SURFconext
Secure access everywhere with one set of credentials
Advantages
One interface for all cloud services
Safe and easy
Privacy-friendly
Also for own services
Understanding appointments
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About SURFconext
SURFconext connects your institution (identity provider) with a single link to various service providers. Authentication, authorisation, group management and agreements on privacy and security are partly handled centrally for you by SURFconext.
Which services can be used with SURFconext?
You can immediately use services that we have already connected to SURFconext. Go to the SURFconext Dashboard to see which services these are.
Services from other countries connected to the global research federation eduGAIN can also be used in the Netherlands. Some of these services can be used directly via the SURFconext Dashboard.
Additional functionalities
SURFconext Dashboard
The SURFconext Dash board shows which cloud services are linked to SURFconext and which ones your institution uses. The dashboard also allows you to activate new services.
SURFconext Invite
With SURFconext Invite, staff and students at your institution can easily set up a collaboration group with other users from different institutions. This is useful, for example, if this group wants to use a number of applications together, for example a wiki.
SURFconext Authorisation Rules
SURFconext Authorisation Rules are used to restrict access to services to a specific group. For example, you use attributes for this purpose.
SURFconext API Security
SURFconext API Security allows you to share data such as student grades safely with APIs of other institutions or mobile apps.
More information
Do you have a question about contracts, procedures or the possibilities of SURFconext? Or do you need help connecting? Check out one of our wikis:
Or contact Team SURFconext, at info@surfconext.nl.
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Secure your online services with SURFsecureID
SURFsecureID, SURF's multi-factor authentication service, makes access to online services even more secure. SURFsecureID can be used without or in combination with SURFconext.
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