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Engaging with Enterprise Architecture

Last updated: May 13, 2026
Audience: StaffIT Staff / Technical

You can engage the Enterprise Architecture team at UW in a variety of ways, including attending our events, joining one of our communities and/or requesting an initial consultation.

Consultation & Design

Our team is available to consult on IT architecture needs, including business process design, application rationalization, and solution design.

Request a Consultation

Communities of Practice

Joining a Community of Practice (CoP) is a great way to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and build your network at the UW. All communities are open to anyone.

Our team facilitates the following communities of practice:

Embedded Architects

The purpose of this CoP is to build a community of technical architects that can share expertise, collaborate in problem solving, and help define and promote the UW’s Enterprise Architecture vision.

  • Networking 101 for UW application development teams
  • AI and University IT
  • Public cloud networking challenges and solutions
  • Modern Browser Security
  • Everything as Code: DevOps & Shifting Tool Demands
  • Blockchain Technology & Higher Ed Use Cases

To join this community, email help@uw.edu with “Embedded Architects” join request in the title.

Itana

Itana is a peer group sharing skills, tools and resources for enterprise, business and technology architecture. Itana serves higher education while drawing from other architecture groups (The Open Group, Microsoft, etc.) and is supported by EDUCAUSE and Internet2.

Interested in another topic? More groups can be found on the UW TechConnect Communities of Practice page.