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TO AIG 4730//
AIG 4676//
AIG 4678//
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UNCLAS
SUBJ/IATS MANDATORY VERSION UPGRADE TO 7.3.1 DATA CALL//
MILITARY PAY ADVISORY 12/21//
REF/A/MSG/DFAS CLEVELAND OH R061534Z APR 21//
AMPN/REF A IS TRAVEL TECHNICAL MESSAGE TTM 21-04 DETAILING THE DFAS
MIGRATION PLAN TO MS SQL, CAC ENABLING VERSION OF THE INTEGRATED
AUTOMATED TRAVEL SYSTEM (IATS)//
POC/DAVE HARD/PERS-2/EMAIL DAVID.V.HARD.CIV@US.NAVY.MIL//
RMKS/1. THIS MILITARY PAY ADVISORY IS A DATA CALL FOR ALL NAVY
COMMANDS THAT UTILIZE THE INTEGRATED AUTOMATED TRAVEL SYSTEM (IATS)
TO PROCESS NON-DTS TRAVEL CLAIMS.
2. TO ASSIST DFAS WITH ENSURING YOUR UPGRADE TO VERSION 7.3.1 AND
EVENTUAL TRANSITION TO VERSION 8.0 GOES AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE,
DFAS REQUIRES EACH IATS SITE TO SUBMIT ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS ON A SPREADSHEET TO THE NAVY'S IATS PROGRAM OFFICE TO THE
PERS-2 POC LISTED ABOVE.
A. WHAT IS YOUR ORGANIZATIONS NAME?
B. WHAT IS THE ADDRESS OF YOUR SITE OR INSTALLATION?
C. WHAT IS YOUR COMMANDS UIC?
D. WHO IS THE MAIN POINT OF CONTACT (POC) FOR IATS AT YOUR SITE
(POC NAME, TELPHONE NUMBER, AND EMAIL ADDRESS)?
E. WHAT VERSION OF IATS ARE YOU CURRENTLY RUNNING?
F. WHAT IS THE SIZE OF YOUR IATS DATABASE IN MEGABYTES?
G. HOW MUCH MEMORY DOES YOUR DATABASE SERVER HAVE?
H. HOW MANY USERS LOGIN TO IATS AT YOUR SITE?
I. DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A LICENSE FOR STANDARD OR ENTERPRISE
EDITIONS OF MICROSOFT SQL SERVER?
J. DO YOU HAVE A SQL SERVER DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR (DBA) ON SITE
TO ASSIST WITH INSTALLATION?
K. IATS 8.0 IS CAC / PIV ENABLED AND IS REQUIRED BY DOD, BUT SOME
SITES CANNOT TRANSITION TO CAC/PIV (LIMITED / NO NETWORK
CONNECTIVITY). WILL YOUR SITE IMPLEMENT PIV LOGIN?
L. IF YOU CANNOT TURN ON CAC / PIV, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY NOT?
M. IF PIV IS USED WITH IATS, YOU WILL HAVE TO SETUP ACTIVE
DIRECTORY (AD) GROUPS TO USE THE CAC / PIV LOGIN. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO
REQUEST AD GROUPS ON YOUR NETWORK?
N. WHAT VERSION OF WINDOWS ARE YOU ON? WINDOWS 10 IS REQUIRED
FOR IATS 8.0, MS SQL, AND FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE VERSION OF DTOD.
3. REQUIRED ACTION.  SUBMIT THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE NAVY'S
IATS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PERS-2) TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL:
DAVID.V.HARD.CIV@US.NAVY.MIL, BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS MONDAY,
AUGUST 2, 2021. PLEASE ENSURE YOUR EMAIL SUBJECT LINE INDICATES:
IATS 7.3.1 RESPONSE.
4. REQUEST WIDEST DISSEMINATION POSSIBLE.//