Mapping Portal Server Features To Your Business Needs; Identity Management; Table 3-1 Identity Management Features And Benefits - Sun Microsystems Sun Java System 2005Q1 Portal Server 6 Planning Manual

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Mapping Portal Server Features to Your Business Needs

Mapping Portal Server Features to Your Business
Needs
The previous sections posed questions to you about the various areas of the Portal
Server system from a high-level perspective of business and technical needs. This
section reviews specific technology features with the goal of determining which
technologies are most important for your organization. Review these features
while keeping in mind your organization's short-, mid-, and long-term plans.
Use the following sections and tables to assess the benefits of the listed features and
determine their relative priority for your organization. This information will assist
you in developing a deployment plan in a timely and cost effective manner.
NOTE

Identity Management

Portal Server uses identity management to control many users spanning a variety
of different roles across the organization and sometimes outside the organization
while accessing content, applications and services. The challenges include: Who is
using an application? In what capacity do users serve the organization or
company? What do users need to do, and what should users be able to access?
How can others help with the administrative work?
Table 3-1
Table 3-1
Identity Management Features and Benefits
Feature
Description
Directory service
Portal Server uses Access Manager and
Directory Server
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In all likelihood, your Sun Java System sales representative has
previously discussed these topics with you. Thus, this section serves
as a review of that process.
shows the identity management features and their benefits.
Benefit
Portal Server uses an LDAP directory for
storing user profiles, roles, and identity
information for the purpose of authentication,
single sign-on (SSO), delegated
administration, and personalization
Portal Server uses an open schema that can
reside in a centralized user directory, thereby
leveraging an enterprise or service provider's
investment in the Access Manager and
Directory Server products.

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