InCommon Round-Up: 3 Things You May Have Missed in May 2026

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Inside the New InCommon Certificate Service

Internet2 recently announced the new InCommon Certificate Service with CertiNext, marking the culmination of a multiyear, community-driven effort to modernize certificate management for the research and higher education (R&E) community. 

The service transition began on April 7 and will conclude on July 17, 2026.

To explore how the community is moving forward together with the modernized InCommon Certificate Service, InCommon sat down with Christopher Misra, vice chancellor and chief information officer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and chair of the InCommon Steering Committee. In this Q&A, he shares what IT leaders at subscribing organizations can expect and how to support a successful transition.

Read the InCommon 2025 Annual Report

In 2025, InCommon and the community made significant progress on the goals set forth in the Futures2 strategy. 

InCommon published its 2025 Year in Review, now available for you to read. 

See what InCommon and the R&E community built together in 2025 — and what groundwork was laid for 2026 and beyond.

OpenID Federation 30-Day Community Consultation is Now Open

The Profiling OpenID Federation for Research and Education (PORE) working group spent two years investigating the future of federated trust in our community. Now, they are ready for feedback.

PORE has released its draft recommendation for InCommon investment in OpenID federation and is actively seeking feedback from the InCommon community. All responses are due June 27 at 1 p.m. ET.