The Academic Cloud is a modular service portal available throughout Germany for universities, colleges, and research institutions. As a shared platform, it enables the provision, further development, and use of digital services across institutional boundaries and supports cross-institutional collaboration.
Structure of Academic Cloud
The Academic Cloud works like a modular system.
The base module “Academic Cloud Basis” forms the foundation and already includes numerous useful features and services, including Filesender, Pad and URL Shortner. Building on this foundation, additional services from the fields of teaching, research, communication, and AI can be integrated, such as Cocalc, Survey, Meet, and ChatAI. Individual quotas can be selected for each service, allowing different services to be provided with varying quota sizes. This results in a customized Academic Cloud configuration that is precisely tailored to the needs of your institution and its users.
Functions
- Authentication service (Academic Cloud SSO)
- Multi-factor authentication
- Self-service portal for users
- Administration portal / organization management
- Guest management
- API access for account and access management
Optional: Customizable landing portal displaying all available services.
In addition to the features and services included in Academic Cloud Basis, Academic Cloud offers more than 30 additional services. For a complete overview, please visit our Service Overview.
Each service offers independently selectable quotas, ranging from a small number of users to organization-wide access.
| Quota | Max. number of users |
|---|---|
| AC1.3 | 30 |
| AC2.1 | 100 |
| AC2.3 | 300 |
| AC3.1 | 1000 |
| AC3.3 | 3000 |
| ACCampus | 10.000 |
| ACCampusPlus | 30.000 |
| ACCampusMax | more than 30,000 |
We recommend enabling access for entire institutions to minimize administrative effort. You can select different quotas for individual services, but the base module must be at least as large as the largest selected module.
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