CITS Accountable Lead – LaVern Phillips

Description: This project sets up the necessary Azure foundation components such as networking configuration; implementing the Palo Alto firewall, including moving exiting Azure firewall rules, converting network security groups (NSGs), move School of Medicine (SOM) to the CITS Azure Express Route (excluding University of Maryland Medical System [UMMS] network range). All Azure firewall rules have been moved to Palo Alto. The NSG conversion continues with the Infrastructure group. ColdFusion DEV and FREEZR were moved successfully.

Currently planning to move ColdFusion PROD. Others will follow.

CITS Accountable Lead – Ryan Whyms

Description: This project will establish Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) framework & presence for a variety of use cases and investigate posture checking capabilities to evaluate remotely connecting devices. We are resolving a few persistent issues uncovered by the pilot use with CITS and Central Administration users.

CITS Accountable Lead: Trisha Kaufman

Description: This project will move all applications running on the ColdFusion platform to the Azure cloud environment. All application code has been migrated to Azure. Database migration to the Cloud will continue and is expected to be completed before the end of January 2024.

CITS Accountable Lead – Ryan Holtz

Description: This project implements CRM Recruit in various schools. Overall goal is to retire web admissions by March 2024. All implementations have been completed except for Medical and Research Technology, which should also be completed by the end of January 2024.

CITS Accountable Lead – Brent Nickles

Description: This project moves UMB databases into cloud environments. Moves for systems such as Advance, Banner, and others will be to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Most targeted databases moved to the cloud by the end of 2023. Image Now and Kuali will be scheduled shortly.

CITS Accountable Lead – LaVern Phillips

Description: This project will determine how we can decommission the F5 server traffic load balancer and achieve load balancing with existing tools. We have dealt with eTravel/PeopleSoft Portal. Remaining systems to move include ColdFusion, PeopleSoft HRMS, and Banner. ElmWeb will be archived.

CITS Accountable Lead – Diane Faranetta

Description: Implementation efforts continue with our partner, Huron. The Design phase is nearly complete and the Build phase has begun.

CITS Accountable Lead – Dr. Peter Murray

Description: The goal for this project is to replace all the helpdesk ticketing platforms at UMB with one solution. The project charter is in the process of being drafted as we prepare for the Request for Proposal (RPF) process to ultimately choose a solution.

CITS Accountable Lead – Michael Brown

Description: We are assisting the Bursar’s office and the Registrar’s office with migrating legacy reports to and developing new reports in Oracle Analytics Cloud for student data. School of Dentistry, the Grad School, and the Registrar’s office are completed. School of Law and the Physical Therapy department are aiming for completion by the end of January 2024.

CITS Accountable Lead – Dr. Murray

Description: The Azure infrastructure and needed networking have been put together to create a Secure Research Environment (SRE). Both TriNetX, the research project feasibility appliance, and the SRE are currently in production use. An SRE users guidebook is in its final stages of approval and it will be published as part of a communications effort to grow the use of the environment for academic research.