ITS To Convert More Services to Use Penn State WebAccess
March 8 and March 15, 2005

On Tuesday, March 8, 2005, Academic Services and Emerging Technologies (ASET), a unit of Information Technology Services (ITS), will convert the ITS Secure Server to use Penn State WebAccess for authentication. The conversion is scheduled to occur during the regularly-scheduled maintenance window, 5:30 - 7:30 a.m. On the following Tuesday, March 15, the NFS to PASS Gateway will be converted. Each service, respectively, will not be available during the scheduled conversions. Once the conversions are complete, all ITS Web-based, public services that require authentication will be fully converted to use WebAccess.

Whether a user reaches the WebAccess login page directly or via a protected service, the authentication process is the same. Users must enter their respective Access Account userids and passwords in order to authenticate and gain access to a particular service if they haven't already done so via another WebAccess-enrolled service. For example, a user may authenticate via Penn State WebAccess and then access services such as the Penn State Portal and Penn State WebMail without needing to authenticate again to those or any other WebAccess-enrolled services. Likewise, if a user first authenticates to the Penn State Portal and then needs to use the ITS Secure Server, he/she will not need to re-authenticate in order to do so.

For a full listing of other public services that use WebAccess, including the Penn State Portal and Penn State WebMail, please visit the WebAccess Services page.

Inquiries and requests for assistance should be directed to ITS Help Desk staff at helpdesk@psu.edu.