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Last changed: 24 November 2023

Here you can read about important and upcoming events in the program. The content is continuously updated.

News and upcoming activities

  • The work on three different pre-studies began at the turn of October/November 2023. The project leader is Ludvig Hermelin Waerner. The first pre-study, Research IT, aims to investigate the needs that exist and the capabilities that the IT department needs to meet researchers' IT needs. The second pre-study, Server infrastructure strategy, strives to develop a strategy for storage and server platforms. The third pre-study, Data Centre strategy, aims to find a long-term strategy for data centers and server halls.
  • The mounting of new access points in Ulls Hus began in November 2023. For more updates on Network 2.0, see the news update from October 30, 2023, at the following link: https://internt.slu.se/nyheter-originalen/2023/10/nat-2.0-1/.
  • An upgrade of SharePoint took place between March 22 and 27. During that period, no changes could be made to documents or upload new ones; it was only possible to read the documents. SharePoint started functioning normally again on Monday morning, March 27.
  • The Identity Management Analysis project was completed on March 16. A compiled report is now available, describing SLU's current situation and requirements regarding identity management.

Ongoing projects

Below are ongoing projects within the IT Infrastructure Upgrade Program, along with information about the involved individuals and project objectives. 

The picture shows an overview of the IT-Infralyftprogramme's ongoing projects. The picture also shows which employees at SLU are project managers for each project and what the goal of each project is. The project Implementation Net 2.0 is ongoing where Peter Dartland is the project manager. The goal of the project is to implement a new modern network for the entire SLU both when it comes to design and hardware. The Implementation SharePoint-Updating project is ongoing where Peter Nadler is the project manager. The goal of the project is to upgrade to the version SharePoint Subscription Edition. The project Pre-study Security Operations is ongoing where Elisabeth Hanning is the project manager. The goal of the project is to provide a current picture of IT security within SLU as well as an action plan for the identified needs. The project Life cycle management of existing IT platform is ongoing. It lacks a project manager, but Olof Billinger is the contact person. The goal of the project is to replace and upgrade old hardware and software.

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Completed projects

Below are illustrated the completed projects within the IT Infrastructure Upgrade Program, as well as projects that have not yet started.

The picture shows an overview of the IT-Infralyft program's completed and not yet started projects. For the completed projects, the image shows which employees are project owners and what the goal of each project is. Furthermore, the picture shows which preliminary goals exist for the projects that have not yet been started. Completed projects are E-mail, Pre-Study Net 2.0, Offer phase Net 2.0, Pre-Study SharePoint, and Analytics Identity Management. Project owner for the E-mail project was Henrik Hedlund. The goal of the project was to upgrade all the underlying hardware for Exchange as well as to migrate all the data to a new environment. Project owner for the projects Förstudie Net 2.0 and Offertfas 2.0 was Henrik Hedlund. The goal of the projects was to describe SLU's picture of requirements which, among other things, was the basis for decisions on future investments in the tender phase. Project owner for the Pre-study SharePoint project was Katrin Stensparre-Norèn. The goal of the project was to investigate which version of SharePoint was considered the most appropriate to upgrade to and how an upgrade project could look like. The project leader for the Analysis Identity Management project was Mattias Wendel. The goal of the project was to conduct an analysis to map the challenges with SLU's current identity management and investigate requirements for a new identity architecture. Planned but not yet started projects are Feasibility Study Identity Management, Implementation Identity Management, Implementation Security Efforts, Feasibility Study and Implementation Strategy Server Infrastructure, and Feasibility Study and Implementation Research IT. The preliminary goal of the Identity Management Feasibility Study project is to, based on the report produced in the analysis phase regarding the current situation and requirements, investigate and report on various identity management solutions for SLU and present a recommendation regarding the selection and implementation of these. The preliminary goal of the Identity Management Implementation project is to implement a new identity management architecture at SLU. The preliminary goal of the Implementation of Security Initiatives project is to, after the preliminary study, implement solutions for the gaps and risks identified in various implementation projects with the goal of increasing IT security at SLU. Preliminary goal of the projects Pre-study and Implementation strategy server infrastructure is to develop a strategy for SLU when it comes to compute, storage and databases, and then in the implementation phase implement the outcome of the pre-study. Preliminary goals for the Pre-study and Implementation research IT projects are to involve the business in the pre-study and understand their needs and how the IT department can meet these by delivering appropriate research IT to SLU, which also includes application services. In the implementation phase, the goal is to implement the outcome of the preliminary study.

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Planned projects

Below illustrates planned projects are within the IT-Infralyftprogrammet (IT Infrastructure Upgrade Program), as well as projects that have not yet started.

Below illustrates planned projects are within the IT-Infralyftprogrammet (IT Infrastructure Upgrade Program), as well as projects that have not yet started.

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Contact

Information about the program is provided continuously via several channels and here on the employee website.

You can also email questions to infralyftprogrammet@slu.se.