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The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast

Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson talk about PeopleSoft Administration.
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Now displaying: June, 2017
Jun 30, 2017

PeopleTools 8.56 has been released. This week on the podcast we talk about new features in 8.56 that we are excited about and dive into some of the changes to Deployment Packages.

Show Notes

  • 8.56 is out! @ 2:00
  • Platform Changes @ 4:45
  • Fluid Changes @ 7:00
  • Event Mapping API? @ 11:00
  • Searching Improvements @ 11:45
  • PUM @ 14:00
  • Portal Changes @ 18:30
  • Unified Navigation @ 21:00
  • PTSYS Database @ 26:30
  • Classic Plus @ 30:15
  • PSCBO @ 34:30
  • Role/PL Aliases @ 35:15
  • Event Mapping @ 37:45
  • VCD Still Around @ 40:00
  • Change Assistant @ 41:45
  • Deployment Packages @ 48:00
  • RECONNECT @ 68:00
Jun 23, 2017

This week on the podcast Kyle talks about Usability Testing with his PeopleTools upgrade and moving to Fluid Navigation. Dan and Kyle also talk about Unified Navigation and the Node Network, where the Portal fits in and beefing up the Integration Broker.

Show Notes

  • Excited about Fluid @ 1:00
  • Discovering Homepage Tabs @ 3:15
  • How to Approach Usability Testing @ 9:00
  • Usability Participants @ 13:45
  • Accessibility Testing @ 18:00
  • Comparing Usability Testing before Fluid @ 22:45
  • Personalizing Homepages @ 32:00
  • Unified Navigation @ 38:30
  • Getting Lost with Unified Navigation @ 47:00
  • Integration Monitor @ 50:30
  • Making Search a Critical Component @ 55:00
  • Beefing Up the IB with Unified Nav @ 57:30
Jun 16, 2017

This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about their strategies to introduce searching in PeopleSoft to end users. They also cover changes to the Elasticsearch DPK, ElasticHQ and Dan shares an "Oh No!" story.

Show Notes

Jun 9, 2017

This week on the podcast Dan and Kyle talk with no agenda. We discuss our week and talk about Portal, PeopleTools Bugs, Fluid, Git, Deployment Packages, Puppet, OneNote, Kanban Boards and more.

Show Notes

  • Portal Projects @ 1:45
  • PeopleTools Bugs and Puppet @ 10:45
  • psadmin.io Community @ 21:00
  • Job changes @ 23:30
  • Spreading the Fluid Excitement @ 25:00
  • Selecting Fluid Nav Images @ 28:00
  • The Git "Trojan Horse" @ 31:30
  • Git Hooks, Puppet Server and getting crazy @ 39:30
  • Changes to the DPK? @ 47:00
  • Kanban Boards @ 57:00
  • Svchost.exe @ 58:30
  • OneNote Templates @ 60:30
  • Kanban Boards and Task Management @ 71:00
Jun 2, 2017

This week on the podcast Dan and Kyle discuss changes they would make if they started working on the DPK for the first again. They also discuss setting up Elasticsearch clusters, monitoring Tuxedo queues with Elasticsearch and an annoying Bash on Windows bug.

Show Notes

  • Bash on Windows VPN Bug @ 3:15
  • 9.2 Upgrade Process @ 10:00
  • Monitoring Tuxedo Queueing in Elasticsearch @ 13:30
  • Tuxbeat Project @ 17:00
  • Elasticsearch DPK @ 21:45
  • Elasticsearch Clustering @ 27:00
  • Puppet on Linux @ 32:00
  • DPK Extract Only @ 34:30
  • What we'd do differently with the DPK @ 37:30
    • Co-locating Regions
    • Admin-only Test Servers
    • Config Homes
    • Use Git for managing code and YAML changes
    • Integrate all Puppet code into Classes and Modules
    • DPK Course
    • Use ACM via DPK
    • Go Vanilla
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