Schlagwort: ‘IDM.nrw’
Workshop of the State Initiatives for Federated Identity Management
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On November 12 and 13, 2025, the biannual workshop of the state initiatives for federated identity management (IDM) took place at the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University. This year’s meeting was organized by the staff of the IDM.nrw project, which supports universities in North Rhine-Westphalia on their way to a state-wide, federated identity management system.
Representatives from Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, as well as from the German National Research and Education Network (DFN), came to Aachen to exchange experiences, discuss challenges, and initiate joint developments.
Changing Shared User Data When Logging in to Services
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Currently you are being asked for your consent when logging in to services.
Why is this happening?
IDM.nrw is a project of the Digital University NRW. The aim is to lighten the effort for universities to access and provide services to each other throughout NRW.
IDM.nrw Events: A Follow-up Report
Source: IDM.nrw
There is news! We have informed you before about the developments in the IDM.nrw project.
Now, a total of three events have taken place. What is it all about? Find out more in the blog post!
The IT Center Picture Puzzle: Systems and Operation Department
Source: Own illustration
#MeetMeWednesday: Recently we had another picture puzzle in store for you. In this puzzle, we were looking for the keyword for the Systems and Operation department. Could you guess it?
The word we were looking for was “gearwheel”. Georg Schramm, head of the department, tells us what it means and how this key word represents the department.
Kick-Off: Federated Identity Management.nrw
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On February 17, 2022, the consortium of the DH.NRW project Federated Identity Management.nrw (IDM.nrw) conducted the virtual, state-wide kick-off. The aim of the kick-off was to communicate the project goal and at the same time to arouse interest. Participants included experts from the field of identity management as well as interested colleagues from universities in NRW and other related institutions, such as participants from KDU.nrw and DH.NRW.
IDM.nrw – First Milestone in the Implementation Project
Source: IDM.nrw
The project Federated Identity Management.nrw (IDM.nrw) aims to implement a federated Identity Management (FIDM). The federation of the local IDM systems of the institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia should enable users to access the services of various universities at any time and from anywhere with just one account.
The IT Center of RWTH Aachen University is in charge of pursuing this goal together with the consortium partners Ruhr University Bochum, University of Duisburg-Essen and Aachen University of Applied Sciences. Read the rest of this entry »
IDM.nrw website launch
Welcome to the website of IDM.nrw!
Source: IDM.NRW
Digital information and communication technologies are an essential part of our everyday lives. They are everywhere we go and help us in many different domains. Especially at universities, these technologies play an important role and support studies, teaching and research.
