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+---
+title: "Release of Helmholtz Cloud Portal"
+title_image: background-cloud.jpg
+date: 2021-11-18
+authors:
+  - spicker
+  - beermann
+layout: blogpost
+categories:
+  - milestone
+excerpt: >
+  The production version of the Helmholtz Cloud Portal is released. The new search function and filter options help to find a suitable service. The availability of the service is tested automatically and is visible in the service card. The service description contains all main information such as support, service level and limitations. User comments are welcome in the new free text field and will help to continuously improve the usability of the portal.
+
+---
+
+### Features
+
+The new search function and filter options help to find a suitable service. The availability of the service is tested automatically and is visible in the service card. The service description contains all main information such as support, service level and limitations. User comments are welcome in the new free text field and will help to continuously improve the usability of the portal.
+
+### Helmholtz Cloud Services
+The Helmholtz Cloud Portal mediates the user's access to all Helmholtz Cloud Services. The portfolio is continuously being updated. The current status can be found [here](https://hifis.net/doc/service-portfolio/service-portfolio-management/current-services-in-portfolio/).
+
+Next upcoming services will presumably be:
+
+* Events Management platform by DESY (already usable via direct link events.hifis.net)
+* LimeSurvey by HMGU
+* LimeSurvey by DKFZ
+* Rancher managed Kubernetes by DESY
+* JupyterHub by DESY
+
+### Information about Helmholtz Cloud
+In the Helmholtz Cloud, members of the Helmholtz Association of German research centers provide selected IT-Services for joint use.
+The Service Portfolio covers the whole scientific process and offers Helmholtz employees and their project partners a federated community cloud with uniform access for them to conduct and support excellent science. The connection to international developments (e.g. EOSC at European level) is regarded as essential and the "FAIR" principles in particular are taken into account. [read more](https://hifis.net/services/cloud/Helmholtz_cloud.html)
+
+#### Comments and Suggestions
+
+If you have suggestions or questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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