Subject: RE: Important Information on Single Sign-On (SSO)
From: Alexander Turdziladze <[email-masked]>
To: Natia Baratelia <[email-masked]>, Merab Tavartkiladze <[email-masked]>, Tamta Kobakhidze <[email-masked]>, Adelina Faradian <[email-masked]>, Alexander Nodia <[email-masked]>, Arsen Khitiri <[email-masked]>, David Sarishvili <[email-masked]>, Dimitri Ivanauri <[email-masked]>, Giorgi Usharauli <[email-masked]>, Ketevan Tatoshvili <[email-masked]>, Kostya Muradov <[email-masked]>, Lali Buskivadze <[email-masked]>, Manuchar Tokhadze <[email-masked]>, Mary Gelashvili <[email-masked]>, Nikoloz Ivan
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:11:07 +0000

Vajik,

tu ase wvalobda es xalxi, chveni user managementi xom ar migveca adreve :):)

aleko

From: Natia Baratelia

Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 9:55 AM

To: Merab Tavartkiladze; Tamta Kobakhidze; Adelina Faradian; Alexander Nodia; Alexander Turdziladze; Arsen Khitiri; David Sarishvili; Dimitri Ivanauri; Giorgi Usharauli; Ketevan Tatoshvili; Kostya Muradov; Lali Buskivadze; Manuchar Tokhadze; Mary Gelashvili;
Natia Baratelia; Nikoloz Ivanauri; Nino Bosikashvili; Peter Cowley; Sergo Rostiashvili; Teona Shalamberidze; Valerian Khvichia; Vazha Ezugbaia; Zurab Dalakishvili

Subject: FW: Important Information on Single Sign-On (SSO)

Folks, please once again make sure that you all are aware of up-coming changes in Abt IT systems. Please read e-mails from IT Service Center attentively.

Thanks a lot!

Sincerely,

Natia Baratelia

Finance and Administration Director

Abt Associates Incorporated - Georgia

USAID Health System Strengthening Project

140 Tsereteli Avenue

Tbilisi 0119, Georgia

Tel. (995 32) 238 87 33, 238 87 34 ext 106

Fax: (995 32) 238 87 35

Dear Colleagues,

We know having many different login IDs and passwords to access Abt systems is inefficient and time-consuming for you.  Solving this problem has been a top priority for me and my team. I’m happy to report that
on October 8th we will implement a solution called Single Sign-On to address this problem for all Abt staff around the world.

With Single Sign-On, when you enter your login ID and password for any of the ten most frequently used Abt systems, you will automatically have access to the other nine.  You will not have to enter your login
ID and password again.

Implementing this change will unfortunately require a weekend outage to the email system as well as the other nine systems affected. The outage window begins
Friday, October 5 at 7PM EDT and continues through Sunday, October 7 at Midnight.

The ten SSO systems are: Outlook, AbtNet, AbtKnowledge, AbtTravel Portal, Concur, Learning Management System (LMS), Performance Review Evaluation Plan (PREP), Partner Registry, and Oracle Applications including
PIC and Oracle Time and Labor.

During the email downtime you will not have access to your Inbox or be able to send email.  Your email messages will be stored and available to you when the system is back online.  Anyone sending you email
will not get an error or notice any difference.

I understand the email outage may have a big impact on people who need to communicate during this time for work. This is why we will be offering alternate email accounts for those with mission-critical communication
needs.

If you will be engaged in critical activities during the email system outage and require email access, please submit your name to the ITSC by
Friday, September 28th so that alternate email can be set up for you.  Below is the contact info for the ITSC:

IT Service Center

Ext: 4357 (HELP)

Phone: 866-ABT-HELP (866-228-4357)

Email: [email-masked]

Skype: ITServiceCenter_Abt

We have a lot more to share with you over the next few weeks.  Thank you for your continued support as we implement SSO!

Mary

Mary Harper
|
Chief Information Officer
| Abt Associates

55 Wheeler Street | Cambridge, MA  02138

O: 617.520.3609

From: ITServiceCenterNotice

Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 1:15 AM

Subject: Important Information on Single Sign-On (SSO)

Did you see some familiar faces?  Stay tuned for our next edition for more details!

In order to implement Single Sign-On and reduce the number of login IDs and passwords you need to do your work, some of our Abt systems will be unavailable
beginning Friday, October 5 at 9PM EDT through Sunday, October 7 at Midnight.  Those ten SSO systems are:

Outlook email                                                    Learning Management System (LMS)

AbtNet                                                                 Performance Review Evaluation Plan (PREP)

AbtKnowledge                                                  Partner Registry

AbtTravel Portal                                               Oracle Applications including PIC

Concur                                                                  Oracle Time and Labor

If you will need the use of an alternate email account during the SSO implementation, please submit your name to the ITSC by Friday, September 28th.

If you have online travel plans to make, please make them prior to Friday, October 5 at 9PM EDT.  The online travel systems will not be available until Sunday, October 7 at Midnight EDT.  If you need travel assistance over the weekend,
please call BCD Travel at 1.800.228.4494.

Need more information now?  Reach out to your ITSC!

Extension:  4357 (HELP)

Phone: 866-ABT-HELP (866-228-4357)

Email:
[email-masked]

Skype: ITServiceCenter_Abt

Please do not reply to this email as this is an unmonitored account.

This email message was sent BCC to All Staff Abt.

Comments?  We would love to hear what you think!