What is TIER?
How do I know if TIER fits with my institution?
What do I have to do to use TIER?
What is TIER supposed to do?
List of components
List of resources to help understand TIER: The Concept
What do I need in place (e.g campus infrastructure) before downloading the goods
Is this for any size school?
What problems does TIER solve?
What does adoption involve?
Download the components
Resources to help understand TIER
TIER Reference Architecture - Designed to assist executive stakeholders, campus IT architects and TIER community members in understanding the functional components for identity and access management (IAM) in a higher education institution, and how those components relate to one another. It includes both Business and Technical contexts, Narrative Walkthroughs (real life use cases), and references to formative work. You can find it here
DevOps Cycle (graphic)
The DevOps Cycle
An overview of TIER DevOps Cycle is found in this blog.
How the components are packaged (graphic)
Where do I get help?
Is there any training?
Who has kicked the TIER tires?
Our current list of TIER Tire Kickers (downloaders and testers): Please email emily@internet2.edu to get your institution added to the list.
The Ohio State University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Virginia
University of Pennsylvania
- Duke University
Do I have to be in a working group to adopt TIER?
What happens when a component releases a new version?