This release brings many new features and some bug fixes to the Collaboratory 2.

New features:

• SGA3 unit structure:
  • get accredited for SGA3 by requesting membership unit corresponding to the tasks you work in.
  • users are also automatically added to the unit of their institution according to their email address.
• Group app:
  • manage groups of users for granting permissions, e.g. to a collab 's team (if you're a collab admin) or to a service (if you're a service developer).
  • Group creation is limited to users with a need for group management. Contact support to request the ability to create groups.
• User registration directly in Collaboratory 2:
  • activation of this feature is pending approval of the EBRAINS Access Policy by the HBP Directorate.
  • external users can create their own account directly in the Collaboratory 2, which will spawn a creation of account in Collaboratory 1 too
  • external users with a valid institutional email address will have their account in Collaboratory 2 created automatically at first login.
  • invitations to external users to create an account in the Collaboratory 1 will be deactivated.
  • HBP members who don't yet have an account will go through the same flow as external users, and will then need to request SGA3 accreditation (see above).
• Notification banners:
  • the banners warning users of important status information are available through all the Collaboratory 2.

Bug fixes:

• Notification settings are available again.

Policy changes:

• User registration: new users can register directly on the Collaboratory 2.
• Institutional email addresses: users must register with their institutional email or follow the EBRAINS Access Policy procedure.
• Email validation: the email will be validated periodically at time of login (currently set at every 3 months).
• Username policy: usernames must consist of letters and numbers only.