Overviews
Why it matters
Reduces the surface area for attacks
- Lowers risks to the university's infrastructure
- Creates more consistent security policy and practices environment
- Reduces complexity of cybersecurity tooling
Provides a better user experience through campuswide single sign-on
- Users need to keep track of fewer credentials
- Lowers chance that users will re-use or share passwords
- Strengthens access management practices across services
Lays the groundwork for next-generation cybersecurity system
- CAD is the forerunner to the university's Smart Access project
- Next-gen access control based on mathematical trust models
We were an early AD Migration partner with the DoIT Campus Active Directory Services (CADS) team with a complex, split local AD domain and existing CAD infrastructure. We were able to successfully migrate all our staff and systems based on a strong partnership and collaboration with the CADS team with open and frequent communication. We now have all our staff and systems on Campus Active Directory, which has simplified our IT support processes and enabled NetID login for all our staff.
Tyler Schultz – Director of SMPH Shared Services IT
How do I get started?
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Step 1: Choose your support option
Please note: DoIT will fund the support and software licensing expenses for each of these options.
- Quisitive guided migration (most support)
- 3rd-party consulting firm with extensive experience
- DoIT funding available for a limited time
- DoIT AD team-guided migration (moderate support)
- DoIT assists with users/device migration and re-permissioning
- Binary Tree Migration Pro tool guides process
- Independent migration (least support)
- Your department handles migration
- Includes Quisitive office hours for migration guidance
- DoIT can provide migration software
Step 2: Schedule your migration
- Email your preferred support option and timeline to admigrations@office365.wisc.edu
- AD Migrations team will add you to schedule (for options 1 and 2)
Step 3: Prepare for your migration
- Complete the migration preparation checklist before your scheduled start date
- For independent migrations (support option 3):
- Review the independent migration documentation
- Email request for Profile Wizard Corporate Edition license to admigrations@office365.wisc.edu
Resources
- AD Migration presentation template – available for your department stakeholder presentations
- Campus Active Directory benefits – helpful talking points and answers to common questions
- Active Directory KnowledgeBase articles
- Email admigrations@office365.wisc.edu with questions
Project teams
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Leadership
- David Pagenkopf, Deputy Chief Information Officer
- Todd Shechter, Chief Technology Officer
- Jeff Savoy, Chief Information Security Officer
- Thad Molling, Departmental Support
- Jamie Gutkowski, User Services
- Pat Christian, Network Services
- Susan Weier, Information Security Officer, College of Letters & Science
Core Team
- Joe Tarter, Project Sponsor
- Tiffany Thayer, Project Manager
- Abrianna Barca, Project Lead
- Crague Cook, Project Lead
- Tony Brzoskowski, Tech Lead
- Ben Pommerening, AD Engineer
- Richie Markiewicz, AD Engineer
- Max Yang, AD Engineer
Advisory group
The AD Migrations project benefits from active partnership with governance. The volunteer members of the project advisory group consult with the project team to advise, guide, offer feedback, and share expertise with the team. They are responsible for offering recommendations, assisting with change management efforts, and monitoring progress and quality assurance.