Progress of MidPoint Survey
MidPoint survey in still in progress. We are getting some very interesting data already. The survey will be closing in a couple of week. Do not miss the change to influence midPoint future.
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MidPoint 4.0.1 – Gutenberg Update 1
MidPoint 4.0.1 was released. It is a first update in a long-term support (LTS) release family code-named Gutenberg. There are many bugfixes and a handful of minor improvements. MidPoint 4.0.1 is a start of a long journey.
MidPoint 4.x Future – The Survey
Do you want to influence the future of midPoint? Look no further! Now there is a brand new survey about the future of midPoint 4.x. Feel free to use this opportunity to express your opinions, though and feelings about midPoint.
Thank you EU FOSSA 2 for organizing Hackathon
Last weekend (5-6.10.2019) was a huge milestone for midPoint. During this weekend it was first time the midPoint community could meet personally and share the experience with midPoint. The atmosphere was very positive and friendly.
Road To Archetypes
MidPoint is developed in evolutionary fashion. When we have started midPoint, many things were considered during the design. But we were not able to implement everything during early years of midPoint development. Therefore some ideas matured in the heads of midPoint developers until their time came. That is also the case of archetypes. The archetype functionality is one of the highlights of midPoint 4.0 “Gutenberg”. And this is the story how the idea of archetypes evolved during the course of midPoint development. […]
How to notify future account expiration
In my previous posts, I wrote how you can fix temporary mistakes in HR data. If you have up to date data in HR, you are a happy Identity Engineer and your customer is a happy midPoint user. Midpoint automatically creates the user from HR data, send new user’s credentials over email or SMS. Set Read more about How to notify future account expiration[…]
EUFOSSA contributes to the open source story
Have you ever thought about the things you get for free? Maybe you have this feeling when visiting the doctor, possibly when looking at the trees or flowers in the park or being at an event in the city center, where you didn’t have to buy a ticket. The feeling of receiving things for free Read more about EUFOSSA contributes to the open source story[…]
Launching Long-Term Support
So far all midPoint releases had the same support lifetime of two years. This was a simple method, but it could not cope with conflicting requirements of rapid development and longevity. Therefore we are starting a new support program: Long-Term Support, or LTS for short. […]
IDM Customization Trap
No off-the-shelf IDM solution matches customer requirements perfectly. All IDM solutions needs to be configured and customized to be useful – and all self-respecting IDM products are built to support this. However, if the solution is customized too much, it can cause huge problems. This is known as “customization trap”. […]
Policy-Based Approvals in MidPoint 4.0
MidPoint 4.0, code-named Gutenberg will be major milestone in midPoint evolution. It is a major release, it is planned to be long-term support release and, of course, there is a bunch of new features. But one particular change is worth deeper explanation. I’m talking about policy-based approvals. […]