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Multi-tenant Resource Management for Instruments, Applications, and Services
(The evolution of infrastructure consortiums…)
Dean FlandersFMI / SystemsX
VAMP / FIM4R in HelsinkiSept. 30th, 2013
OverviewAbout SystemsXProblem / Proposed SolutionResource Management @ FMIMulti-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing ToolAzure AD Collaboration with MicrosoftSummary
Overview
Overview
We live in a brave new world...
Overview
Mission«SystemsX.ch is determined to become a world-leading initiative in quantitative Systems Biology.»SystemsX.ch is open to any Swiss university or research institution.http://www.systemsx.ch
About SystemsX
Some Numbers and Facts...
About SystemsX
1000 scientists200 research groups11 universities and research institutesWork together inter-disciplinarily
About SystemsX
Problem – Current FIM possibilities are not meeting the needs of researchers, and this problem becomes more critical as more pressure is given to share resources and to collaborate across disciplines, as well as with industry.Solution – A robust inter-institutional self-federation and rights management approach is needed. In this way all users and resource providers can easily participate in resource sharing and collaborations.
Obstacle
Problem / Proposed Solution
Enabling science/education as a service!
These are shared resources...
Problem / Proposed Solution
Why share resources in research?
Increasing complexity of the tools required to perform research puts more pressure on hardware and people resources.Increased competitive pressure forces greater efficiency.No one institution can house all of different types of resources their researchers need.Under utilization of resources.Lack of expertise to operate complex systems causes the need for better cooperation between institutions.
Problem / Proposed Solution
Lots of very basic problems are not easily solvable by current academic federations, e.g. existing institutional security groups cannot be easily seen within or across federations.Many challenges can also be faced with current academic federations, such as bringing in new federation members and new users can be difficult, heterogeneous national solutions.
Unmet needs of current federations
Problem / Proposed Solution
1000’s of Users 1000’s of Resources
Huge Collection of:Entitled users
& rights to use
Access rights&
Reservations
Researchers
Companies
Students
How to ensure that the right people will the right access?
Problem Analysis
Problem / Proposed Solution
Institutions’ Users
Individuals
synchronize
Self ServiceSocial ID
Active Directories User & ResourceCollection
Institutions’ Resources
Publish&
Provision
User group Formation Resource AllocationSelf Service
Projects&
Communities
Self ServiceResource Selection
Owners’ Approval or Automated allocation
ResearchNet
Man
agem
ent
Infra
stru
ctur
eU
sage
Log on with own ID Single Sign On
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Leader Self Service
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Overview
High Level Solution = IDMaaS / Rights Management
Problem / Proposed Solution
InstrumentsMeeting roomsClustersSample analysisSoftwareBikesEtc.
What resources do we have in mind?
Problem / Proposed Solution
Resource Sharing at the FMI...
Resource Management @ FMI
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Resource Overview
Resource Management @ FMI
Resource Request
Resource Management @ FMI
Resource Assigment Interface
Resource Management @ FMI
Reservation Request
Resource Management @ FMI
(Results reviewed periodically to ensure correct use.)
Resource Review
Resource Management @ FMI
(We have now also integrated this approach also into web based applications.)
Expert List
Resource Management @ FMI
Misuse Reporting
Resource Management @ FMI
Free for everyone (commercial and academic users)Cloud hostedMulti-institutional Multi-communityFully self-service (institutions, communities, research groups, users, providers)New resource types: app store, work orders, storeDesigned the system to facilitate national / international resource sharing.Designed the system to facilitate business development and startups, as well as large companies.
Essential for inter-institutional collaborations and resource sharing.
New Multi-tenant Cloud Version
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
SystemDesign:
One common platform shared by participating institutions (there can be many of these shared platforms).Exposes resources across institutions and facilitate sharing of resources & expertise.Provides Controls to prevent misuse and insight to optimize usage.
It must be:Simple to use (we cannot train 1000’s of users) and appealing (users must love it!)Self-service driven (administrative interference would cause a new bureaucracy)Pervasive use (right to use encompasses access to resources or information, as well as reservations to use resources)No impediments to start using the platform (just get started)Integrated authentication (SSO to minimize helpdesk support)
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
Federation with ETH over Auth0 / Azure AD
ADFS (IdP)
Webapp / Instrument / Service (SP)
Auth0 / Azure AD
Claim RulesEngine
ADFS (IdP)
Social (IdP)
Resource Management
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
non-integrated
integratedInstitutional email verification
Enrollment
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
Resulting Claims for Integrated User
Scheduler
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
Applications
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
Services
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
Directories
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
Setting up a Resource Provider
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
Resource Rights Management
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
IDMaaS to provision SaaS on IaaS
Multi-Institutional / Community Resource Sharing
Windows Azure Active Directory: The Vision
A modern, cloud based identity management service providing federation, directory services, device registration, user provisioning, application access control & data protection. A natural extension to your on premise directory, the combination of Windows Server AD and Windows Azure AD let’s you secure today’s hybrid enterprise.• On-premises and cloud Active Directory
managed as one• Consistent identities for on-prem and
cloud applications. • Easy user experience with single sign
on
Azure AD Collaboration with Microsoft
Keith Brintzenhofe - Group Program Manager | Windows Azure Active Directory Identity & Access Management
Windows Azure Active Directory and the Hybrid Enterprise - Today
Active Directory
AD DS , ADFS, FIM
Third Party Apps
Windows AzureActive Directory
Microsoft Apps
Identity Management Your Apps
On-premises andprivate cloud
Other apps HR sources
Other Directories
Self-Service
Microsoft Account
Keith Brintzenhofe - Group Program Manager | Windows Azure Active Directory Identity & Access Management
Azure AD Collaboration with Microsoft
Identity & Access Management Scenarios
• Instant productivity with SaaS applications• Access from any device, anywhere• Connecting and collaborating with partners & customers• Rapidly develop and deploy new enterprise capabilities• Security monitoring and alerting for cloud services
Keith Brintzenhofe - Group Program Manager | Windows Azure Active Directory Identity & Access Management
Azure AD Collaboration with Microsoft
It is free.We are all Microsoft customers anyway….Many institutions use AD already and Microsoft has a vision of “one AD” in terms of cloud and on-premise integration.Ready made integration into soon to be hundreds of existing cloud services.Multi-factor capabilities.Many possible federation partners.Azure is a robust multi-national infrastructure.
Azure AD Benefits
Azure AD Collaboration
Azure AD Testing Plan
Work within a collaborative team interested in investigating Azure AD as a possible part of the FIM puzzle.Map and test use cases. Define a roadmap with Microsoft which has an open flexible architecture for Azure AD usage.Define action items for Microsoft (e.g. improve SAML interoperability, tighter social identity integration).If you have ideas, issues, or complaints about Azure AD feel free to join the collaboration, .
Azure AD Collaboration
SummaryThe lack of good FIM solutions in academia is one of the biggest technical impediments to research and education currently.We need to take a Zendesk like approach to resource providers so they are empowered to share resources. FIM is crucial for this.We need to look at research groups as if they were their own small company, and stop focusing on the national and institutional level.There are simple approaches to federation that can be used to meet the needs of researchers and research communities.The self-federation concept is vital to an all inclusive federation necessary for research.A platform such as Azure AD can play an important role in an effort to improve FIM for research.
Summary