ASR strategic direction update: University initiatives and support

ASR’s University Initiatives and Support strategic direction supports student success throughout the University of Minnesota by assisting the initiatives of other campus units and needs of the University community. Ultimately, all of these initiatives support student success, even if some are a few steps removed.

Initiatives:

• PeopleTools 8.55 upgrade - Provides improvements to the user interface of PeopleSoft making it easier to use for students, faculty, and staff. (Goes live April 2!)
• PeopleSoft 9.2 upgrade - Provides new PeopleSoft functionality for students, faculty, and staff. (Starts in earnest on April 2 for Technical "Go-Live" on September 24)

Remember: On Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2, an upgrade to the PeopleSoft development platform, PeopleTools, will occur. While the upgrade work is underway, MyU and PeopleSoft applications will be unavailable.

For more about University initiative and support, including recently completed work, visit the ASR News & Notes blog >>

• Identity Management upgrade - Replacement for the (very) old x.500 system bringing improvements to security and access levels for systems. (Complete)
• Oracle Database upgrade - Improvement to the underlying product that maintains, secures, and manages that vast amount of data we have in PeopleSoft and other systems. (Complete)
• CRM (Salesforce) support and strategic planning - Assisting the University in determining the strategic direction of this powerful system.
• CollegiateLink data provisioning -  Assisting the Office for Student Affairs in automating the data needed to populate their new Experience Record for students.
• Destiny One non-credit system - Continuing to assist in meeting the University's need for non credit courseware management and registration.
• Assist Orientation & First Year Programs - Time share with a single OFYP technical resource to cover their critical support needs.

Not all ASR staff are aware that many of these initiatives exist, and while some of this work may only peripherally affect you, it is important to remember much of what we do is instrumental in keeping University systems running, secure, and up to date. By assisting our University colleagues, who depend on our expertise to keep their systems running, ASR is constantly and consistently contributing to the success of students, faculty, staff, and the entire University community.