Secure identification and authentication for the Collabor8 portfolio

Phase-out

Collabor8 Hello – Phase-out before summer 2024

Offshore Norge is completing the process to replace Collabor8 Hello as identity provider and authentication mechanism in the Collabor8 portfolio.

The service will be replaced by standard Microsoft identity and access functionality called Entra ID, formerly known as Azure Active Directory.

For you as a user organisation the benefits will be:

  • Simplified user experience for end users
  • Simplified user administration (user onboarding/offboarding) for your service user administrators

The new replacement solution will ensure that integrity and security level is kept intact and improved.

As the new authentication mechanism will be tightly integrated within each Collabor8 service, Collabor8 Hello will no longer be listed as a separate service in the Collabor8 family. This also means that the concept of Collabor8 Hello company administration is ended.

Progress:

  • 29 January 2024: Collabor8 Virtual Inventory and Collabor8 EqHub
  • 29 April 2024: Collabor8 Subsurface
  • 3 May 2024: Magnet JQS
  • 6 May Collabor8 Hello closed down

Guides and information

Documents

General – Getting started with Entra ID

EqHub – Getting started with Entra ID

EqHub – Company Super Users: User Management (video)

FAQ

When will Collabor8 Hello be phased out?

Phase 1 – End of January – Virtual Inventory, EqHub and Loop.

Phase 2 – End of April onwards – Other Collabor8 services. Follow the website for more information on schedule migration.

What is Microsoft Entra ID?

Microsoft Entra ID is the new name for Azure AD.

Entra ID is Microsoft’s cloud product to enable users to enter any application or resource with their identity, regardless of where they are or what device they use.

What is Azure AD? What is Entra ID?

In 2023 Microsoft changed the name Azure AD to Azure Entra ID, so it is the same.

Microsoft Entra is the name for the product family of identity and network access solutions. Microsoft Entra ID is one of the products within that family.

Does Offshore Norge support automated provisioning of users to its various applications?

Not at the moment, but Offshore Norge is planning several improvements following the deployment of Microsoft Entra ID in Collabor8.

Who will handle user access for my company for my various applications/services?

Your company’s defined Company Super User(s) for each service will retain permissions to append and amend users for your company.

Alternatively, technical support for the relevant service may assist in this process, on request

Support

Contact information

Support

Go to “Support” in the main menu and select the service you need access to.

Other inquiries

Egil Knutsen (Manager, Digitalisation, Offshore Norge)
egil.knutsen@offshorenorge.no