common social media platforms.

If you do not have access to federated accounts, please refer to the Indico link above for additional information and support.