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- the invention relates to user-based network configuration management using a plurality of integrated authoritative sources.
- Managing a network infrastructure often entails accounting for user, device, or other identities in order to control access rights (e.g., permissions or authorizations to access certain network resources), user assignments (e.g., applications or policies assigned to a user), or otherwise manage a network based on users.
- access rights e.g., permissions or authorizations to access certain network resources
- user assignments e.g., applications or policies assigned to a user
- many network implementations incorporate a form of identity management in order to simplify user management processes.
- identity management solutions often include an authoritative source (e.g., a directory service) that identifies a network's resources, users' rights to access the resources, and application or policy assignments for specific users or devices, among other things.
- an authoritative source e.g., a directory service
- effective user-based management often becomes difficult, particularly when heterogeneous systems include different authoritative sources or identity management products.
- various groups, departments, or other classes of network users or devices may have different requirements resulting in different authoritative sources being implemented within the network.
- a network may be upgraded or migrated to a new authoritative source, but an administrator may prefer to manage new users with the new source and preserve a previous authoritative source for existing users.
- existing systems often cannot provide seamless integration and interoperability among the various authoritative sources.
- many existing integration efforts focus on use of synchronization modules that dredge authoritative sources, discover users, and build a searchable database. This type of system suffers from various drawbacks, including a lack of a consistent way to create identity-aware applications, while shielding programmers from underlying differences in the authoritative sources.
- synchronization modules may only search authoritative sources at periodic intervals, or upon request, or in other ways that do not provide real-time integration and interoperability.
- users requiring immediate access to resources may be restricted from accessing critical resources until completion of the synchronization process, potentially causing unnecessary delays, or decreases in productivity, among other problems.
- a system and method for cross-authoritative configuration management may address these and other drawbacks of existing systems.
- the invention may be used to manage network configurations using multiple authoritative sources, enabling full interoperability and seamless integration with any number of authoritative sources (e.g., using an identity manager having native support for the authoritative sources).
- authoritative sources e.g., using an identity manager having native support for the authoritative sources.
- devices, software, policies, group memberships, or other network resources can be directly assigned to a network user based on the user's identity, regardless of where the user accesses the network, and regardless of which authoritative source or sources include the user's identity information.
- an identity manager may be coupled to a network, and may provide a single point of control for configuring or otherwise managing one or more users across a plurality of authoritative sources.
- Users may log-in to the network using any suitable device coupled to the network, and the identity manager may provide the user with a computing environment customized for the user, regardless of which device the user employs. For instance, upon the user logging in, the identity manager may verify the user's identity by retrieving a unique identifier assigned to the user. The identity manager may then query one or more authoritative source domains based on the user's unique identifier to identify a computing environment (e.g., assignments, applications, desktop configurations, policies, group memberships, content, etc.) associated with the user.
- a computing environment e.g., assignments, applications, desktop configurations, policies, group memberships, content, etc.
- Each user may be provided with their own customized computing environment, which can be tailored to specific needs of the user, a group to which the user belongs, a business role of the user, or otherwise, as will be apparent. As such, users may be free from being limited to using any specific desktop, workstation, laptop, or other device.
- the identity manager may provide native, full, and immediate real-time integration with any directory or other source of managed users. Whenever a change occurs in any of the authoritative sources, subsequent queries will immediately reflect the change with no need for synchronization.
- administrators can make assignments to users across multiple authoritative source domains (e.g., a group of users can include a first set of users from a first authoritative source, a second set of users from a second authoritative source, etc.).
- integrated authoritative sources enables real-time, identity-based management having simple service delivery and accurate user device configurations.
- desktop changes, application assignments, or other aspects of a computing environment can be recognized immediately whenever a change occurs to a network user's account, across plural authoritative sources, without limitation.
- a network infrastructure can be implemented to manage user desktops, devices, or other computing environments based on any number of network identities, including any suitable combination of user business role, location, group membership, or other characteristics.
- applications, content, and other information technology resources can be delivered based on personal needs of each user. From a single point of control, administrators can assign applications to users, regardless of which authoritative source domain (or combination of source domains) the users reside within.
- Existing authoritative sources can be integrated seamlessly (e.g., via a web services architecture) without requiring any changes to source schemas. Further, the sources can be integrated without specialized directories or authoritative sources (e.g., a searchable LDAP abstraction), or synchronization of passwords or information between directories. Rather, the identity manager may store information relating to globally unique identifiers assigned to directory objects by the integrated authoritative sources. The identifiers may be used by the identity manager to formulate direct, lightweight queries to the authoritative source itself. All other information, including assignments between content, users, or devices, among other things, can be stored in the authoritative source and retrieved via the unique identifiers.
- the identity manager can look up tables (e.g., Structured Query Language tables) to determine what content to deliver to users, which devices the users currently run, or other information, and the content can then be delivered to the appropriate place to users having proper access rights.
- tables e.g., Structured Query Language tables
- assignments can be managed across multiple trees, domains, or other source configurations.
- user groups can be created containing users from different sources (e.g., mixing users from different trees, domains, or other source configurations within a single group).
- FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary system for managing network configurations based on multiple authoritative sources according to various aspects of the invention.
- FIGS. 2 a - b illustrates exemplary methods for establishing a single point of control over multiple authoritative sources according to various aspects of the invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary method for providing assignments to users and/or devices based on multiple authoritative sources according to various aspects of the invention.
- System 100 may be used for, among other things, directly assigning devices, software, policies, group memberships, or other network resources to a user based on an identity of the user. Further, as shown in FIG. 1 , system 100 can fully interoperate and seamlessly integrate with any number of authoritative sources 130 a - n, for example, by way of an identity manager 110 including native support for the authoritative sources 130 a - n.
- identity manager 110 may be Novell ZENworks® Configuration Management
- the authoritative sources 130 a - n may include Novell® eDirectoryTM, Microsoft Active Directory, or any other authoritative source that can be used to manage users (e.g., PeopleSoft DB, OpenLDAP, etc.).
- the identity manager 110 may be coupled to a network 140 , and may provide a single point of control for configuring or otherwise managing one or more users.
- a user may log-in to the network 140 using any of a plurality of devices 150 a - n coupled to the network 140 , and identity manager 110 may provide the user with a customized computing environment regardless of which device 150 the user employs to log in to the network 140 .
- identity manager 110 may verify the user's identity by retrieving a unique identifier assigned to the user from a data repository 120 .
- Identity manager 110 may query one or more of authoritative source domains 130 a - n based on the user's unique identifier in order to identify a computing environment (e.g., assignments, applications, desktop configurations, policies, group memberships, content, etc.), validate a user, retrieve user attributes (e.g., e-mail address, name, location, etc.), or perform other user management tasks.
- a computing environment e.g., assignments, applications, desktop configurations, policies, group memberships, content, etc.
- user attributes e.g., e-mail address, name, location, etc.
- each user may be provided with their own customized computing environment, which can be tailored to specific needs of the user, a group to which the user belongs, a business role of the user, or otherwise, as will be apparent.
- the user's unique identifier can be used to authenticate or otherwise validate the user by incorporating credentials provided by the user on log-in (e.g., user name, password, etc.) into a validation call that also includes the user's unique identifier, and the validation call may be passed to a directory or other authoritative source to validate the user.
- log-in e.g., user name, password, etc.
- identity manager 110 may provide native, full, and immediate real-time integration with any directory or other source of managed users.
- a user can be managed using one or more different domains, directories, or other authoritative sources (e.g., a user's assignments, attributes, etc. could be managed in an Active Directory domain, while a device being used by the user could be managed in a different authoritative source).
- an exemplary method for establishing a single point of control over multiple authoritative sources is illustrated according to various aspects of the invention.
- software, policies, configurations, group memberships, or other assignments can be applied to users managed under any of the authoritative sources, or across the authoritative sources, or otherwise, as will be apparent.
- multiple authoritative sources may be integrated with an identity manager to provide the single point of control over all of the sources.
- the identity manager may query the sources in operation 205 (e.g., via a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol query), and user identity information may be captured from the sources in an operation 210 .
- an authoritative source may assign unique identifiers (e.g., globally unique identifiers) to objects (e.g., directory objects) managed in the authoritative source.
- authoritative source information may be captured by retrieving the assigned unique identifiers from the authoritative sources.
- the unique identifiers can relate to users, devices, content (e.g., applications or policies), or other information for entities managed by the authoritative sources.
- the unique identifiers may be stored in a table and subsequently used to configure or manage a user's computing environment.
- network users can be managed using any suitable authoritative source or combination thereof. Administrators can therefore manage applications, policies, group assignments, or other information technology resources intended for a user, a group of users, or otherwise without having to perform user account replication or synchronization. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 2 b , an administrator can manage user assignments directly in one or more authoritative sources in an operation 225 . Assignments may be made in the authoritative source based on a user, a container, a group, or other configuration, as will be apparent. Once the assignment has been made, the authoritative source may generate a unique identifier for the assignment in an operation 230 , and the unique identifier may be added to the source table in an operation 235 .
- assignments can include software assignments, policy assignments, group membership assignments, or other assignments.
- an administrator could create a group to contain a plurality of users, and once the users have been added to the group in the authoritative source, the administrator can make assignments to the entire group.
- the users within the group could be from any number of authoritative source domains, directory trees, or otherwise, and the assignment may be validly applied across all of the sources.
- the identity manager can be linked to various user unique identifiers, as well as user groups and containers in the authoritative sources. Administrators can make assignments to individual users, groups of users, containers of users, or in other ways, and a user will receive any assignments applied to groups, containers, sub-groups or sub-containers, or other abstractions to which the user belongs. As such, whenever the identity manager requires information from a directory object in a linked authoritative source, the identity manager will query the source with an appropriate unique identifier to recover the data. For instance, as illustrated in FIG. 3 , a user may log in to the identity manager from any device coupled to the network.
- the user's log in may be processed in an operation 305 , and the user's identity, group memberships, and other identification characteristics may be verified in an operation 310 .
- the identity manager may retrieve a unique identifier assigned to the user from the source table, and one or more authoritative sources may be queried in an operation 315 based on the identifier.
- the user's group assignments, software assignments, desktop configurations, policy assignments, or other information technology resources may be identified by the authoritative source, and an operation 320 may then include delivering the identified assignments to any suitable device from where the user has logged in.
- network administrators may easily enable real-time, identity-based management having simple service delivery and accurate user device configurations.
- desktop changes, application assignments, or other aspects of a computing environment can be recognized immediately whenever a change occurs to a network user's account, across plural authoritative sources, without limitation.
- a network infrastructure can be implemented to manage user desktops, devices, or other computing environments based on any number of network identities, including any suitable combination of user business role, location, group membership, or other characteristics. Accordingly, applications, content, and other information technology resources can be delivered based on personal needs of each user. From a single point of control, administrators can assign applications to users, regardless of which authoritative source domain (or combination of source domains) the users reside within.
- Existing authoritative sources can be integrated seamlessly (e.g., via a web services architecture) without requiring any changes to the sources' schemas. Further, the sources can be integrated without requiring a specialized directory or authoritative source (e.g., a searchable LDAP abstraction) or synchronization of passwords or information between directories.
- a specialized directory or authoritative source e.g., a searchable LDAP abstraction
- Information stored at the identity manager can be limited to the globally unique identifiers assigned to directory objects by the authoritative sources, which may be used to formulate direct, lightweight queries to the authoritative source itself.
- Other information including assignments between content, users, and devices, among other things, can be stored in the authoritative sources, tables or databases associated with the identity manager, or otherwise, and the identity manager may retrieve such assignments, associations, and other information via the unique identifiers.
- a user's rights to applications, content, or other rights can be identified by the identity manager looking up tables (e.g., Structured Query Language tables) according to a user's unique identifier to determine what content to deliver to users, which devices the users currently run, or other information, and the content can then be delivered to the appropriate place to users having proper access rights.
- assignments can be managed across multiple trees, domains, or other source configurations.
- User groups can be created containing users from different sources (e.g., mixing users from different trees, domains, or other source configurations within a single group).
- the identity manager can provide a single point of control for managing user-based configurations using any suitable combination of the authoritative sources.
- Implementations of the invention may be made in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof.
- the invention may also be implemented as instructions stored on a machine-readable medium, which may be read and executed by one or more processors.
- a machine-readable medium may include any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computing device).
- a machine-readable storage medium may include read only memory, random access memory, magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash memory devices, and others
- a machine-readable transmission media may include forms of propagated signals, such as carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, and others.
- firmware, software, routines, or instructions may be described in the above disclosure in terms of specific exemplary aspects and implementations of the invention, and performing certain actions. However, those skilled in the art will recognize that such descriptions are merely for convenience and that such actions in fact result from computing devices, processors, controllers, or other devices executing the firmware, software, routines, or instructions.
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- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/878,290, entitled “System and Method for Cross-Authoritative Configuration Management,” filed Jul. 23, 2007, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
- The invention relates to user-based network configuration management using a plurality of integrated authoritative sources.
- Managing a network infrastructure often entails accounting for user, device, or other identities in order to control access rights (e.g., permissions or authorizations to access certain network resources), user assignments (e.g., applications or policies assigned to a user), or otherwise manage a network based on users. As such, many network implementations incorporate a form of identity management in order to simplify user management processes. For example, identity management solutions often include an authoritative source (e.g., a directory service) that identifies a network's resources, users' rights to access the resources, and application or policy assignments for specific users or devices, among other things. As a network infrastructure grows and changes, however, effective user-based management often becomes difficult, particularly when heterogeneous systems include different authoritative sources or identity management products.
- For example, various groups, departments, or other classes of network users or devices may have different requirements resulting in different authoritative sources being implemented within the network. In another example, a network may be upgraded or migrated to a new authoritative source, but an administrator may prefer to manage new users with the new source and preserve a previous authoritative source for existing users. Although there can be many reasons for using multiple authoritative sources, existing systems often cannot provide seamless integration and interoperability among the various authoritative sources. For example, many existing integration efforts focus on use of synchronization modules that dredge authoritative sources, discover users, and build a searchable database. This type of system suffers from various drawbacks, including a lack of a consistent way to create identity-aware applications, while shielding programmers from underlying differences in the authoritative sources. Moreover, synchronization modules may only search authoritative sources at periodic intervals, or upon request, or in other ways that do not provide real-time integration and interoperability. As such, users requiring immediate access to resources may be restricted from accessing critical resources until completion of the synchronization process, potentially causing unnecessary delays, or decreases in productivity, among other problems.
- Existing systems suffer from these and other problems.
- According to various aspects of the invention, a system and method for cross-authoritative configuration management may address these and other drawbacks of existing systems. The invention may be used to manage network configurations using multiple authoritative sources, enabling full interoperability and seamless integration with any number of authoritative sources (e.g., using an identity manager having native support for the authoritative sources). As such, devices, software, policies, group memberships, or other network resources can be directly assigned to a network user based on the user's identity, regardless of where the user accesses the network, and regardless of which authoritative source or sources include the user's identity information.
- According to various aspects of the invention, an identity manager may be coupled to a network, and may provide a single point of control for configuring or otherwise managing one or more users across a plurality of authoritative sources. Users may log-in to the network using any suitable device coupled to the network, and the identity manager may provide the user with a computing environment customized for the user, regardless of which device the user employs. For instance, upon the user logging in, the identity manager may verify the user's identity by retrieving a unique identifier assigned to the user. The identity manager may then query one or more authoritative source domains based on the user's unique identifier to identify a computing environment (e.g., assignments, applications, desktop configurations, policies, group memberships, content, etc.) associated with the user. Each user may be provided with their own customized computing environment, which can be tailored to specific needs of the user, a group to which the user belongs, a business role of the user, or otherwise, as will be apparent. As such, users may be free from being limited to using any specific desktop, workstation, laptop, or other device. Moreover, by directly integrating with the authoritative sources, the identity manager may provide native, full, and immediate real-time integration with any directory or other source of managed users. Whenever a change occurs in any of the authoritative sources, subsequent queries will immediately reflect the change with no need for synchronization. Further, by seamlessly integrating multiple authoritative sources, administrators can make assignments to users across multiple authoritative source domains (e.g., a group of users can include a first set of users from a first authoritative source, a second set of users from a second authoritative source, etc.).
- According to various aspects of the invention, integrated authoritative sources enables real-time, identity-based management having simple service delivery and accurate user device configurations. Using this dynamic approach, desktop changes, application assignments, or other aspects of a computing environment can be recognized immediately whenever a change occurs to a network user's account, across plural authoritative sources, without limitation. As such, a network infrastructure can be implemented to manage user desktops, devices, or other computing environments based on any number of network identities, including any suitable combination of user business role, location, group membership, or other characteristics. Accordingly, applications, content, and other information technology resources can be delivered based on personal needs of each user. From a single point of control, administrators can assign applications to users, regardless of which authoritative source domain (or combination of source domains) the users reside within. Existing authoritative sources can be integrated seamlessly (e.g., via a web services architecture) without requiring any changes to source schemas. Further, the sources can be integrated without specialized directories or authoritative sources (e.g., a searchable LDAP abstraction), or synchronization of passwords or information between directories. Rather, the identity manager may store information relating to globally unique identifiers assigned to directory objects by the integrated authoritative sources. The identifiers may be used by the identity manager to formulate direct, lightweight queries to the authoritative source itself. All other information, including assignments between content, users, or devices, among other things, can be stored in the authoritative source and retrieved via the unique identifiers. For example, the identity manager can look up tables (e.g., Structured Query Language tables) to determine what content to deliver to users, which devices the users currently run, or other information, and the content can then be delivered to the appropriate place to users having proper access rights. Further, by using multiple directories or authoritative sources, assignments can be managed across multiple trees, domains, or other source configurations. For example, user groups can be created containing users from different sources (e.g., mixing users from different trees, domains, or other source configurations within a single group).
- Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art based on the following drawings and detailed description.
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FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary system for managing network configurations based on multiple authoritative sources according to various aspects of the invention. -
FIGS. 2 a-b illustrates exemplary methods for establishing a single point of control over multiple authoritative sources according to various aspects of the invention. -
FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary method for providing assignments to users and/or devices based on multiple authoritative sources according to various aspects of the invention. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , anexemplary system 100 for managing network configurations based on multiple authoritative sources is illustrated according to various aspects of the invention.System 100 may be used for, among other things, directly assigning devices, software, policies, group memberships, or other network resources to a user based on an identity of the user. Further, as shown inFIG. 1 ,system 100 can fully interoperate and seamlessly integrate with any number of authoritative sources 130 a-n, for example, by way of anidentity manager 110 including native support for the authoritative sources 130 a-n. For example, in various implementations,identity manager 110 may be Novell ZENworks® Configuration Management, and the authoritative sources 130 a-n may include Novell® eDirectory™, Microsoft Active Directory, or any other authoritative source that can be used to manage users (e.g., PeopleSoft DB, OpenLDAP, etc.). - According to various aspects of the invention, the
identity manager 110 may be coupled to anetwork 140, and may provide a single point of control for configuring or otherwise managing one or more users. A user may log-in to thenetwork 140 using any of a plurality of devices 150 a-n coupled to thenetwork 140, andidentity manager 110 may provide the user with a customized computing environment regardless of which device 150 the user employs to log in to thenetwork 140. For instance, upon the user logging in,identity manager 110 may verify the user's identity by retrieving a unique identifier assigned to the user from adata repository 120.Identity manager 110 may query one or more of authoritative source domains 130 a-n based on the user's unique identifier in order to identify a computing environment (e.g., assignments, applications, desktop configurations, policies, group memberships, content, etc.), validate a user, retrieve user attributes (e.g., e-mail address, name, location, etc.), or perform other user management tasks. For example, each user may be provided with their own customized computing environment, which can be tailored to specific needs of the user, a group to which the user belongs, a business role of the user, or otherwise, as will be apparent. In another example, the user's unique identifier can be used to authenticate or otherwise validate the user by incorporating credentials provided by the user on log-in (e.g., user name, password, etc.) into a validation call that also includes the user's unique identifier, and the validation call may be passed to a directory or other authoritative source to validate the user. - As such, the user may be provided with the customized computing environment regardless of where the user logs in to the
network 140, freeing users from being tethered to any specific desktop, workstation, laptop, or other device. Moreover, by directly integrating with the authoritative sources 150 a-n,identity manager 110 may provide native, full, and immediate real-time integration with any directory or other source of managed users. Thus, a user can be managed using one or more different domains, directories, or other authoritative sources (e.g., a user's assignments, attributes, etc. could be managed in an Active Directory domain, while a device being used by the user could be managed in a different authoritative source). Whenever a change occurs in any of the authoritative sources 150 a-n, subsequent queries to the changed authoritative source 150 may immediately reflect the change without having to synchronize a database. Further still, by seamlessly integrating multiple authoritative sources 150 a-n, administrators may make assignments to users across multiple authoritative source domains 150 a-n. For instance, in one example, an administrator may create a group having a first set of users managed in a firstauthoritative source 130 a, a second set of users managed in a secondauthoritative source 130 b, or otherwise. Thus,identity manager 110 provides a single point of control for administrators to control what users (or groups of users) receive which assignments based on user identities managed within plural authoritative sources 150 a-n. - Referring to
FIGS. 2 a-b, an exemplary method for establishing a single point of control over multiple authoritative sources is illustrated according to various aspects of the invention. By establishing the single point of control (e.g., in an identity manager coupled to the authoritative sources), software, policies, configurations, group memberships, or other assignments can be applied to users managed under any of the authoritative sources, or across the authoritative sources, or otherwise, as will be apparent. For instance, in anoperation 205, multiple authoritative sources may be integrated with an identity manager to provide the single point of control over all of the sources. When initially linking the authoritative sources, the identity manager may query the sources in operation 205 (e.g., via a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol query), and user identity information may be captured from the sources in anoperation 210. - For example, an authoritative source may assign unique identifiers (e.g., globally unique identifiers) to objects (e.g., directory objects) managed in the authoritative source. As such, in an
operation 215, authoritative source information may be captured by retrieving the assigned unique identifiers from the authoritative sources. The unique identifiers can relate to users, devices, content (e.g., applications or policies), or other information for entities managed by the authoritative sources. Thereafter, in anoperation 220, the unique identifiers may be stored in a table and subsequently used to configure or manage a user's computing environment. - As such, network users can be managed using any suitable authoritative source or combination thereof. Administrators can therefore manage applications, policies, group assignments, or other information technology resources intended for a user, a group of users, or otherwise without having to perform user account replication or synchronization. For example, as illustrated in
FIG. 2 b, an administrator can manage user assignments directly in one or more authoritative sources in anoperation 225. Assignments may be made in the authoritative source based on a user, a container, a group, or other configuration, as will be apparent. Once the assignment has been made, the authoritative source may generate a unique identifier for the assignment in anoperation 230, and the unique identifier may be added to the source table in anoperation 235. As will be apparent, assignments can include software assignments, policy assignments, group membership assignments, or other assignments. For example, an administrator could create a group to contain a plurality of users, and once the users have been added to the group in the authoritative source, the administrator can make assignments to the entire group. Moreover, the users within the group could be from any number of authoritative source domains, directory trees, or otherwise, and the assignment may be validly applied across all of the sources. - Thus, the identity manager can be linked to various user unique identifiers, as well as user groups and containers in the authoritative sources. Administrators can make assignments to individual users, groups of users, containers of users, or in other ways, and a user will receive any assignments applied to groups, containers, sub-groups or sub-containers, or other abstractions to which the user belongs. As such, whenever the identity manager requires information from a directory object in a linked authoritative source, the identity manager will query the source with an appropriate unique identifier to recover the data. For instance, as illustrated in
FIG. 3 , a user may log in to the identity manager from any device coupled to the network. The user's log in may be processed in anoperation 305, and the user's identity, group memberships, and other identification characteristics may be verified in anoperation 310. For example, the identity manager may retrieve a unique identifier assigned to the user from the source table, and one or more authoritative sources may be queried in anoperation 315 based on the identifier. The user's group assignments, software assignments, desktop configurations, policy assignments, or other information technology resources may be identified by the authoritative source, and anoperation 320 may then include delivering the identified assignments to any suitable device from where the user has logged in. - Employing features described herein, network administrators may easily enable real-time, identity-based management having simple service delivery and accurate user device configurations. Using this dynamic approach, desktop changes, application assignments, or other aspects of a computing environment can be recognized immediately whenever a change occurs to a network user's account, across plural authoritative sources, without limitation. As such, a network infrastructure can be implemented to manage user desktops, devices, or other computing environments based on any number of network identities, including any suitable combination of user business role, location, group membership, or other characteristics. Accordingly, applications, content, and other information technology resources can be delivered based on personal needs of each user. From a single point of control, administrators can assign applications to users, regardless of which authoritative source domain (or combination of source domains) the users reside within. Existing authoritative sources can be integrated seamlessly (e.g., via a web services architecture) without requiring any changes to the sources' schemas. Further, the sources can be integrated without requiring a specialized directory or authoritative source (e.g., a searchable LDAP abstraction) or synchronization of passwords or information between directories.
- Information stored at the identity manager can be limited to the globally unique identifiers assigned to directory objects by the authoritative sources, which may be used to formulate direct, lightweight queries to the authoritative source itself. Other information, including assignments between content, users, and devices, among other things, can be stored in the authoritative sources, tables or databases associated with the identity manager, or otherwise, and the identity manager may retrieve such assignments, associations, and other information via the unique identifiers. For example, a user's rights to applications, content, or other rights can be identified by the identity manager looking up tables (e.g., Structured Query Language tables) according to a user's unique identifier to determine what content to deliver to users, which devices the users currently run, or other information, and the content can then be delivered to the appropriate place to users having proper access rights. Further, by using multiple directories or authoritative sources, assignments can be managed across multiple trees, domains, or other source configurations. User groups can be created containing users from different sources (e.g., mixing users from different trees, domains, or other source configurations within a single group). As such, by storing assignments in the identity manager rather than the authoritative sources, the identity manager can provide a single point of control for managing user-based configurations using any suitable combination of the authoritative sources.
- Implementations of the invention may be made in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. The invention may also be implemented as instructions stored on a machine-readable medium, which may be read and executed by one or more processors. A machine-readable medium may include any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computing device). For example, a machine-readable storage medium may include read only memory, random access memory, magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash memory devices, and others, and a machine-readable transmission media may include forms of propagated signals, such as carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, and others. Further, firmware, software, routines, or instructions may be described in the above disclosure in terms of specific exemplary aspects and implementations of the invention, and performing certain actions. However, those skilled in the art will recognize that such descriptions are merely for convenience and that such actions in fact result from computing devices, processors, controllers, or other devices executing the firmware, software, routines, or instructions.
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