USER ACCESS (PORTAL)
OVERVIEW
DoD's Enterprise Portal, Defense Knowledge Online (DKO), provides user access to Net-Centric Enterprise Services as well as a full suite of portal services. DKO was adopted and derived from the renowned Army Knowledge Online (AKO) which is the Army's gateway to services, applications, and content.
The services DKO offers include:
- User Access to NCES services including the DoD Collaboration Services
- Organizational Web Sites and Knowledge Centers (virtual spaces)
- Team Sites and Personal Sites for File Sharing
- Webmail (Email address for life) with calendar
- Groups - user or organizationally defined teams to support collaborative activities
- Forums - threaded discussions
- Single Sign On to hundreds of services and applications via DKO
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
In June/July 2006 DISA formally "adopted" Army Knowledge Online (AKO) as the portal managed service provider for its NCES program — the DISA Director and Army CIO/G-6 signed a Memorandum of Agreement and an Inter-Service Support Agreement.
Joint Unsponsored Access to DKO (on AKO) for joint users is offered on a first come-first served basis for a total of 2 Million users on DKO-NIPRNET in January 2007.
The DoD IA Portal, Joint Knowledge Online ("JKO") (a portal for Joint Training and Education sponsored by Joint Forces Command), DISA's Intranet, the Business Transformation Agency's portal , and the National Military Command Systems Information Resources Management portal have all been migrated to DKO.
Significant hardware and software updates to the DKO Portal (from version Appian version 3.5 to 5.7) were completed on our SIPRNET portal on April 6, 2008 and on the NIPRNET version on June 4, 2008. These changes upgraded the portal to support service oriented architecture standards and specifications.
Planned Upgrades and ExpansionDKO will be upgraded and expanded to support up to 2.5 million users by 1 Oct 2008, and 3.5 million users by early 2010.
ACCOUNT REGISTRATION
If you do not have an account please review the eligibility rules.
| Create Joint Account Go to: www.us.army.mil Click: Register for DKO Click: Create Joint Account Click: Next Enter SSN & DOB Follow Prompts At First Log-In w/ User ID and Password Click My Account Click CAC Registration Follow Prompts |
Create Sponsored Account Go to: www.us.army.mil Click: Register for DKO Click: Create Sponsored Account Army Sponsor: NCES Administrator Account Type: Select Appropriate Category Complete Required Information Follow Prompts |
